The Winter Ride Begins - Do I Know The Way To San Jose?

It's 7AM and I'm packing, planning and cleaning house, ready for a Midnight departure from Shellie's Truck Stop Cafe in Helena, Montana for a thousand mile ride to San Jose.
After watching Jentry, Quay and Greg Painter WRAP the sidecar and the Mini Mate Camping Trailer this week I am Ready to Ride. The sidecar and trailer will certainly be the most colorful on the highway as I embark on my 5,000 mile ride through the West and the South.
 I talked Jentry into taking a seat on the Honda for a quick picture. A true artist when it comes to putting a vinyl wrap on truck, car or even a motorcycle sidecar. The Wrap on the trailer makes it a rolling billboard which I hope will help me meet more people on the journey and also lead to more sales on the book Discovering Life After Alzheimer's.
Book sales should help fund the winter ride through the sunny (hopefully) south lands.
Greg did the Drone Camera photography and produced some great pictures for Face book and this BLOG.

Helena's Metal Horse Artist and sidecar expert Bill Ryder has offered to be my Start Witness for the SS1000 Ride and some of the kids will be on hand at Midnight to get me started.
The ride begins with the 1,100 mile ride from Helena to San Jose, CA.
After a few days with Janis and her family I will do a Flower Sniffing ride to San Diego where Iron Butt Rider and Chosen Few Member, Shareef AsSadiq has offered shelter for the night and will then lead me to the beach, sign my Start Ride Witness form and get me started on my personal quest to ride the famous Iron Butt Association 50cc Quest.
Coast to Coast in 50 hours.
Sounds like a great ride and one I am looking forward too.
After an 8AM start I will have a fascinating ride across California, New Mexico, past Las Cruces, through El Paso and into the West Texas wild country. San Antonio and Houston will provide some Metro riding and there should be lots of great countryside to ride through in Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and finally Florida.
If the ride is successful I could become the oldest rider to appear on the IBA 50cc Finisher's List, which shows all the riders who have finished the Coast to Coast run.
Vernon Rank of Yakima WA is currently the oldest at age 77. He did a great 50cc ride in 2003.

Following the fifty hour ride across the United States I will meet Diana and Ilidio in Jacksonville, have a nice quiet Flower Sniffing ride down I-95 to Lake Mary, FL and then comes my favorite rest area, The Sacramento Lanai!
Sitting in this beautiful screened in area I will once again enjoy a hot cup of morning coffee while listening to the serenade of a million birds in the tree covered back yard.
There will be a Birthday party for Ilidio's friend Jack, an October RTE with Ray King and his group as well as a November IBA ride across Florida ending at Flagler's Beach.
Good rides, good people and good fun. 

Thanks to Ian and Ashley, Grace now has a smart phone.
Talking and Texting will keep me in the loop on North Country happenings.
I have packed the banjo and guitar and will do programs at Senior Citizen Centers in Florida and neighboring states and will also do book signings and book sales.
What a great time this is going to be, but first ... there is the vacuum, the dishes in the dish washer, the clothes in the dryer, and a photo taking ride to York Bar with Grace in the sidecar and Greg doing the filming.

Watch for me, I'll be in the Right Lane America

Del "Lonnie" Lonnquist