We've been busy the last few weeks since we decided to hang around OS until the start of our long trip. We've planned, purchased items for the trip, read other ADV reports to prepare for what sort of packing we might need, and dealt with real life around the house. Since we've been back, I've gone to Liberty University for two weeks in order to knock out a few intensives required for my MA degree before leaving for our trip. Eric's been counting down his shifts one by one and happy to do so. It's hard to imagine he really only has 10 shifts left at this point in time. After a month of us debating, I think we decided to leave the back milk crate the way it is for now and leave camping gear at home until the rainy/hot season passes, and pick it up when Eric flies back to work one month.
We leave Gulfport on June 26th. Eric's last day of work is June 25th getting off at 7am on the 26th. Our flight out of GPT is at 6:55pm on the 26th. This will be our last time in GPT for .. who knows how long. We will fly to San Diego for about 5 days before heading to Eric's new job in order to get a good visit in with Eric's family before the trip. We fly to Chico, CA, where Eric's new job will be on the 4th of July. We'll be there for 6 days in which 4 of them Eric will be working his first shifts in Chico. Here we plan to leave a bag of non motorcycle clothes and our camp gear/other misc. motorcycle equipment with a friend until we need it again later on. Chico will be our new home base until the end of our trip. On the 10th, we start our flight to Cancun, but have a nights layover in San Francisco which we intend to take advantage of and have booked a hotel in the city near Chinatown. The next day, we continue our flight to Cancun where we will then take a bus down to Paamul in order to pick up our bike.
We'll spend at least 2 days at a B&B in Puerto Aventuras where will will have access to aircon, wifi, and a good place to prep our bike before heading off again.
We leave in 15 days. Until then, I will be trying to finish post work from my two classes I took a few weeks ago and practicing a bit of Spanish along with us planning our close upcoming trip. While we thought this month and a half off would be way too much down time, we've learned that the next 15 days will fly by much faster than expected.
Pics of the last month can be viewed here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/whereruericliu/
We leave Gulfport on June 26th. Eric's last day of work is June 25th getting off at 7am on the 26th. Our flight out of GPT is at 6:55pm on the 26th. This will be our last time in GPT for .. who knows how long. We will fly to San Diego for about 5 days before heading to Eric's new job in order to get a good visit in with Eric's family before the trip. We fly to Chico, CA, where Eric's new job will be on the 4th of July. We'll be there for 6 days in which 4 of them Eric will be working his first shifts in Chico. Here we plan to leave a bag of non motorcycle clothes and our camp gear/other misc. motorcycle equipment with a friend until we need it again later on. Chico will be our new home base until the end of our trip. On the 10th, we start our flight to Cancun, but have a nights layover in San Francisco which we intend to take advantage of and have booked a hotel in the city near Chinatown. The next day, we continue our flight to Cancun where we will then take a bus down to Paamul in order to pick up our bike.
We'll spend at least 2 days at a B&B in Puerto Aventuras where will will have access to aircon, wifi, and a good place to prep our bike before heading off again.
We leave in 15 days. Until then, I will be trying to finish post work from my two classes I took a few weeks ago and practicing a bit of Spanish along with us planning our close upcoming trip. While we thought this month and a half off would be way too much down time, we've learned that the next 15 days will fly by much faster than expected.
Pics of the last month can be viewed here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/whereruericliu/
Jealous! Best wishes and safe travels!
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