Getting ready

So here I am in Bahrain getting ready and planning for this trip. I know I said I wasn't going to plan for this thing and that's still the plan. However I do need to let some people know that I'll be coming through their area. When I start thinking about when I'll be in different parts of the country I immediately begin to plan without any conscious plan to. This whole not planning thing is harder than I thought it would be. Maybe this is because of the time I spent in the Army. All those classes on planning, planning how to plan, planning for when the plan doesn't work....well, you get the idea. The funny thing is that I never figured I was all that good at planning when I was still in. Go figure.

So now that I'm done whining about planning, I guess I'll tell you what I'm doing to get ready for my trip. Since I'm half way around the world from where my motorcycle is, it's pretty hard to get the bike itself ready right now. I tried to have everything good to go before I left for Bahrain one and a half months ago but you never know what might happen. Hopefully I won't have to replace a battery or a flat tire or something. That said, I'm thinking I need a new seat. The one I have is what came with the bike and doesn't have a back to it. It's not really all that comfortable. Since I'll be leaving the day after I get back to Maryland from Bahrain I won't really have time to order anything so I may just have to buy the best seat they have in stock at the Harley store. The other option would be to order something from Bahrain and hope it's there waiting for me when I get back. Of course if it isn't, then I might just be out of luck.

The other thing I'm doing is making sure I can do what I need to in terms of posting blogs, pictures and video from the road. I've downloaded some apps to my iPad so I can do just that. This is the first post that I'm uploading entirely from my iPad. For the last one I used both my iPad and laptop.


I'm using an app called BlogPress to post and ReelDirector to edit, splice and clip video. It's actually a pretty cool app. I put together a short video clip using the it just as a test. Since I don't have much video on hand, I had to use some clips from an air show, one showing my godson Ethan and the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile (don't ask me where I got that from). They don't really go together at all but that's ok, it's just a proof of concept. The whole thing is pretty basic but I now know I can do everything I want to.

Pretty cool, eh?

My next step is to email people I think I'll see along the way with my best guess as to when I'll be in their area. After that, it's fly home, jump on the bike and go.


- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Location:Road No 2408,Manama,Bahrain