I lost a lot of time yesterday having to run unexpected errands so I am about to walk out to the garage and start prepping the bike. There's not that much to do but for some reason, I suppose obvious, I'm dreading the task. There are too many ghosts in the garage now and I've grown to dislike turning wrenches alone.

I need to:

1. Replace the front brake lines. I had tried to install a new set before the October trip but I destroyed them on install. Stupid mistake. The ones on there now are too short. 
2. Replace the tires. This will take the most time. Michelin no longer makes my favorite tire in sizes that fit my bike, so I'm going to try the Bridgestone BattleAx T33 Sport Touring Tires. We'll see what I think of them.
   
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3. Oil and filter change. 

I need to finish packing and going over the equipment list, which shouldn't take long.

It's going to be a crazy hot ride so I'm trying to prepare for that best I can. Hydration is key so for the first time on a street trip I'm going to be wearing a Camelbak.

I've also ordered a cheap evaporative cooling vest which hopefully will be helpful in the desert heat.
I suspect it won't do much in the soup of the Southern States. I do have an evaporative base layer that I've had good luck with, called Heat Outs from CycleGear. I'm not sure if they still sell them. I'm on the fence about the gear to wear. The plan is to wear the Transit Suit. It flows pretty well and reflects some heat, but it'll reprise its title of Toxic Suit pretty quickly. The flies will be in danger. Sadly, Aerostich does not have any of the new pants in stock. I replaced the jacket but am still running the told, now not water proof, pants, which sucks. I suspect there will be a lot of rain and some storms. 

Then there's making sure I have all my development tools synced on the development notebook. I plan to do some work and hopefully some writing from the road. 

While unwise, after a major six month push, I've finally installed all the latest software so I have a video call with Wayne to go over all the work that has been done. There are a lot of new features in the map editor. As you can see from the planning map, I now finally support routes that loop back on themselves where a single place can represent multiple stops in a trip.