Well all the gear is loaded, bikes gassed up and given the thrice over, all that's left is to ride west.
Looks like I'll be in the rain pretty much the entire 550 miles to my first overnight stop at Columbia Missouri, then hopefully a couple of clear days after that. I should reach Gresham on Saturday. I'll post again when I get there. Can't wait to get started even if it is gonna rain all day.

Outside a dog a book is a mans best friend, inside a dog it's to dark to read.