Friday, August 24, 2007

The Ride



(Photo by Trek Travel -- check out the trip at www.trektravel.com)

This is it. 3,178 miles beginning in Santa Barbara, CA and ending in Charleston, SC. 31 days in the saddle, with 3 rest days spread throughout the trip in Parker, AZ; Taos, NM; and Nashville, TN. Average mileage is about 100 miles per day. Do you know what this means? Yeah yeah-- beautiful countryside, challenging terrain, the ride of a lifetime, yada yada yada. But we've got our priorities straight: for one whole month, we can eat whatever we want-- shovel in the ice cream and pasta and bacon by the plateful-- and still not have enough. This is honeymooning at its best.