{"id":24763,"date":"2019-10-09T18:24:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T01:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=24763"},"modified":"2019-10-09T18:24:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T01:24:49","slug":"on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=24763","title":{"rendered":"On the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m packed for my first motorcycle trip of the year. Rain gear, spare boots, essential tools. Socks and underwear, a change of clothes. Cold weather gear because you never know. Camera, GoPro, GPS.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow morning I’ll strap\u00a0the bag to the bike and ride north to Flagstaff. I may or may not take the back roads around the Mogollon Rim … I’m putting that decision off until tomorrow morning, after\u00a0a look at traffic and the weather. Our son Gregory\u00a0will ride his BMW from Las Vegas\u00a0and meet me in Flag. We’ll\u00a0overnight there\u00a0and on Friday\u00a0make our way north through the Navaho Nation to Torrey, Utah. Saturday we’ll ride mountain roads from Torrey to Las Vegas. I’ll crash at\u00a0Gregory’s house\u00a0from Saturday night through Monday morning. Sunday we’ll hook up with some Vegas riders and ride to Mount Charleston or Spring Mountain. Might even get to see my grandson Quentin perform in a high school play. Monday I’ll solo home down US 93 through Kingman and Wickenburg to Phoenix, then\u00a0brave I-10 the rest of the way to Tucson.<\/p>\n

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Our last father\/son ride in southern Utah, May 2017 (somewhere near Bryce)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It won’t be\u00a0my most ambitious cross-country ride, but I’ve been on a long recovery with my second knee replacement and this’ll be a good test of my ability to put serious mileage on it.<\/p>\n

I’ve been\u00a0worried about an incipient sore tooth, a molar way in the back, but luckily had\u00a0a periodontal appointment yesterday and\u00a0the dentist didn’t see anything obviously wrong. She gave me a prescription for an antibiotic, which I’ll take while I’m on the trip, and didn’t laugh at me when I told her I was\u00a0bringing along a small bottle of oil of cloves. When I made a feeble joke about Marathon Man she got it, which surprised me because she’s in her 30s.\u00a0Kids watching classics? Who knew?<\/p>\n

Later next week\u00a0I’ll schedule a visit with\u00a0the endodontist and start psyching\u00a0up for a root canal. I\u00a0endured\u00a0one two years ago\u00a0and know what I’m in for. I’m lucky to have good teeth and to have had good dental care over the years. But like many my age, I’m starting to outlive my teeth, and can only hope\u00a0serious problems will space themselves out to one a year, because that’s all the insurance will bear.<\/p>\n

Donna’s making a favorite recipe tonight, Portuguese chicken. It’ll be road food the next couple of days, but then I’ll be with with my son and his family in Vegas\u00a0… Beth is a\u00a0great cook\u00a0(and so is\u00a0our\u00a0son, who takes after us).<\/p>\n

So anyway, in a few hours I’ll be off. I’ll check in frequently with OTR (on the road) updates on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. And photos! Wish me luck, please. I promise I’ll be careful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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