He Rides - Alone and Without a Plan
Well here we go but first some background.
My wife and I have taken our bikes on a yearly ride. She was never one to ride but a few years back I convinced her to try it and, to make a long story short, she loves it. Each year’s ride she has done an ongoing update to her family and work mates and I would take those stories along with my pictures and create a ride report as we went along.
This year will be a little different. After a bout with cancer and a major surgery in April she will not be taking a ride this year. I had kind of resolved that this would be a quiet riding year as we worked on her recovery. Last week we were considering a few small trips in the car to get back to nature but a few things have come up with friends from out of town visiting etc she will be busy with them and other activities. I mentioned that maybe I would take a motorcycle ride and she agreed that yes I should go.
It has been a very long time since I have taken a multi-day motorcycle trip on my own, in fact I can only remember one other time, so here I am. The ride plan is simple. I am not making any plan at all. I have a general idea that I will ride east and likely stay in Ontario but the destination and timing be calculated on the go. Plan is to camp where possible and take a room if needed.
For some background here is a list of our rides and her reports.
How it started and her first ride report entitled
Ride 1 - My Wife’s First Motorcycle trip and her “Biker Stories from the Road” where we explored he Yellowstone http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=828217
Ride 2 – My Wife’s 2012 Biker Stories from the Road where we road out to Vancouver Island and the interior of BC - http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=839391
Ride 3 – My Wife’s Biker Stories from the Road III (Hwy 89 revisited) where we explored the wonders of Utah and Colorado - http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=929790
Ride 4 – My Wife’s Biker Stories from the Road IV “Round the Lakes” where we circumnavigated a few Great Lakes and visited Vermont and New York’s Adirondacks. - http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=994865
Plan is to leave home in Dryden Ontario on Tuesday June 16, 2015. I have a commitment back here on June 28 but other than that the ride may last the 10 days or it may be over sooner.
Well here we go but first some background.
My wife and I have taken our bikes on a yearly ride. She was never one to ride but a few years back I convinced her to try it and, to make a long story short, she loves it. Each year’s ride she has done an ongoing update to her family and work mates and I would take those stories along with my pictures and create a ride report as we went along.
This year will be a little different. After a bout with cancer and a major surgery in April she will not be taking a ride this year. I had kind of resolved that this would be a quiet riding year as we worked on her recovery. Last week we were considering a few small trips in the car to get back to nature but a few things have come up with friends from out of town visiting etc she will be busy with them and other activities. I mentioned that maybe I would take a motorcycle ride and she agreed that yes I should go.
It has been a very long time since I have taken a multi-day motorcycle trip on my own, in fact I can only remember one other time, so here I am. The ride plan is simple. I am not making any plan at all. I have a general idea that I will ride east and likely stay in Ontario but the destination and timing be calculated on the go. Plan is to camp where possible and take a room if needed.
For some background here is a list of our rides and her reports.
How it started and her first ride report entitled
Ride 1 - My Wife’s First Motorcycle trip and her “Biker Stories from the Road” where we explored he Yellowstone http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=828217
Ride 2 – My Wife’s 2012 Biker Stories from the Road where we road out to Vancouver Island and the interior of BC - http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=839391
Ride 3 – My Wife’s Biker Stories from the Road III (Hwy 89 revisited) where we explored the wonders of Utah and Colorado - http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=929790
Ride 4 – My Wife’s Biker Stories from the Road IV “Round the Lakes” where we circumnavigated a few Great Lakes and visited Vermont and New York’s Adirondacks. - http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=994865
Plan is to leave home in Dryden Ontario on Tuesday June 16, 2015. I have a commitment back here on June 28 but other than that the ride may last the 10 days or it may be over sooner.