I guess the first question is... When? Last year worked out well with the Memorial Day weekend allowing me to get the time off easier... Another holiday weekend would be money.
Since we are going east coast, it might make sense to push it back... 4th of July may be ideal weather-wise... Plus it'd be kinda cool to have a destination in which fireworks was in cards...
That being said... I think we reserve ourselves to staying in hotels. It's way more comfortable, allows us to get REAL rest, more convenient, and lessens our burden of hauling tent/sleeping bag/etc... Given the number of TWFixxers along the way, we could probably find people to crash with along the way too.
Screw the highway. We need to plan this out so we slab it as little as possible. It's probably going to make it harder/slower, but 2/3 of the trip slabbin' it doesn't sound appealing. Some exceptions will be made obviously, but I think the focus should be avoidance.
Bring more tools... leave the gun at home.
Boozin'. We gotta take some time out to get hammered so we can be nice and hungover for some of the time. That being said. I'm bringing a fucking cooler... a little bastard. If we can grocery store shop, we'd save a bunch of money. Gas station and fast food doesn't satisfy anyway. However, I DO want to find places like that joint in Crosses, AR... little shitball places with weird people and good food.
Those are my thoughts.
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