Lets hear about your vacation...

[CountryWolf07]

We leave on the 30th for a motorcycle road trip. We will head up the coast to Oregon. Cut over and go stay with my sister in Albany, OR for one night. Then head up to Seattle, WA to stay with Bruce's brother for two nights. After that we head up to Victoria, BC and we stay there for three nights. The entire trip will be 11 days. We come home on Sunday the 10th of August. That's a LONG time on a motorcycle. But I think it will be fun. We will only be on the bike for 4 to 7 hours a day with plenty of stops.

Bruce has it all planned out. Where we are staying and what time we leave and all that. I'm just along for the ride, apparently. The challenge for me will be packing light for that long of a trip.

I will (hopefully) take lots of pix and I'll make a thread when we get home.

Along for the ride, lol, I feel the same way! Mike planned everything out - What to do, what time, when to leave, all that jazz. We booked everything yesterday - So excited.

[caseysmom]

Everyone's vacations sound fun. Cindy...how do you fit all your stuff on the bike????

[Taz_Zoee]

Everyone's vacations sound fun. Cindy...how do you fit all your stuff on the bike????

That's going to be the difficult part. I'm only taking three pairs of jeans (including one pair that I will be wearing, so I only have to pack two pairs). I'll take maybe 3 T-shirts and 1 long sleeved shirt. We will be doing laundry at least every third day.
He bought these packs that go in the side packs on the bike so we can fill them up and just stick them in. It will be nice when we get to places because you just pull the whole pack out and go. And as far as all my hair products.... I won't be taking much. But my hair will be in a ponytail or hat all the time anyway. I'll have helmet hair constantly. It's going to be tough, but I will manage.
I've attached a couple of pics of what our bike looks like.
The bike looks very similar to ours. And the other picture is a pic of just the tour pak on the back that is also my back rest. Bruce also got a custom seat (extra large for me!!). And then we have nets that we can strap things to the packs, like our leathers when we aren't wearing them. Bruce will figure it out. The only thing that bums me out is I can't pick up too many souvenirs.

[caseysmom]

That's going to be the difficult part. I'm only taking three pairs of jeans (including one pair that I will be wearing, so I only have to pack two pairs). I'll take maybe 3 T-shirts and 1 long sleeved shirt. We will be doing laundry at least every third day.
He bought these packs that go in the side packs on the bike so we can fill them up and just stick them in. It will be nice when we get to places because you just pull the whole pack out and go. And as far as all my hair products.... I won't be taking much. But my hair will be in a ponytail or hat all the time anyway. I'll have helmet hair constantly. It's going to be tough, but I will manage.
I've attached a couple of pics of what our bike looks like.
The bike looks very similar to ours. And the other picture is a pic of just the tour pak on the back that is also my back rest. Bruce also got a custom seat (extra large for me!!). And then we have nets that we can strap things to the packs, like our leathers when we aren't wearing them. Bruce will figure it out. The only thing that bums me out is I can't pick up too many souvenirs.

That sounds like it will be fun, I picture you now riding back home holding bags of souvenirs.

[Taz_Zoee]

That sounds like it will be fun, I picture you now riding back home holding bags of souvenirs.

LOL, you might be right! I collect souvenir bells. Those are breakable so I'll have to figure it out.

[caseysmom]

Some stores will probably be willing to ship them home for you.

[Taz_Zoee]

Some stores will probably be willing to ship them home for you.

Ohhh, great idea!! Thanks!!

[Taz_Zoee]

Along for the ride, lol, I feel the same way! Mike planned everything out - What to do, what time, when to leave, all that jazz. We booked everything yesterday - So excited.

LOL, yup. I was on the phone with Slick the other night and she was asking me when I'd be in Victoria and I had no clue. Last night he booked us on the ferry to get to Victoria because she gave me a heads up.
But I'm not even sure what towns we are staying in. The only ones I know are Eureka, Albany, Seattle and Victoria. Oh and I think Lincoln City on the way home. But there's more places in there somewhere.

