Almost ready to roll!

There are great piles of "stuff"staged throughout my house. Camping gear here, rain gear there, and cameras, batteries, computers, and cables just about everywhere. As an aside, am I the only one who's noticed that cables and wires now require an entirely inordinate amount of attention in our everyday life? Everything ready (well, maybe not quite "ready", but close!) to be stashed away into the integral BMW Luggage. Everything in it's place and a place for every.....er, most things. Not much left now but to get on the bike and do it. Hopefully I can get the final details of packing sorted out tonight because tomorrow (Wed 5/20) will be pretty busy. As I mentioned previously I'm going take off from home and ride the 80+ miles (in the WRONG direction!) to the New Jersey shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean. Looks like I am going to be accompanied on this little segment of the trip by long time riding buddy and partner in crime, Don Verdiani. At the beach I still plan to briefly dip my toe in the Atlantic Ocean (55 degrees they tell me ....brrrrrrr) and photo document same. This will validate the claim that this ride is truly "coast to coast." Then I'll turn around and come back to Philadelphia in time for the 1:30 PM get together at RevZilla Motorsports. Friends, supporters and interested parties are all still invited to the store to chat about the ride, the bike, long distance travel, the charity that my ride supports - The Austin Hatcher Foundation, and to check out the absolutely blazin' hot ride gear in the RevZilla showroom. Just a reminder that the RevZilla store is at 38 Jackson St., Philadelphia, 19148.I sure hope some friends, new and old, can make it. Looks like a perfect day to ride! By 3:00 I'll be headed out for real, this time headed in the proper direction - North and West. The short ride back to my home in Suburban Philly will end what I'd calling Day 0. Then Thursday the real mileage thrash begins with the 600 mile leg to Michigan! I'm excited. The long awaited trip is really just about here!!!