20. UPDATE DAILY AND TOTAL MILEAGE

IT´S TIME TO RIDE

It is now 10 hours before my flight to Washington, through Houston.
Today I bought a filter kit and spark plugs for the bike. A BMW rider in Manassas kindly offered his garage for an oil change. The bag is packed, few clothes, lots of stuff needed for the ride, goggles, watertight bags, rain gear, tire repair kit, tools, etc.
Thanks to Bayer Alka-Selzer I am now equipped with a new BMW jacket, gloves and pants. so I will tell you all more about Alka-Selzer later on.
Here is a picture of my attire for the nex 6 weeks:
Tourance jacket and Schubert J-1 full face helmet for riding the highways at speed and for bad weather. When touring leisurely in hot weather, I ride in the Navajo vest.
I wear a silver Navajo bracelet with an engraving of the Rain God to keep the rain away. So far it has worked!

I expect my bike is allright. It is sitting in Self Storage Plus in Manassas and well taken care of by Jon and Jan. A recommendable facility, clean and well run. I will tour the Washington-Baltimore area for a few days, getting used to the road , break the bike in again and enjoying the east coast. On June 1, I will be on the road to Pittsburgh.

My itinerary has changed a lot. Instead of 3,500 miles, it is now over 5,500 miles, all the way to Los Angeles. I will leave the bike there and fly back home on July 6.

Below is an update of my itinerary. anytime something changes, I will post the change.

CITY	DATE		MILES
Flight to Washington - Manassas	May-28	fri	0
Manassas-Washington	May-29	sat	32
Washington	May-30	sun	50
Washington-Annapolis	May-31	mon	32
Annapolis - Pittsburgh	Jun-01	tue	264
Pittsburgh - Cleveland	Jun-02	wed	146
Cleveland - Chicago	Jun-03	thur	340
Chicago	Jun-04	fri	50
Chicago	Jun-05	sat	100
Chicago	Jun-06	sun	50
Chicago	Jun-07	mon	50
Chicago - Milwaukee	Jun-08	tue	93
Milwaukee	Jun-09	wed	50
Milwaukee - La Crosse	Jun-10	thur	211
La Crosse - Sioux Falls	Jun-11	fri	300
Sioux falls - Rapid City	Jun-12	sat	360
Rapid City - Keystone - Custer	Jun-13	sun	100
Rushmore	Jun-14	mon	50
Sturgis	Jun-15	tue	50
Custer - Devil´s Tower - Buffalo	Jun-16	wed	249
Buffalo - Cody	Jun-17	thur	183
Cody - Mammoth	Jun-18	fri	167
Yellowstone	Jun-19	sat	100
Mammoth - Butte	Jun-20	sun	168
Butte, Spokane	Jun-21	mon	315
Spokane	Jun-22	tue	50
Spokane - Seattle	Jun-23	wed	280
Seattle	Jun-24	thur	50
Seattle	Jun-25	fri	50
Seattle-Eugene	Jun-26	sat	283
Eugene-Redding	Jun-27	sun	315
Redding-Napa	Jun-28	mon	190
Napa-Groveland Big Oak flat	Jun-29	tue	151
Yosemite	Jun-30	wed	272
Yosemite-Visalia	Jul-01	thur	158
Visalia-Sequoia Natl Forest	Jul-02	fri	150
Kernville- Santa Monica	Jul-03	sat	165
Los Angeles	Jul-04	sun	50
Los Angeles	Jul-05	mon	50
Flight to Guatemala	Jul-06	tue
Total mileage 5610 LATEST NEWS THIS AFTERNOON THE PACAYA VOLCANO BLEW UP. THE EARTH SHOOK AND ASH IS COVERING THE RUNWAY OF GUATEMALA CITY AIRPORT. IT IS NOT CLEAR IF TOMORROW AIRPLANES CAN TAKE OFF. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.