Friday, May 31, 2013

Day 1 - And We're Off!!

Richmond, VA to Deal's Gap, NC (via TN)
Daily Mileage: 495mi
Trip Mileage: 495mi
State Count: 3

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After a year and a half of planning, we launch on our five week, 35 day adventure. J This morning started with a furry of packing, trying to make sure we had everything.  Luckily, we’d been adding things to a list (and had two bins  of random items we wanted to make sure we packed). We also had numerous “Just Married” and “OFP Racing” stickers we put on the bikes this morning.  After all that was completed, we hit the road at 10:00am ready to attack the day.

The original plan had been to get to Bristol, TN today.  But after Larkin coming home early last night, and having a bit of extra time, we decided to try and make it to Knoxville.  Martinique had made mention a few days ago about not having Dragon stickers on the Beemer, but we’d decided that it was a bit out of the way to go to Deal’s Gap.  Well, after making it to within an hour of Knoxville, and it only being 3:30, we decided, what the heck, we’re OFP!  What could be better than going to the place where we first said ILU, on our honeymoon!

Besides a pretty sore throat for Martinique, and the start of one for Larkin, we’re doing pretty good.  It probably has a lot to do with thick pollen and allergies.  The bikes have pollen all over them.  Today was a blast and not too hot, tomorrow we’ll set out early for Little Rock!

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