{"id":11733,"date":"2022-01-12T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=11733"},"modified":"2022-12-22T15:31:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T20:31:41","slug":"on-two-wheels-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2022\/01\/12\/on-two-wheels-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"On Two Wheels in 2022\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1048,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cariboumaine.org\\\/?utm_campaign=Adam%20Chandler%20on%20Motorcycles&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251103181854\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.cariboumaine.org\\\/?utm_campaign=Adam%20Chandler%20on%20Motorcycles&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cariboumaine.org\\\/?utm_campaign=Adam%20Chandler%20on%20Motorcycles&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1049,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Caribou,_Maine?utm_campaign=Adam%20Chandler%20on%20Motorcycles&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1050,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/bmwmoaf.regfox.com\\\/springfield?utm_campaign=Adam%20Chandler%20on%20Motorcycles&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/regfox.com&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Let\u2019s talk about my travel plans for 2022 and rope in the trips I didn\u2019t take in 2020 and 2021 to see if we can find some plan that\u2019s reasonable to execute on over the next few years! I hope this post will help others plan their future rides on 2 or 4 wheels.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>I wanted to start with a few easy bullet points of rides I\u2019d like to do in North America. These are \u2018anytime\u2019 rides but I\u2019ll end up doing one day and a few in&nbsp;<strong>bold<\/strong>&nbsp;will be rides I\u2019m trying to do in 2022.Trans-America Trail from NC to OR (maybe skipping Kansas)<strong>Continental Divide from NM to MT<\/strong><strong>Seattle to Fairbanks via Anchorage<\/strong><strong>Back to Labrador City (but not the entire Trans-Labrador)<\/strong>Mid-Atlantic BDRBaja \/ Southern California BDR<strong>Idaho BDR<\/strong>Yellowknife to Prudhoe BayTrans-Taiga HighwayNorthern MichiganRide to Black Rock City from San Francisco via Reno<strong>Home to Caribou Maine<\/strong>Home to Gasp\u00e9sie National Park<strong>Explore the Missouri Ozarks<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Those following along @ home may ask me why at 35, my bucket list will be 50% complete in one year? I\u2019m going to cheat a little bit and take 2 of these highlighted items off the list because I won\u2019t be riding them.&nbsp;Heather and I are planning a mid-Summer 5-6 day trip in the truck where we head north to&nbsp;<strong>Labrador City<\/strong>&nbsp;for a car-camping weekend with the dog. She\u2019s not ready to do 500 miles of unpaved roads and heavy logging trucks so I told her we can go up for a long weekend, pack in some food and just enjoy the open-ness together and maybe see Northern Lights if we\u2019re lucky. If you haven\u2019t read my<a href=\"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/08\/20\/travel-3500-miles-around-quebec-labrador-newfoundland-and-nova-scotia\/?utm_campaign=Adam%20Chandler%20on%20Motorcycles&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;2018 Ride Report of the Trans-Labrador,<\/a>&nbsp;it was a fantastic trip.The second one is&nbsp;<strong>Seattle to Fairbanks<\/strong>. I\u2019m not doing it this year but in August, my friend Chris invited me to join him to Anchorage via Seattle to see to it his mother\u2019s ashes make it to her final resting place as dictated by her will. He and I have done a few trips together but he doesn\u2019t ride. It\u2019ll be my first time in Alaska and I hear flying over the mountain ranges is still a sight to see. He\u2019s never been to Seattle so we\u2019ll do a couple of days there and then 5 in Alaska together. I\u2019m almost certain that after I see how gorgeous Alaska is from the windshield of a car, I\u2019ll short-list making the ride happen by shipping a bike over for a future ride.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>I will be doing a late-July 4-day weekend to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cariboumaine.org\/?utm_campaign=Adam%20Chandler%20on%20Motorcycles&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Caribou Maine<\/a>&nbsp;this year. I want to do a solo trip off the bike and stealth camp then get a BnB in Caribou and explore some of the historical sites up there. Caribou has a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caribou,_Maine?utm_campaign=Adam%20Chandler%20on%20Motorcycles&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">rich aviation and defense history<\/a>&nbsp;so it\u2019d be cool to explore even though I recognize the town is concealed by hundreds of miles of private owned forests with little else to do or see.