{"id":233,"date":"2022-05-09T01:30:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T01:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trooperstravels.com\/?p=233"},"modified":"2022-05-09T01:32:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T01:32:17","slug":"one-day-and-a-wake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trooperstravels.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/09\/one-day-and-a-wake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"One Day and a Wake UP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well today is the last day before I take off and test out all my new technology, my planning blood sweat and tears, as well as pack.\u00a0 I am using the clothes packing method suggested on one of the forums from RFTW folks. Lay out everything you think you need to take, remove half and put back away. Rinse and repeat!\u00a0 LOL\u00a0 Yes I&#8217;ve now gone cross country back and forth three separate times and I still take too much of what I don&#8217;t need and not enough of what I do.\u00a0 In 2019 on my first trip across, I said to myself I don&#8217;t need no stinking jacket. It&#8217;s May and the temps will be in the 70&#8217;s and up right?\u00a0 Um No, I hit Albuquerque and it decided to rain, be overcast and freaking COLD!\u00a0 I put on every stich of clothes I brought plus the rain suit.\u00a0 Yes, I was smart enough to take that, and I still froze my butt off.\u00a0 Lesson learned, on long distance rides, you can&#8217;t just cut the ride short and go home and try another day.\u00a0 So now<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20\" src=\"https:\/\/trooperstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/VTX1300-on-First-trip-to-RFTW-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trooperstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/VTX1300-on-First-trip-to-RFTW-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trooperstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/VTX1300-on-First-trip-to-RFTW-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trooperstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/VTX1300-on-First-trip-to-RFTW.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bike packed not solo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24\" src=\"https:\/\/trooperstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20211001_131924-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trooperstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20211001_131924-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trooperstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20211001_131924-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trooperstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20211001_131924-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trooperstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20211001_131924-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/trooperstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20211001_131924-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loaded for Bear on a Not Solo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>the jacket and the Chaps go, no matter what else has to stay behind.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m wondering, if I can fit everything I need into the bike and still have empty saddle bags and noting crammed onto the top of the trunk.\u00a0 What exactly are the passengers bringing???\u00a0 Wait don&#8217;t answer that, I really don&#8217;t want to know.\u00a0 Well now I&#8217;m in the waiting game. 0900 KSU tomorrow morning if I can wait that long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well today is the last day before I take off and test out all my new technology, my planning blood sweat and tears, as well as pack.\u00a0 I am using the clothes packing method suggested on one of the forums from RFTW folks. 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