How to Prepare for a Cross-Country Motorcycle Trip #1

In a matter of weeks my brother and I will be loading up our motorcycles and riding to the Grand Canyon. This trip will bring on many firsts for both of us. One of the wildest is trying to get a weeks worth of stuff and camping gear packed on my bike. Time to get creative. But being out on the road, in the "wild" is going to be a far cry from my King size bed, a/c and ...stuff. So, I've begun preparing for all that I'm going to be encountering. I thought I'd share a couple of my preparation methods with you, incase you one day decide to head out into the wild, wild west...on a motorcycle with your brother...or sister...or whoever. :)

TASK: To keep your senses keen and train yourself in the ways of a survivalist
METHOD: Purposly don't look where you park at Wal-Mart and then buy something frozen. Now find the truck before it melts! Skills!

TASK: Abandon the frills of urban life and learn to rest camping on the land.
METHOD: Downloaded one of those nature soundtracks to your ipod and listen to it as you go to sleep each night. For extreme training...just use one pillow. (I woke up last night and spent twenty minutes trying to kill a cricket then reazlized I'd fallen asleep with ipod ear buds in and sounds from the great outdoors playing)

TASK: Prepare yourself for hundreds of miles sitting on your motorcycle.
METHOD: Play your favorite game system of choice while sitting on a wooden kitchen chair for an hour. Then, down a Big Gulp, hit the bathroom and play for another hour. Buns of Steel!

TASK: Preparing to visit various State Parks and Historical Landmarks
METHOD: Walk through your neighborhood. Knock on someone's front door and when they open up, hand them $5 to $10 and walk around their backyard and then move to the next house. Resist the urge to pick up a stick or a rock!

Well, that's enough preparing for tonight. I've figured out how to work out while I'm on my trip. I bought some cool camping stuff that packs up in these little bags. They pop right out ....but getting 'em back in those tiny little bags...yeah, can you say Glad trash bags? :)