Getting Ready

This mooring I did another 1.5-mile run around the block. I'm getting in shape, slowly but surely. I have also been working on the second edition of The Elements of Academic Writing, my English textbook. I'm making progress in that area too.

Last night I plotted out our route for the first three days of the Great Motorcycle Odyssey of  2017. The first day will be a short shakedown cruise from the Cape to western Rhode Island. Then the second day will take us to a motel near West Point, NY. The third day will take us to Carlisle, Pa., where I used to live.

Another way to look at it is on the first day we cross the Providence River. On the second day, we cross the Hudson, and on the third day we cross the Delaware and Susquehanna. With any luck, on the fourth day we will cross the Potomac and Shenandoah.

This afternoon I also bought a new pair of good leather motorcycle gloves. My old, cheap nylon ones were falling apart and didn't keep my hands warm. These should help a lot on the trip. I also recently installed a cool little handlebar-mounted analog clock. I've wanted one for a long time.