Plans always change, or so it seems. My brother Erik, and I, wanted to go to Costa Rica this summer. We looked into it, and decided that we would do it. We had about 8 or 9 days, and figured we would fly down, rent dual-sport motorcycles, then ride around the country for a week, seeing the sights, and doing some off-road riding. However, scheduling question as to when the program I’m getting into this fall starts, and when Erik could get vacation days off, quickly had us questioning the viability of the trip. In addition to the scheduling problems, I was really worried about the cost of the trip. The more estimating we did, the closer it was getting to $1-2k. That’s just more than i can justify, with school coming up.
So last weekend we decided that we would do an alternative trip. Something in the US or Canada. After throwing some ideas about, we decided that it would be fun to ride the Oregon coast, down the California coast to San Francisco, then East to Yosemite National Park. A quick jaunt down to Mammoth, then back north, to the Lassen Volcanic National Park, then Lava Cave’s National Monument. After that, up into Oregon to Crater Lake, and through the Cascade Mts. I’m really excited that the route is coming together, and I’m excited that we may be able to do some caving in at the Lava Caves NM. We’re looking at the Labor Day week in September, as the ride time, so I’m thinking the weather is still going to be really nice. As long as it’s not totally scorching hot, it should be perfect.
