Day One

(there are bugs on the camera lens)

First day done.  I know that it had been said before but the real difference between traveling in the car vs on the motorcycle is the amount of exposure you have to the environment around you.  Because of this exposure I noticed the smokey smell this side of the Mtns even before I noticed the hazy air.

People are super friendly, curious where I'm going and into talking about the bike.  The smoke has sented everything and the sky was mostly just a blank gray all day.  The pass went quickly but the rolling farmland seemed to stretch on and on.