Still Questioning my Sanity

I've still got about 30 hours left before Gi and I depart Watkinsville heading west on this crazy motorcycle trip. As some of you have already heard, I set up this blog page so I could post news, photos, and other odds and ends from the road. This is partly for my friends and family, but I suspect I'll find it useful years from now when my memory starts to fail me.

Anyway, the planned route is all laid out in GooogleMaps for you to follow. I tried to save a single, comprehesive route, but it choked the software. Consequently, I broke the trip into seven legs. Our expected dates of departure and arrival, as well as URLs for each route map are as follows.

I'll do my best to keep this updated along the way.

Leg 1 -


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                        Miles   Hrs     Date    Day
Home - Memphis  463 7.5 6/14 Sun
Memphis - Wichita 577 8.5 6/15 Mon
Wichita - Erie, CO 538 7.75 6/16 Tues

Leg 2-


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Erie CO - Delta UT  538 8.25 6/18 Thurs
Delta UT - Fallon NV  410 7.5 6/19 Fri
Fallon NV - Lake Tahoe  75 1.5 6/20 Sat
Lake Tahoe - Quincy CA  100 2.5 6/20 Sat
Quincy CA - Davis CA  155 3.5 6/21 Sun

Leg 3-


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Davis CA - Eureka CA  280 6 6/23 Tues

Leg 4-


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Eureka CA - Tillamook OR 380 7.5 6/25 Thurs
Tillamook OR - Victoria BC 310 7.5 6/26 Fri

Leg 5-


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Victoria BC - Whistler BC 77 2 6/28 Sun
Whistler BC - Kamloops BC 186 4 7/3 Fri
Kamloops BC - Banff AB  310 6 7/4 Sat
Banff AB - Jasper AB  180 3.5 7/6 Mon
Jasper AB - Edmonton AB  225 4 7/8 Weds

Leg 6-


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Edmonton AB - Saskatoon SA 325 5.25 7/9 Thurs
Sskatoon SA - Winnipeg MB 490 8.5 7/10 Fri
Winnipeg MB - Spicer MN  390 6.25 7/11 Sat

Leg 7-


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Spicer MN - Davenport IA 450 7.5 7/13 Mon
Davenport IA - Louisville KY 420 6.5 7/14 Tues
Louisville KY - Home         480 7.5 7/15 Weds