Either way, I'm sure we will both have fun on our trips.

[CountryWolf07]

LOL, yup. I was on the phone with Slick the other night and she was asking me when I'd be in Victoria and I had no clue. Last night he booked us on the ferry to get to Victoria because she gave me a heads up.
But I'm not even sure what towns we are staying in. The only ones I know are Eureka, Albany, Seattle and Victoria. Oh and I think Lincoln City on the way home. But there's more places in there somewhere.

Either way, I'm sure we will both have fun on our trips.

LOL that's great! Mike said that we can take the slower ferry up to Kelly's Island so I'd have some photography opportunities. I really, really hope those days will be of good weather! Mike isn't really huge on 'vacations' and it did take me a while to convince him he needs some time off and relax and life can't be always about work, work, and work.

[Taz_Zoee]

LOL that's great! Mike said that we can take the slower ferry up to Kelly's Island so I'd have some photography opportunities. I really, really hope those days will be of good weather! Mike isn't really huge on 'vacations' and it did take me a while to convince him he needs some time off and relax and life can't be always about work, work, and work.

Bruce is the opposite. He looks forward to a vacation each year. Even if it's just going to our condo in Tahoe (which is what we've done the past two years).

[wolf_Q]

I just had a last minute mini vacation last weekend. Decided the sunday or monday before that we were going to leave on friday after work to head up to Yellowstone. Spent Saturday at yellowstone, Sunday at the Tetons, and went white water rafting in Jackson monday then headed home. It was a blast. I've been on a couple of short camping trips too. Not sure what else will be in store, school starts in august so I need to get the fun in before that.

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

We haven't been out of the country for several years now, due to my backproblems
But... since I am MUCH better now, AND since we will be celebrating our 30th Anniversary on August 18th...........

we will be doing a great cruise to the Baltic States!!
Meaning:We will be flying into Kopenhagen (Denmark), on the 3rd day we will go aboard a cruiseship, Warnemünde & Berlin (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), St.Petersburg (Russia), Tallinn (Letvia), Oslo (Sweden), Stockholm (Norway), and then all the way to Rotterdam, from where we can return home by train!

In Kopenhagen we will meet our dear Randi!!!!! Woohoo!! And our sweety Fister!! I hope he won't be to scared when he sees us ! There is already a cute tunnel in my suitcase for him!!

I cannot wait to go!! We will be leaving on August 8th, and back home on august 23th. I hope we will be at the captain's table one day, and hope it will be on our anniversary day!!

[caseysmom]

We haven't been out of the country for several years now, due to my backproblems
But... since I am MUCH better now, AND since we will be celebrating our 30th Anniversary on August 18th...........

we will be doing a great cruise to the Baltic States!!
Meaning:We will be flying into Kopenhagen (Denmark), on the 3rd day we will go aboard a cruiseship, Warnemünde & Berlin (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), St.Petersburg (Russia), Tallinn (Letvia), Oslo (Sweden), Stockholm (Norway), and then all the way to Rotterdam, from where we can return home by train!

In Kopenhagen we will meet our dear Randi!!!!! Woohoo!! And our sweety Fister!! I hope he won't be to scared when he sees us ! There is already a cute tunnel in my suitcase for him!!

I cannot wait to go!! We will be leaving on August 8th, and back home on august 23th. I hope we will be at the captain's table one day, and hope it will be on our anniversary day!!

This sounds fantastic! Happy 30th anniversary!

[Barbara]

There are fantastic places on Oregon coast like Newport (with a great aquarium), Bandon and Cannon Beach. Actually I would love to live somewhere there.

As for my vacation I have been in the US going from Los Angeles to Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico including Zion, Bryce, Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon

[Edwina's Secretary]

As for my vacation I have been in the US going from Los Angeles to Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico including Zion, Bryce, Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon

Los Angeles?????