Do it. Be a little crazy. Meet lots of interesting people. Write a book about your adventure. You could be a modern day Jack Kerouac.
Do it. Be a little crazy. Meet lots of interesting people. Write a book about your adventure. You could be a modern day Jack Kerouac.
You can't comprehend how jealous I am. Congrats, and go for it. I'm assuming you have a cell phone? Life is good!
I have a cousin who, over his summer break from Rollins College in Orlando, flew to Seattle with his bike and rode back to FL. This was a few years ago but he had a awesome trip. He even took a self portrait on his bike overlooking a mountain valley and Bike Nashbar ended up using it for an ad for a few years. His Mom told him he would end up as road kill so he took pictures of himself on the ground next to "real" road kill along the way and used them for custom calendars for his Mom for years.
Do it. Take tons of pictures, do a blog, don't do a blog and have an adventure.
pres589 wrote: In reply to AngryCorvair: Yes. I'm going to wear a camera and tangle with bears and make sure you get the video before anyone else. Just so I know, are you suggesting I don't bring some sort of knife on a multi-state camping run across the country? The knife and the pepper spray aren't for the same purposes in my mental image of this thing... Edit: p.s. I'll make sure to get audio of this so right before I kick that first bear I find square in the junk you can hear me yell "AND THIS IS FOR ANGRY".
berkeley yeah!
a knife is a great camping tool, and you certainly shouldn't go without one. my point is that you are more likely to run afoul of a bear than a crazy person. a gun is a great bear stopper; a knife or a can of mace maybe not so much.
or maybe you can be like this guy (ffwd to 1:00). just remember to yell "AND THIS IS FOR ANGRY!!!"
go forth and camp. i wish i could do something epic, so i will live vicariously through your posts from the road. 
Sounds epic! I am unbelievably jealous. Take tons of pics and keep a daily journal of people met and things experienced.
My brother in Hooliganism and I took a short trip to catch a Rally race 9 years ago and I have a short story written from the memories and pictures. I read it all the time and it never gets old; it always takes me right back to those moments of Gonzo Hooliganism.
This kid did it. I think you could do it.
Your buddy abandoned stuff in a campsite for 36 hours and was confused when it was gone...I think maybe his advice should be taken with a grain of salt.
Have fun. Don't be an idiot. Many people who are the victim of crimes place themselves into an unwise situation- keep your eyes open, don't get drunk enough to forget where you are, and build up your warchest of stories for when you are old and tired.
In reply to Streetwiseguy:
I think he was gone for four to six hours. But, yeah. I think what worried me more was his "people will just show up when they see a camp fire and if you're alone it can be a really bad situation" bit vs. the "we left for a long time and our stuff was gone" bit.
I might bring a bit of wine or something like that with but drinking very much at all doesn't really interest me on a run like that. Waking up to a hangover and trying to cover 500 miles the next day doesn't turn me on.
Lesley wrote: A friend of mine retraced the "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" route a few years ago, and wrote a fascinating book about it. He ran into lots of characters along the way, some you might call crazy, but it sure makes for a compelling read: http://www.zenandnow.org/
Neat.
Just don't piss off any hillbillies Easy Rider style.
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