My idea of planning a trip is having the right maps and books, have the bike 100%, bring the right tools, read a lot about the countries you are going to visit to avoid unpleasand surprises and have the right medication if neccesary.
Not booking all hotels and ferry's in advance so you HAVE to be there.

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Jan Krijtenburg

My bikes are a Honda GoldWing GL1200 and a Harley-Davidson FXD Dyna Super Glide

My personal homepage with trip reports: https://www.krijtenburg.nl/
YouTube channel (that I do together with one of my sons): motormobilist.nl

Hi ya,
The planning is a most enjoyable part, but as I am still planning, and haven't been, I don't know if it's better. The first part of my AWT is across Canada, so I took all the pictures off my wall, printed out loads of maps from Multimap and now have a 4 meter by 1 meter map (12ft x 3ft) on my wall covered in dots. This is a copy of the Google Earth map I have on my PC, with stops and coffee breaks and campsites planned in for each day. Read on before you say anything. Starting at Halifax, Nova Scotia, the line of dots work up the map and across to Newfoundland then to Labrador City. Then they sort of tail off heading across to the Great Lakes, because at this point I realised that waking up in a tent with a blank sheet to achieve that day was absolutely BRILLIANT. So now my map is getting measles as I now plot places of interest, and not a route as such. I would hate to pass by some great feature that was just over the hill and not know it was there. My observations are that the planning phase is a real buzz, and I DO need to be out of the Artic Circle before it snows, but having the ability to say, 'I know this road leads to Metropolis, but I wonder what's down that road?' is gonna be just great, otherwise I figure I would have taken the bus instead. To be practical though, a lot of roads in Canada head a 1000km into nowhere and stop, so I still need a rough idea of where I am

Whatever your method, if you're enjoying it, don't stop!

Happy Trails

Stagbeetle

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Happy Trails

Stagbeetle

It is not the Journey nor yet the Destination, that is the Prize; it is the people you meet on the way.

Blog on http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/fairless/

Planning is fun... I just wish I knew more!

Ciao Ciao

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Ciao Ciao
Fletch


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