This is a lot tougher than it seems

Sure, I know what you are doing...sitting there click-click-clicking your way around the Internet and thinking...what the heck is that crazy Gordo up to these days? Let me quickly check his blog and see if he's made any more silly decisions.

And you have that little smirk on you face as you read this, thinking, 'well, he doesn't seem to have a fear of traveling, now does he?' Answer: no. But apparently I have this fear of committing to a specific destination or route. Heck, I haven't even updated my website with the most current information yet, because frankly, I'm not sure where the hell I'm going next year.

Yes, the Vancouver Adventure is still on. Yes, we're still planning on hitting Alaska. Yes, we are definately meeting up with Myles and Deb in Montana and going through Glacier National Park. Yes, we are still only doing this trip in our alotted 16 days (hopefully less). Yes, it can be a bit confusing. I don't want to be pushy, so I keep asking Matt for his preference this way or that. As usual, his frustrating response is, 'whatever dude, I'm just along for the ride'. Does he really know what he's in for? Do I?

For instance, this is one potential route for us (and the cities chosen are just for making sure the route stays on the roads I prefer, not necessarily overnight stops for us). Give it some time to load, I've worked poor Google maps to death on this one.

I've heard from Myles and Deb and they plan on joining us for the Glacier National Park to Vancouver portion still, although they are taking a pass on the Alaska portion, and frankly, who can blame them? It does seem a little crazy. Their bikes are below...

Just checked the weather forecasts for out west and it would appear that this isn't exactly the height of their hot weather season. High in Vancouver tomorrow is only expected to be in the low 60's. The high in Hyder, Alaska is only expected to be mid 60's. That's about what we should expect next year. Guess I won't be going with the short sleeves and vest alone. Matt even spoke of getting a heated riding suit. But I think he's gonna settle for good, old-fashioned leather to keep him warm. Come to think of it, I've never seen a cow shiver, have you?

Still a lot to do...start the publicity machine and start trying to get sponsors to help us with some of the expense (and do a little something for the charity too, of course). Anybody know anybody with connections in the hotel industry? I'm not opposed to begging and groveling.

More on this as it develops....