Monday, July 13, 2015

Well, I have most everything wrapped (and packed) for the trip.  It finally hit me how long I will be away today while I was counting out all my Blood pressure meds I will need for the trip.

Tobi's Cool coat arrived today, its made by a great swedish company called Hurrta.  It is very similar to the cool coats Christine and I now have, as of yesterday's Amazon Sunday delivery (who knew?)

Lets see:  We have a "Queen" size sleeping bag that is good to 20f, and I believe it after unpacking it and repacking it in its stuff sack.  Even in the sack it is huge.
We bought a new tent.  It is still a instant tent, just a little smaller tghat our older one.  Packing wise it is a full 50% smaller in the trailer.  We also received our new backpack/camping cook set (quite nice), Folding cups and mugs, and a second folding Dog bowl for Tobi.

We bought a pair of coolers to replace our one larger cooler, it is easier to move them around inside the trailer.  Christine washed all our bedding and utensiles so I could pack them nicely in their appropriate places.  The trailer is truly PACKED.  In fact I think I'll have to have Christine wear her riding jacket on the plane to denver; either that or her helmet, I assume she'l opt for the jacket on the plane.

I modified Tobi's gopro on his seat to get a little wider angle without as much of his head in the video.  This took a bit of working, as it sits out on the end of a lightweight aluminum arm.  The arm can vibrate wildly, so I had to create a little truss to stiffen it up.  I honestly dont know how much actual footage I'll get from it, but if my experience with hosting/producing a TV show still holds true, I need a LOT of live footage to get even a couple of minutes of edited clips.

I replaced the front tire on my bike.  It was tough, and could have been literally 50% easier, had I noticed I put it on backwards the first time.

I am real happy with the running and turn/stop lights I added to my saddle bags.  I will be a lot more conspicuous, especially at night now.

All I really need to do now is take the entire rig for a highway speed shake down to make sure the trailer is weighted properly and will not 'wag' at my expected "speeds".

More to come....  Oh and I will have some type of tracking set up for the trip so friends/family can track our progress,

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