Ride is over - Facts are In

Now that the trip is over, I'd like to thank Donna, Al, Geordon, Carly & Amber for such a great trip. For some reason, unbeknownst to me, we all got along super well. We all enjoyed each others company and doing things together. Not one bad moment! Thanks again! Where & when next time?

I rode 10853 miles on the trip. I used 207 gallons (786.5 litres) of gas at a cost of $752.60. That works out to 52.4 mpg and the average cost of a litre of gas $.957/litre. Not bad, except for Muncho Lake Resort where gold was cheaper.

Things I'm glad I did/remembered:
- Full face shield to protect against hard bugs. Many bugs hit and splattered the face mask. If I only had glasses on, I'd be bruised.
- Micro-fibre cloth to wipe my face shield as it rained...worked extremely well.
- Micro-fibre cloth to wipe the windshield down each day and remove bugs.
- rain gear
- clothing for cold weather: gloves, layers of fleece, neck dickie, lined bluejeans, mosquito jacket, more layers
- needed more socks, undies and less walking shorts
- kashi bars to eat along the way
- bag to hold camera while riding so I wouldn't have to dig the camera out of the trunk each time.
- sunscreen - remembering where I stored it.
- more CD's
- portable CB worked well when required, but once we got our signals straight, we did not need it too much.
- Netbook to connect to internet for emails and update blog
- maps, books from CAA

It was a great trip. Weather was cool and overcast a lot, but that only deterred the quality of the photos I could take. I guess the crappy weather actually sped things up because if the weather was clear blue skies and warm, I would have stopped at every corner wanting to take photos and never would have finished the trip. Thanks, Al for waiting for the photo-ops along the way.
Thanks to all that followed the blog and contributed to a great trip! I had many special moments and experiences along the way that I will always treasure.

Doran