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>The BMW MOA National Rally East takes place in Springfield MO this year so Heather and I are trailering the K75 and F750GS down and we\u2019ll ride the Ozarks for a few days in between my duties as a board officer. By the way,<a href=\"https:\/\/bmwmoaf.regfox.com\/springfield?utm_campaign=Adam%20Chandler%20on%20Motorcycles&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">&nbsp;tickets are on sale now<\/a>&nbsp;and the price will continue to go up. Maybe I\u2019ll see you there?&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Heather and I have to be at a wedding the 3rd week of April and flights from Boston to Jacksonville would cost us about $1,000 round trip so we are considering driving. The drive North is perfect timing. My Interns leave me the 22nd of April and I\u2019ll have a 4 week break before my next group starts. This gives me time to unload the Husqvarna 701 LR in North Carolina and start heading West. I\u2019d like to make it to Tulsa or Boise City in this first leg and leave the bike there at a KTM dealer for service, inspection and cleaning. This would be my TAT East ride and I would only be doing this leg of the TAT in 2022. Basically half now and half later. It\u2019s going to be a hard time to do the TAT so early in the season but this is the only time before Summer I have free. So I\u2019m leaving my 701 in Oklahoma for 1.5 years?<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>The day I get back from Alaska, I\u2019ll throw my luggage into the pickup truck and put a KTM 690 Enduro in the back and head due east to wherever my 701 is located. This will be the 1st week of September. I won\u2019t be going alone. Harry will be my passenger. We\u2019ll pickup my bike from wherever it is and keep going to Albuquerque or further south in NM. We\u2019ll park the truck at an Airport parking lot, hop on our bikes and head North for a 2-week ride on the Continental Divide. We might skip parts of Colorado we\u2019ve already ridden to save time and we will try to hop off the trail and do parts of the Idaho BDR if we can get that much extra time off work.&nbsp;While we\u2019re heading North, Heather will have flown into NM and picked up my truck along with her best friend and they\u2019ll be doing a 10 day drive north to Montana hitting various national parks and monuments and seeing Colorado and Utah for the first time. They\u2019ll wrap up their trip in Helena MT most likely, park the truck at the airport and fly back home. A few days later, Harry and I will roll in with our 690\/701 bikes and load up and drive home (after a shower of course).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>As we get into Fall, Heather and I will do a couple more camping trips and local rides. I\u2019ll have gotten enough riding for 2-3 years by then. I\u2019ve timed it so I\u2019ll have maxed out my paid time off by April\u2019s trip and then, I\u2019ll have maxed out my paid time off again by September for Alaska and the Continental Divide. This will be another 15K mile year for the truck but this time, about 12K miles on the bikes which will be fantastic compared to this year.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>There are some caveats. If work re-assigns me to a new directive that requires a lot of travel to Europe or extended trips elsewhere, that\u2019s going to impact me a lot. I also could have my shoulder not heal in which case I\u2019ll at least be cancelling the TAT ride in April. The other activities to Alaska, Labrador City, Caribou, Ozarks and more are going to happen and the schedules and ways I get to them are pretty flexible. Heck, Caribou can be a drive in the car instead of a ride as painful as that would be.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>As for the rest of the rides, I want to do them before I\u2019m 40. I can still do them after 40 but I want to make doing those a priority so I can start branching out to other countries later such as South America and European rides which require more money than I currently have. USA and Canada are vast with a lot to see and explore. I\u2019m okay with spending my miles @ home for the next few years.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s talk about my travel plans for 2022 and rope in the trips I didn\u2019t take in 2020&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2022-12-22T20:35:21Z","apple_news_api_id":"d1e7b30c-7174-4e4a-97d1-1056df00efc5","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2022-12-22T20:35:21Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A0eezDHF0TkqX0RBW3wDvxQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-my-bike","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-33f","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7538,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/08\/20\/travel-3500-miles-around-quebec-labrador-newfoundland-and-nova-scotia\/","url_meta":{"origin":11733,"position":0},"title":"Travel: 3,500 Miles around Quebec, Labrador, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"How did we get here? 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