So it begins. Tomorrow I head off to Barcelona with my bike for a three month trip. My goal is to bike to Tromsø, Norway by a directish path over a couple months. All in I expect to bike a bit over 3000 miles.
It roughly will follow something like the below but I expect to make a couple changes (such as going up to Tromsø via the west side of Norway). Plan kinda, hang loose.
I left my job last week with this trip in mind. While I’ve done a number of shakedown rides I am expecting it’ll take me a little bit of time for me to get my legs. I’m finishing packing today trying to fit everything possible in a slightly too small bike box. I’ve loaded up a bit more than my last tour in an attempt to require a bit less city time. The themes of this trip are consistency and sustainability in a personal context.
There’s certainly something cathartic about putting it all together in my home office/basement dungeon of the past couple years.
My mother is also in town this week to see me off and visiting for the first time in my nearly six years in Los Angeles. So in addition to trip prep I’ve been doing a number of tourist things this week. I’d almost forgot how wonderful Los Angeles can be!
Excited and a bit nervous. I was a better person after my last trip so I’m using that as my permission to jump in head first into another.