We’ve been waiting for this last big trip for quite a few months now, and we are finally on our way. We had planned on leaving last September but decided it would be too hot and humid and we had also been given the opportunity to live in New York City for 2 months. So we postponed the trip to the end of April. And now, here we are, on the road, happy to be back on the bike but we also have sore butts from a few long days on the bike. We spent several weeks preparing for this trip, looking up different routes, planning around the donkey giving birth, making sure it wasn’t snowing, and setting up the tent in the living room along with all of our gear to make sure we were set for the trip. After a few Amazon purchases, a faux pack, a trip down to Chico to service the bike, and a couple arguments that had to do with procrastinating about saving the route planning until the night...