STARTING ODOMETER READING: 16813 MILES

Tomorrow is the day I’m leaving. I’m in the process of packing. The following items HAVE to fit into my motorcycle saddlebags;

• 1 bear bag
• 1 camp cot
• 1 fleece vest
• 1 jet boil: for coffee
• 1 netted body sponge
• 1 pillow
• 1 portable chair
• 1 sleeping bag
• 1 tent
• 1 wind shirt
• 10 2 oz. Dunkin Doughnuts Coffee
• 2 micro fiber towels
• 2 MRE (Meals Ready to Eat)
• 3 changes of clothes
• 30% Deet insect repellant
• Binoculars
• Camel back
• Camera and tri-pod
• Electric jacket and gloves
• First Aid bag
• Machete
• Magnifying glass
• Rain gloves
• Toiletries
• Touring gloves
• Travel alarm clock

Tomorrow’s plan is to drive from my house to route 90 onto, the MASS Turnpike, into Ohio. That would be approximately 600 miles. This is what I call an ambitious first day!!!!!! I have two National Park stops on the way; Women’s Rights Memorial in New York and the President Garfield Site in Ohio.