Two (and three-wheeled!) travel calls for carrying only essentials, so how to pack for four weeks on a Piaggio MP3 500 which, for this trip, includes an array of electronic gear?
It begins with recognizing the difference between wants and needs. MP3 travel calls for focusing on NEEDS, and that is an enlightening lesson. In our consumer driven society, wants and needs are blurred by the agencies of Madison Avenue. The packing challenge calls for clarity regarding what’s truly essential, so here goes:
Continue reading ‘Buddy On Packing For The Road: Life’s Wants vs Needs’
Our riders are en route from Laramie, WY to to Fort Collins, CO, after a well-deserved rest. More to follow from the amazing pictures and stories they’ve just sent in to Piaggio Ground Control…
Buddy & Bob, having received a phone call whilst on the road yesterday, wanted this message posted on the homepage. Their old motorcycling friend Hartmut Wegner had called from Germany, and our riders were especially touched knowing he was following their journey across America:
Hartmut, you are with us. Get well and we will ride together again.
Buddy & Bob
Day 9 - Rock Springs, WY to Laramie, WY
After leaving our hotel we spent about an hour riding around the old town of Rock Springs, WY. The sky was blue, with a few white puffs and no threat of rain. The temperature was in the 70’s…this was going to be a good day of riding. Heading out of town we found that the old two-lane Lincoln Highway sat about a 100 yards to the South of I-80:
Continue reading ‘Day 9: Another Epic Road Report, Many Pictures & Fleeting Fame For Buddy & Bob On The Lincoln Highway’
After another epic day of riding, Buddy & Bob finally made it to Laramie, WY @ 1900hr MT. A 200+ mile run from Rock Springs, WY - east on I-80 and what portions of the Lincoln Highway they could identify - before calling in on arrival and reporting what Ground Control anticipated. They were tired, wanted dinner and a well-deserved drink, and would send their wrap-up in the morning instead of the usual middle-of-the-night e-mail.
Get some rest, guys. We’re all proud of you.
The boys called in from a lunch stop in Rawlins, Wyoming. As of 1240hr MT, they’d wolfed down a meal at the only Thai restaurant in a vast swath of beef country. The owner of Anong’s Thai had quite a sense of humor, as evidenced by this exchange with our riders:
"So," Bob asked, "how did you end up here? In Rawlins?"
"Ahhhh," responded the Thai restauranteur, "well, I found it on the internet."
Then, as the man walked away and our hard-to-fool riders looked at each other in disbelief, he turned back and smiled.
"Just kidding!"
Buddy & Bob are now running east via a combination of I-80 and stretches of the Lincoln Highway. So far they’ve seen a lot of signage in disrepair. Much more to follow, pending their next phone call. We wish them a safe journey, as today’s 200+mile leg to Laramie, WY is a tough one…
