I'm close to having all my planning done and am very anxious; a bit fearful, too, but ready to go. The bike and my Beast Of Burden (BOB) trailer are packed for shipping and will be on their way today (June 8).
Thanks to my ex-wife, Mary, I've reconnected with an old friend of ours, Sue, who's living in the Seattle area. She's been so gracious as to offer to pick me up at the airport, give me a place to crash for the two days I'll be there before the tour starts, and I can ship my vehicles to her place. That was a real nice turn of events and it will be nice to visit with Sue after many years. 😉
Mail and E-mail during the trip:
I'll be using a special e-mail address during the trip — I don't want to be wasting my cell phone battery loading 50 spam messages a day. From June 16 to somewhere around August 5, if you'd like to e-mail me during the trip, send it to
. (Sorry, but you'll have to type it in by hand — just a little ploy to keep the spammers at bay.)
Text messages: 8144045087 or e-mail
. Note that text messages are notoriously unreliable, especially if the phone is off or out of a service area for a period of time, so don't be worried or offended if I don't respond — it's more likely that Verizon dumped it. But try anyway — it's always nice to see something in the In-Box.
Snail Mail drops (send at least 6 days in advance by United States Postal Service only):
6/24: c/o Cycle America, PAUL RITO, GENERAL DELIVERY, Thompson Falls, MT 59873 (send by 6/19)
7/1: c/o Cycle America, PAUL RITO, GENERAL DELIVERY, Ashton, ID 83420 (send by 6/26)
7/7: c/o Cycle America, PAUL RITO, GENERAL DELIVERY, Buffalo, WY 82834 (send by 7/2)
7/17: Paul Rito, c/o The Hanlons, 10832 Fischer Hill Drive, Plainview, MN 55964 (send by 7/12)
7/26: Paul Rito, c/o Jean Wagner, 3340 Charter Oak Drive, Maumee, OH 43537 (send by 7/21)
8/1: Paul Rito, c/o The Petrykowskis, 784 West Kimberly Court, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (send by 7/27)