Potpourri

Is it fear? Is it anticipation? Is it anxiety? Or, is it a combination of the three, blended into a potent potpourri that informs my senses of the trepidation I feel as the day of my departure arrives?

As of this afternoon I had not completely made up my mind on the final route and thus the hotels were not booked. There was still a lot of work that I thought I would get done that is not done. There are a bunch of commitments that will have to be moved to the week I get back. There is rain in the forecast in the cities that I will pass through. There is packing still left to be done and a few dishes to be washed.

I think it is fear of the unknown. I know where I am pointing the bike, I just am not yet totally sure on the route I will take to get there. Oh well, adventure it just may turn out to be!!

Route

Here it is

Friday September 8
– Marshall, Illinois via Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana

Saturday September 9
– Limon, Colorado via Saint Louis, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas
Sunday September 10 – Durango, Colorado via Walsenburg, Colorado and a bunch of small towns

Monday September 11
– Blanding, Utah via Moab Utah and a couple of desert national parks

Tuesday September 12
– Farmington, New Mexico via Kayenta, Arizona and the Four Corners Monument

Wednesday September 13
– Colorado Springs, Colorado via Taos New Mexico

Thursday September 14
– Either Kansas City, Kansas or Saint Louis, Missouri depending on how many miles I want to cover on that day.

Friday September 15 – Back in Solon!!

I really should pack tonight but I am really tired and I want to go to bed so I shall do that and wake up early to get the packing done.