03-02-2018, 02:29 AM
(03-02-2018, 12:59 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: I have a buddy. Weird guy when taken as a whole, but a great motorcycle travelling companion. Taken many trips with him including the Bucket List ride to Cali in 2014. He has once again quit motorcycling for like the 4th or 5th time, but when he is into it, we have some great trips. What makes him great as a traveling companion? We both obsess about motorcycles and gear and have similar motorcycle backgrounds going back to 1973 RD 350s. We keep similar schedules as far as waking and sleeping (up early, in bed early). We eat pretty much alike (we can do fast food every meal but enjoy a better meal every once in awhile as well). Neither of us smoke or drink. We both ride a similar pace on similar sized bikes (usually liter bikes), and we can both ride all day from 7:30 AM to 7:30 pm with no complaints. He prefers a better class of motel than I (Holiday Inn Express vs Comfort Inn), but when we travel each one picks the hotel on alternating nights, so every other day he gets his fancy and I get my cheap lol.
My buddy on our Cali trip along the Pacific Coast Highway
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Ferret, your traveling/riding style sounds like a mirror image of mine except I'm even cheaper as I prefer camping but a cheap dingy motel will do in a pinch.
When traveling in the US I actually stay in State Parks whenever possible. Even though they sometimes lack amenities they are cheap ($10-15 on the honour system) and usually have someone assigned as a "caretaker" who isn't paid but camps for free. All the ones that I stayed at had Veteran as caretakers (perhaps this is some kind of program?) so evening conversations were enjoyable.