Hey All!
Well we made it through the first day! We had an uneventful day riding down I-5. It was clear and cold most of the way. With some very thick fog thrown in here and there. Not much to tell you about except we did bank some bike Karma. We were coming into Eugene and a guy was on the side of the road with his BMW. We stopped and he was out of gas. We have a little hand crank pump we use to fill our camp stove from the gas tank of our bikes. Well we busted it out and to the dude’s amazement we instantly pump about a pint a gas in his rig and we were off to the gas station. We then stopped for some BBQ lunch at the Lone Coyote in Eugene. Man was it good. Other than that not much to say. We are now in Grants Pass ready to hit the CA coast tomorrow.
We have a page on the blog that shows our path and where we are – (Click here to see it). This page is delayed by a day or so but we also have a realtime map of where we are at any given moment – (Map Link) if you want to see our GPS track.
Congrats on getting started--I imagine that's a huge hurdle you're both glad to get behind you.
And so it begins ..... best of luck you two. Kinda makes me wish I had a brother to do crazy shit with. Of course, that's also what friends are for.