Just to give folks an idea of when I’ll be where, here’s a run down of my schedule thus far.

March 10 - 15 in Pennsylvania (6 days)
March 15 - 29 in West Virginia (15 days - perhaps picking up Ruby II then)
March 29 - April 14 in Seattle area (17 days)
April 15 - April 27 in West Virginia (13 days)
April 27 - April 30 in Pennsylvania (3 days)
April 30 - May 2 in West Virginia (3 days)
May 3 - June 16 on Scoot 66 (43 days)
June 16 - June 27 in West Virginia (12 days)
June 27 - July 4 in Gettysburg (8 days)

What I’m doing before March 10, I don’t know. I’ll be based out of WV, I know that, but I’m not sure if I’ll take a small trip here and there. Largely, it depends on the evil weather.

For some weird reason, I thought that it would be fun to wear a Scoot 66 tshirt every day of the trip. I don’t mean that I have 45 shirts. Just nine or so, enough to last me between laundry days. Not really sure why I wanted (want) to do this, but hey, whatever. Maybe I’m on a uniform kick. Who knows.

Anyway, I trekked up to Bloomsburg on Sunday so that Smartz could help me make them.

Or rather… I guess I was helping her make them.

Or maybe she did most of the work.

We printed 10 or so shirts in four different colors.

See? Quite the little worker bee.

I wish I were more helpful, but mostly I just clowned around…

But this is pretty cool…

Smartz screen printed the MST3K guys on her apron.

So anyway, that was the long and the short of it. I’ve now got ten or so shirts (my dad got one) and that’s just fun. Yay!

Thanks, Smartz! *high five*

And here’s the outcome!

Lovely, no?

I was trying to figure out just how narcissistic it would be to make postcards advertising my trip. I couldn’t figure it out. All I could come up with was “pretty damned narcissistic.”

Oh well. I’m not usually a “look at me!” sort of person. But I figure, why not? And so I did.

They’re basic. And square. I like square. A lot. So there you go. I’ll be handing these buggers out to folks in Lewisburg before I leave. Hopefully the cafe and Page After Page will agree to put some out as well. And then people can follow my antics if they so choose.

Yeah, it’s a big boastful. But I’m allowed to be sometimes.
I guess mostly, I’m just really excited about this trip.

Yesterday was my lone day off. I spent much of it trying to figure out what I’ll need for the trip. I wasn’t completely sure if I could stuff nine days worth of clothing in my bag. I also wasn’t sure if I could I could take my backpack (and thus my laptop). I wanted to bring my backpack because buying a sleeve or another bag for my laptop just seemed dumb.

And yeah, this isn’t all that exciting. But check this out…

All my clothes for the trip. Each roll contains one shirt, one pair of boxers and a pair of socks. Also note pants! PANTS! Fun huh?

Also in the bag are my toiletries and first aid kit. Aren’t you just ridiculously excited?!

It was pretty warm out today, so I was able to ride for about 25 miles. A bit chilly on the legs, but it was great to get out again.

I rode with a full pack just to see how different it was. Honestly, not that much.

I’m really really stoked for this trip. Really REALLY.

Just thought you’d like to know.