"The Plan"

I start on my motorcycle trip tomorrow morning at dawn.  

Should be "fun" (or memorable, at least).   Weather looks good along my route, as far as I can tell from the 10 day outlook.  The route is intended to be:   I'm including weather projections in the following format:  [projected high, project low (in degrees F)], weather conditions.

DAY 1 (Monday):

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Start Sierra Vista at dawn,  [79,49] 6:30am

90 north to 10 west.

Stop in Marana for Gas

Take 8 West to Gila Bend

North on Old Hwy 80 (a route Deryle pointed out)

Stop for lunch and Gas at Tonopah Joe's (?).

Continue west on 10, and turn northon Vicksburg Road,  through Vickburg Junction, and wind my way north to the Hampton Inn, in Lake Havasu City [92,61]. Mostly sunny.

DAY 2 (Tuesday):

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Head north towards Needles at the break of dawn, or earlier [95,58]. Clear.

Run the long road between Needles to Barstow on I-10, then take 395 north, stopping in Bishop.[79,36], clear. (and a little crisp, likely).

DAY 3 (Wednesday):  

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Leave as early as I can stand, given the fact that it's going to be cold.  [77,34], clear.  Continue north on 395, through Reno, [74,34] clear, Susanville, and then west to Redding, CA.  I'm guessing that Mammoth Lakes is going to be the coldest area overall, along the entire trip, not counting the time of day.  [65,25], clear.

DAY 4 (Thursday):

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In case I didn't mention it, one of the two major misison objectives is to get a new seat at Russell "Day-Long" Seats (http://www.day-long.com  

The second objective is to see how I stand up to 3 days back to back of 400 miles, with a day off, and another set of three of the same length.   Not coincidently, this happens to coincide roughly with the day lenght and rest pattern of a trip a friend of mine is planning to Canada and back next summer, over 17 days.  

DAY 5 (Friday):  Return, and pick up my better half in Reno on the way south.

(Return trip, much like the ride up, but on the other side of the road.)

I'm trying to pack extremely light. (Well, light, in the sense that I'm not traveling with three suitcases in the back of my pickup.)  I've got about three days of clothes, much of which should wash and dry well in the sink, with some Woolite I've got packed, and plans to do a full laundry change in Redding.  (I'm going to forgo the "Lysol" technique that I've heard some of the guys in the club use. (DON'T ASK!)

Hope to post again tomorrow, if I get a chance.

All for now.