by D. Brent Miller
How do you plan a motorcycle trip? Do you just get on the bike and go? Take this highway or that one? The one that looks like the twistiest or the loneliest? Do you plan a day trip the same way you do a multi-day trip?
I suspect we do some of the same things, but when you get into the details, there might be some differences. The reason: the objectives. Let me ask two questions. Why do you ride? And why do you choose a particular route or destination? A day ride is probably because you love to ride, but a multi-day ride has a lot more potential.
Nearly every rider writes or talks about their fantastic ride. Whether on the Blue Ridge Parkway, a cross-country adventure, or those first rides of the year. And yes, some of those are the objective. But I have also found riders who love to ride their motorcycles to incorporate some of their other hobbies.
Do you know someone who rides their motorcycle to go fishing? Camping? Home or garden tours? Civil War Battlefields? Baseball game? We love to ride, and sometimes we ride to those other things we love and find fascinating. With that in mind, trip planning takes on a new purpose.
When I start planning a trip, I start looking for those things that interest me, and then I start looking at the routes that will lead me to them.
In the next part, we’ll discuss route planning.–DBrent
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