Getting ready to go

The first day of my Atlantic Coast Adventure is near, so I’m spending today getting ready for the trip.
It was not really fun mounting a rack to my bike, but now it’s finally done and I hope I’ll now be able to ride without carrying a backpack.
The packing is taking a long time because I always get so distracted, can’t find things and remember other time consuming stuff I have to do.
So I put many podcasts on my IPod Shuffle to entertain me, not while I’m riding but at night or when I take a break. I don’t think listening to the IPod is a good idea during the ride. I want to be fully aware of where I am, what I am doing and my surroundings. Traffic will be a problem on the ride, so I better watch out that I won’t get killed by all the seniors, snowbirds and tourists driving down A1A on the beach, the same road I will be taking.

Tomorrow I’ll start riding in the morning to meet with Jon and his co-workers for a christmas lunch which is on my way south on the coast and continue to Ft. Pierce, about 70 miles from here. I don’t think I ever rode that far on a single day, but it’ll be fun and I’m all happy and excited about the journey. I can take my time and stop at the beach a lot whenever I feel like it.

I still have a lot of packing to do and a 19 mile ride to try out riding with all that luggage – I try to keep it light, but it’s still adding up – so let’s get started!

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