Hubby and I are headed off in the morning to attempt a combined IBA and Tour Of Honor (TOH) SS1000 and BB1500.
Our housemate will be our start and end witness, and will be tracking us via Spotwalla and Facebook.
15 stops overall in the first 1,000 miles (1,038 really) 4 of which are TOH locations. 10 stops overall in the last 500 miles (512 really), 3 of which are the final TOH locations.
We're doing this In-State in Colorado so we'll have plains and mountains, interstate straights and mountain twisties. The route is a little bit more complex than many, but also much less complicated than others I've seen. I routed to be in the mountains areas in the daylight hours, and hope to avoid all flatland wild animals in the dark hours (ok, in the daylight hours and in the mountains too.)
This trip is not quite spur of the moment, but not long planned either. We decided on the way home from the South Dakota Badlands on Monday that it's time for another nice long ride.
I whipped the route together, we've done all our packing and prepping, and everything's ready to go. Hubby's sleeping peacefully and I'm wide awake despite knowing the alarm is set for less than 6 hours from now.
I want to go NOW, but of course that would mess up my carefully laid plan. If learned anything during a prior failed attempt at a SS1000 it's "stick with the plan." Hmm. Also that deer hold tete-a-tetes in the road at midnight in Wyoming and that my trike handles hard-braking quite well. I can still picture the two deer perfectly. But I digress.
My question: over the next day and a half, hubby and I will be spending some great quality time together, yet apart, on our separate bikes. Do you think that will change if I kick him awake so that I'm not the only one not asleep?
Our housemate will be our start and end witness, and will be tracking us via Spotwalla and Facebook.
15 stops overall in the first 1,000 miles (1,038 really) 4 of which are TOH locations. 10 stops overall in the last 500 miles (512 really), 3 of which are the final TOH locations.
We're doing this In-State in Colorado so we'll have plains and mountains, interstate straights and mountain twisties. The route is a little bit more complex than many, but also much less complicated than others I've seen. I routed to be in the mountains areas in the daylight hours, and hope to avoid all flatland wild animals in the dark hours (ok, in the daylight hours and in the mountains too.)
This trip is not quite spur of the moment, but not long planned either. We decided on the way home from the South Dakota Badlands on Monday that it's time for another nice long ride.
I whipped the route together, we've done all our packing and prepping, and everything's ready to go. Hubby's sleeping peacefully and I'm wide awake despite knowing the alarm is set for less than 6 hours from now.
I want to go NOW, but of course that would mess up my carefully laid plan. If learned anything during a prior failed attempt at a SS1000 it's "stick with the plan." Hmm. Also that deer hold tete-a-tetes in the road at midnight in Wyoming and that my trike handles hard-braking quite well. I can still picture the two deer perfectly. But I digress.
My question: over the next day and a half, hubby and I will be spending some great quality time together, yet apart, on our separate bikes. Do you think that will change if I kick him awake so that I'm not the only one not asleep?