With a little over a month to go, we need to start fine-tuning our trip details.

Today, we tried a sample packing exercise.  Everything fits, so far, but we’ll probably have to reorganize.

We managed to keep the luggage weight down to about 35 pounds -- two saddlebags, one large backpack on the back, and one small pack on the front.

The fun part was experimenting with the video camera and testing the alarm on the bike at the same time.