Originally Posted by sprocketss

Besides visiting my friend in LA everything is fluid, several things come to mind tho, while I am now in training for the tour, I assume the conditions when you are on the road are just that more challenging, and there will be many unknowns and challenges I have not even considered. I do assume that you do become somewhat battle hardened within a week or two, and endurance will increase, but I do have an out, I have a bike travel bag, so if the conditions become too onerous, and I am "running out of road" so to speak, I can zip the bike into the bag, get on a bus to get over the difficult bits. This first tour is more a vacation than what you hardened vets would call a tour, I do plan to spend several days in each of the National parks to truly experience them. I am sure three weeks will slip by depressing fast.