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- Terlingua Tx
- First Name
- Ed
- Last Name
- Hegarty
Most of you here may not know that I had a serious medical problem in May. I was admitted to the ER with congestive heart failure on May 22nd in serious danger of losing my life. I had been planning an epic motorcycle vacation for over a year and at first the illness had me convinced that I had to cancel. The first couple of weeks out of the hospital my recovery was slow. I was in a foul mood at the thought of not getting to go on my ride.
Then I asked myself.... If I can sit on a couch and recover why can't I sit on a motorcycle and recover too? After all, I had put off getting another dog in large part to make sure I was free for the ride. I had started prepping the Versys for the trip, then traded it on a very clean R1200GS that LSBMW had on consignment. Once I decided to proceed with the trip my recovery health wise picked up steam.
Time to pack for three weeks on the road...
That is my camp cookware, tools, spares, and room for my Gerbings and groceries.
Clothes and toiletries for the trip. I am glad that one compression stuff sack was separate from the rest of my good camping gear (that walked off from my barn) as it made packing sweatshirt and pants small enough to go. I used them a couple of times.
All of camp itself fits in the drybag on the back, grab one thing when you get to camp. The pic shows the bike ready to go, gassed up and fully loaded.
After a stop in Pecos my first camp was at Villanueva State Park in New Mexico. It is amazing how different the Pecos River is a hundred or so miles upstream of Texas.
Taking my boots off and wading into the river was a good way to cool the dogs after a hot day in the boots.
More to come as I sort pics and jog my short term memory.
Then I asked myself.... If I can sit on a couch and recover why can't I sit on a motorcycle and recover too? After all, I had put off getting another dog in large part to make sure I was free for the ride. I had started prepping the Versys for the trip, then traded it on a very clean R1200GS that LSBMW had on consignment. Once I decided to proceed with the trip my recovery health wise picked up steam.
Time to pack for three weeks on the road...
That is my camp cookware, tools, spares, and room for my Gerbings and groceries.
Clothes and toiletries for the trip. I am glad that one compression stuff sack was separate from the rest of my good camping gear (that walked off from my barn) as it made packing sweatshirt and pants small enough to go. I used them a couple of times.
All of camp itself fits in the drybag on the back, grab one thing when you get to camp. The pic shows the bike ready to go, gassed up and fully loaded.
After a stop in Pecos my first camp was at Villanueva State Park in New Mexico. It is amazing how different the Pecos River is a hundred or so miles upstream of Texas.
Taking my boots off and wading into the river was a good way to cool the dogs after a hot day in the boots.
More to come as I sort pics and jog my short term memory.