July 1, 2015 - 0700
Wednesday morning, Jeffry and I were receiving some photos via text. The first was a plate of scrambled eggs and what I'm assuming was Trystero coffee. A few minutes later, another photo. It was taken in a space that resembled a bathroom, with a very nice throw rug on the floor, and an aerial view of bare legs and some brown canvas pants down around the ankles crumpled over some worn grey Birks. The caption read "Pre-ride jitters". It was Errin, and he was documenting and sharing with his team, the morning of his departure from Los Angeles in painstaking and marginally inappropriate detail. Thank you for that Errin.
This was at once confusing and entertaining to Jeffry and I. It was a little early in the day to mentally process literal "toilette" humor, and the three of us haven't spent a lot of time together. I haven't actually met Jeffry in-person yet. We've interacted via the internet and electronic devices. Errin and Jeffry have met once in-person, and only just recently at one of Errin's Wednesday morning #larivercampcoffee gatherings. So with this photo came a new level of comfortability, intimacy and excrement *cough*, I mean excitement. Excitement not from the jitters photo, but from the photos that I can share, photos of Errin's first day on the road north...
Errin's 2014 F800GS-Adv packed and ready for departure
Errin left Los Angeles around 0800 Thursday morning. We had radio silence until sometime around mid-day, when he sent out the following text:
The first communication from Errin, after leaving his home in Los Angeles
This was at once confusing and entertaining to Jeffry and I. It was a little early in the day to mentally process literal "toilette" humor, and the three of us haven't spent a lot of time together. I haven't actually met Jeffry in-person yet. We've interacted via the internet and electronic devices. Errin and Jeffry have met once in-person, and only just recently at one of Errin's Wednesday morning #larivercampcoffee gatherings. So with this photo came a new level of comfortability, intimacy and excrement *cough*, I mean excitement. Excitement not from the jitters photo, but from the photos that I can share, photos of Errin's first day on the road north...
Errin left Los Angeles around 0800 Thursday morning. We had radio silence until sometime around mid-day, when he sent out the following text:
He had ridden from Los Angeles to Tulare and stopped to refuel his bike and his body. If you've ever wondered what a rookie explorer consumes during an open road expedition, you've come to the right place for answers. Behold, orange soda and peanut butter cookies.
At the end of the day, Errin had ended up at his uncle and aunt's house in Mariposa. He spent some time catching up on life events, he gave them a run down of his trip and was provided with an offering of pizza and beer. He then set up his tent and snapped off a few photos to send to his curious and excited team.
Errin's camp for the night on his aunt and uncle's property in Mariposa, CA
Screen shot of Errin's Spot tracker, allowing us to follow along on his progress
At the end of the day, he had covered roughly 300 miles. Nice work Errin. I'm looking forward to seeing you in Seattle very soon, and I know Jeffry is eagerly awaiting our arrival in Anchorage. I'm sure tomorrow will provide some more exciting details on the ride north.
We would like to thank Errin's wife, Serbrina, for being supportive and letting us borrow Errin for a couple weeks this summer. Thank you Serbrina!
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