What Now?

So the big plan has been to ride across a significant part of the country, and this summer's trip was a warm-up for something yet to come. Alex and I had a great time together preparing for the ride, and then heading down the road and exploring new places. A ride from Osseo to Maine would take about 6 weeks to accomplish.

What has been difficult is that everything has been on hold; things I like to do. The motorcycle is still in the garage, the dock is still on land and not in the water, and the boat is still at Lake Diane Marine. On top of that I have several projects around the house that I really need to do. Even though the ride kept us occupied and extremely tired at the end of long days, there was still plenty of time to miss the rest of the family. Going on a 6 week ride would require everything to be on hold again, but for a much longer time. At this point I don't know if riding across the country is still what I want to do, but riding is something I am going to keep doing. Maybe the whole family will somehow be involved...maybe a support vehicle and an extended family vacation or another 2 week ride, but on the east coast or upper mid-west. There are plenty of rides in Michigan too. I think the extended ride will still happen, but after I retire and have the ability to organize my time the way I want it to be. Hopefully Alex will still be interested.