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At the present I am only looking into quick and fast satellite trips, over a week or four, that I can do with a few year intervals
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Isn't that what the majority of riders do? Don't be so easily convinced by the conversations on the HUBB that everyone is taking years off work to go travelling....
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I once seriously contemplated convincing my wife that we take two bikes and ride off for a year with our kids, maybe with a side car.....
because it would be a mammoth task to convince my wife of the idea...
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Doesn't sound like you've discussed this idea with her! Two bikes? So she rides as well.
She has made sacrifices too for you, your career and family.
You may be surprised to find out that she has dreams too.
Honestly, don't ask us what to do - ask your wife! :confused1:
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I reckon travelling long term with young children would be a complete nightmare under any circumstances, and ten times worse on bikes.
We had our lad at about the same age as you and since I got the wife riding pillion a few years back we have been putting money away for an extended tour when our lad clears off to Uni. Only 2 years to go! I then hope we will be able to go away for a few weeks every year on the bike and if we maintain our health we may be able to do a massive trip when I retire.
Just accept that once you go down the wife/kids route your hands are tied for at least 18 years.
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I know not everybody feels the same, but I don't really feel like I'm travelling properly until I've been away for over a month or more.
For me, the most enjoyment of a long, overseas motorcycle trip is the separation from my home life and turning into a bit of a hobo.
I love the sense of freedom and the thought of endless adventure and the mysteries the next day holds. I love that I won't have to worry about work, bills, car insurance etc for the foreseeable future.
When I only have two weeks, I kind of know where I'm going to be everyday, what miles I have to do and when I have to be on the way home. You can't REALLY get too far from your normal life with the time constraints. That's why I rarely bother doing shorter trips.
THIS is also why I shrug my shoulders when my friends/family say
"Just go on lots of short trips"
IT JUST AIN'T THE SAME , GOD DAM IT !!!
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I think anybody who takes extended trips who have children at home being looked after by there spouse  should swap places & let there spouse go on the extended trip & they look after the kids !!!!!!  No matter how it is sugared up it is simply selfish & shirking your responsibilities.....I am sorry but I don't buy it,  if you are man enough to have kids than be man enough & take responsibility of them.  If your single go for it....  but if you have a family it's a whole different ball game !!!:confused1:
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I think anybody who takes extended trips who have children at home being looked after by there spouse  should swap places & let there spouse go on the extended trip & they look after the kids !!!!!!  No matter how it is sugared up it is simply selfish & shirking your responsibilities.....I am sorry but I don't buy it,  if you are man enough to have kids than be man enough & take responsibility of them.  If your single go for it....  but if you have a family it's a whole different ball game !!!:confused1:
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What if your spouse simply wants to stay home, with you and be a family or maybe go on holiday all together? You're projecting.
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No thats is how it should be !!! What I am saying it is wrong for one spouse to go off for prolong periods while the other is left at home (usually the women) I have raised 3 children & before I was married had been to over 60 countries...but once married I never ventured anywhere without my wife for longer than 3 weeks ( I have been married for 25 years) & at times we have been overseas we took our kids with us.
All the spouses that are left behind with a fake smile on there face waving there other half goodbye as they leave on another great adventure, need a medal for acting as I bet deep inside they would wish to be going off somewhere as a family.
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They don't need a "medal for acting", they need a kick up the slats for not saying what they really want.
Generally, I get where you're coming from though. I waited 'til my brood had grown up and flown the coup before adventuring. Now, my wife flies out to rendezvous with me wherever I'm traveling; Athens two years ago and Marrakech last year on my Morocco trip for example, and we get to spend some time together. It's going to be tough on the longer trips that I've got planned to more remote places but as long as I help her to do what she wants (she's into heritage so museums and stuff), then I get to do my thing.
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I think anybody who takes extended trips who have children at home being looked after by there spouse  should swap places & let there spouse go on the extended trip & they look after the kids !!!!!!  No matter how it is sugared up it is simply selfish & shirking your responsibilities.....I am sorry but I don't buy it,  if you are man enough to have kids than be man enough & take responsibility of them.  If your single go for it....  but if you have a family it's a whole different ball game !!!:confused1:
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Dont know what ball game you are refering to
Implisit you asume when going away me and others like me dont take care of our kids or the misses. I cannot disagree more. My wife and I give and take reciproctal. To be explicit, it involves me staying at home when she is away, and of course the other way around. You just have to man up and deal with that
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If it is of any help. I had the same problem. Got my self a bike trailer. Loaded up the car. click up the trailer on the back. Then it's off to where ever you have in mind. And you have the bike for them odd day's out where the wife can take the kid's to the beach.
Worked for me.
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