For some time now one of my closest closest friends and I have talked and talked about taking a big ride together. One thing or another has always managed to find a way to derail the planning process so the trip has been put off and put off and then put off again. This time around though, with my military career coming to a close in the relatively near future, and the potential ability or even opportunity to be able to take a trip like this becoming more questionable base on job market and the like ( gotta get paid to be able to afford to do the things you like to do!).
I was also massively burned out. Emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually, I was wasted and flapping in the wind. I needed to get away. I needed time to try and recenter myself and get back on track.
I had been talking with my best friend for some time about trying to undertake a high mileage motorcycle trip and now seemed as good as time as any.
After much debate over the course of a couple of months and several weeks, a course was decided upon.
The destination: New Mexico
The route: a combination of the interstate and Historic Route 66.
The Plan: My buddy would ride out from his home in Maryland and meet me here in good ol' mid-Missouri and then we would set out on our iron steeds for New Mexico with the intent of reaching Santa Rosa as our first stop. From Santa Rosa it was on to various points picked out from a plethora of things to see and do in the Land of Enchantment. We would then spend our final night in Tucumcari, NM.
I was also massively burned out. Emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually, I was wasted and flapping in the wind. I needed to get away. I needed time to try and recenter myself and get back on track.
I had been talking with my best friend for some time about trying to undertake a high mileage motorcycle trip and now seemed as good as time as any.
After much debate over the course of a couple of months and several weeks, a course was decided upon.
The destination: New Mexico
The route: a combination of the interstate and Historic Route 66.
The Plan: My buddy would ride out from his home in Maryland and meet me here in good ol' mid-Missouri and then we would set out on our iron steeds for New Mexico with the intent of reaching Santa Rosa as our first stop. From Santa Rosa it was on to various points picked out from a plethora of things to see and do in the Land of Enchantment. We would then spend our final night in Tucumcari, NM.
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