{"id":734,"date":"2012-05-23T17:07:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T22:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/?p=734"},"modified":"2012-05-23T17:07:56","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T22:07:56","slug":"23-days-to-go-route-and-prep-and-more-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/2012\/05\/23\/23-days-to-go-route-and-prep-and-more-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"23 days to go: Route and Prep and more funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

”]\"2012<\/a>With 23 days to go, I am starting feel some anxiety. \u00a0I have been feeling like I could go tomorrow since January, but now, with a bit over 3 weeks to go, things a looking a bit daunting. \u00a0This is good, I guess. Taking this as just another ride would probably not be the best thing. \u00a0I have been practicing my slow riding, stand on the foot pegs, skills every morning, and the packing list is getting official. \u00a0I am happy to see that most of the supplies are here already, with just a few things remaining. \u00a0Still, it feels like there is always one more thing that remains to be done. Another item from the to do list that got crossed off today was my order for contact lenses.<\/p>\n

This map should, at this point, be a fair representation of the trip. \u00a0I have now nailed down most of my rest stops and camp sites between Jamaica Beach, Texas, and Fairbanks, Alaska, including a rest day in Yellowstone National Park, and an overnight at Liards Hot Springs in Northern British Columbia. \u00a0I have found the British Columbia park services web site very useful, and the camping rates to be quite reasonable.<\/p>\n

The started, though, with a drive out to Wild West Honda, near Katy, Texas, to have them do a boat load of prep work that I could not do myself. \u00a0This included:<\/p>\n