This Thursday, stupid-early in the morning, I plan to leave on the Great West Coast Motorcycle Adventure. My final destination is San Diego, though I'll be stopping on the way to hit the West Coast Regional Meet that sport-touring.net puts on in Fortuna, CA. I'll try and post some projected route maps when I get home tonight.

Yesterday I did a dry-run packing my bike. For luggage, I have the Cortech Sport sadllebags and the matching Sport tailbag, as well as a little tankbag, also from Cortech. The tankbag is already filled with the electronics I'll be bringing along; the video setup, my digital camera, my GPS, and my iPod (yes, I have one now. Don't hate me). There should be room in there for my wallet and cell phone, and that's about it.

That leaves the tail and saddlebags for everything else a boy could need for almost three weeks on the road. Packing light will be required. I don't have the storage space to take more than one riding jacket, which is a real problem; do I take the mesh, and hope it doesn't rain, or the textile, and pray it never gets above 70 degrees? In southern California, in May, neither of those are gambles I'd like to take. I do have room for both sets of riding pants, though, which is good.

Tentative plan, for the southbound leg:
Day 1 (Thurs) - Seattle WA to Eugene OR
Day 2 (Fri) - Eugene OR to Fortuna CA
Day 3 (Sat) - Fortuna-area rides with the S-T.n crew
Day 4 (Sun) - Fortuna CA to Half Moon Bay CA (or somewhere nearby)
Day 5 (Mon) - Half Moon Bay CA to Santa Barbara CA
Day 6 (Tues) - Santa Barbara CA to San Diego CA

Then I hang out with my peeps in SD until Saturday, head back to Santa Barbara to spend a couple of days with my parents, and start the northward trek. I'll decide on that route later.