First major stop in the trip was the Horizons Unlimited East
Coast Riders Meeting at the Iron Horse Motorcycle Lodge, in Robbinsville NC. www.ironhorsenc.com
Horizons Unlimited is a website www.horizonsunlimited.com and more.
It was created by Grant & Susan Johnson, who traveled around the world by
motorcycle over a 12 year period. They are really great folks and their website
is a major resource for do it yourself adventure riders. Horizons Unlimited
attracts people that are planning international motorcycle trips with community
prepared information. This is my third
time attend this event. This time Grant & Susan invited me to make three
presentations, which were condensed into two due to time constraints. I saw several people from previous years and
made several new friends. Expecting this meeting to be giving back to the community
more than I received, I was very surprised to learn an avalanche of tips.
Jay showing me cool places in Peru
Among the many interesting talks, a gentleman from Australia
shared his 4 month trip for the “Stains”, which took incredible amounts of
preparation to secure the require permits.
A wild man from Long Island (Paul?) showed up with his
unique luggage set-up
Following the Horizons Unlimited Meeting I rode in the wrong
direction (east) to Hendersonville, NC, for a visit with long time friends,
Kevin & Karilea Rhea. They are the owners of Olympia Moto Sports, providers
of technical riding apparel. www.olympiamotosports.com
Kevin & Karilea took one look at my set-up and insisted
on lending me a Seal Bag, to replace the shopping bag I threw on top of the
spare tires as I was leaving home. They saved my bacon with this item (see
later photos.)
Before leaving Hendersonville we went to their
warehouse. Once again their manager,
Eric, helped me out. After saying hello to him, I ask if he had time to do me a
favor. He immediately replied, “What do you need scanned?” In the previous trip
Eric made scans of my critical documents. This time there were more, plus
credit cards. The items were scanned to PDF and stored on Google Doc (now
Google Drive) in the event they are lost. I highly recommend taking the time to
back-up your documents! We also made multiple copies of the motorcycle title,
registration, driver’s license, passport (first page with photo and last page.)
Having copies in hand can save time when crossing borders.
Next stop, Savannah, TN, for a visit with my brother Rick
and sister-in-law Elaina.
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