[Ducati] speaking of cross country trips

[Alec Moss]

Way cool!  


Alec


On 2/5/07 10:03 AM, "kevink38 at comcast.net" <kevink38 at comcast.net> wrote:

> The time until my planned departure date of June 19 is rapidly passing. As I
> make plans, I feel like there just isn't enough time to do all the things I
> need 
> to do to prepare, or make pre-trip arrangements. Of course, too much planning
> takes the spontaneousness out of the trip; that idea of just getting on the
> bike 
> and heading off, letting the road bring it what it will. Where this applies to
> me is the conflict between the spontaneousness (I can't spell spontenaeity)
> and 
> being on schedule (and covering a lot of miles in a finite amount of time).
> Some 
> of you have offered places to stay and/or stow  the bike, and I thank you.
> Over 
> the next week or so, I'll be sending out and/or posting a timeline, with
> windows 
> of when I hope to be dropping in on people. There is also the conflict of
> enjoying what the different areas have to offer (the Aquarium in Newport, OR,
> for example), and getting down the road. I haven't done this before, so I
> don't 
> know how much sightseeing and local traveling
> can happen in a 13-14 day trip that covers over 5,000 miles.
> I appreciate the feedback I have gotten so far. Keep it coming.
> I hope to have a modest website devoted to this trip., I've already started
> bugging Jules to help set this up, and could use other assistance and
> suggestions (except for writing a little HTML years ago, I'm not too savy).
> You know, daily uploads with that day's trip log, pictures, videos, interviews
> of ducatisti and anyone else who crosses my path. Cool idea, huh?
> -----
> Kevin Kachadourian
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> 85 Alazzurra 650 (old dog still bites)
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