I Really Don't Want to Embarrass You

... but this morning, while Aggie was seam sealing the tent, I decided, within my decadent old self, that I could bicycle to Houston by September 21st. I don't care if there are 100 mile stretches without water, I have the power of my Priestess behind me. We will bicycle all the way to Houston.

The route we mapped out with Google bicyle maps this morning takes us from Payson, AZ, to Roswell, NM, to Austin, TX, to Houston. This keeps us mostly out of the hot dry country, and away from major highways. A total of about 1200 miles in 50 days. 

Please take another look at our new tent, the Sierra Designs Lightning HT 3. She is the new Casita Hermiticia.We photographed her next to the bike so you can see just how much headroom she gives us.

Incidentally, next time you seam seal a tent, try using a toothbrush to apply the Seam Grip. I discovered that I had a lot more control than with the brush supplied by McNett, and was able to get a nice thin layer.

When a family carries its possessions by human power, it's always great to find items with multiple uses. Here's the solar panel serving as reading table, thanks to the ingenious mounting tube that Cougina found on ebay, which is marketed as a 360 Degree Swivel Wheelchair Umbrella Holder Connector. We are still planning on posting the Daily OOMPH! forecast.

THINK GREEN
BLESSED BE
COUGINA & AGGIE

MOVING RIGHT ALONG

We now have all of our equipment and are putting it all together and transfering computer stuff to the laptop. Here are a few pics of the trailers and the special equipment on them. Note the 10 watt solar panel that supplies juice to a Lithium Iron Phosphate battery. It runs thru a voltage regulator so as not to overcharge or allow the battery to drain too low. Also each trailer has 2 cigarette lighter plugins for the phones and computer, and we have an inverter for Aggie's Sonicare toothbrush [she has nice teeth].

That little stick holding the bike up is called a CLICKSTAND...  great little thingy, really lite and folds to 6". The trailer bag is huge and will carry all our stuff easily as we have one for each trailer as well as the panniers for the cycles themselves.

Aggie is going to make a liner for our beautiful new double sleeping bag.

WE LEAVE ON OR BEFORE THE 1ST OF AUGUST!

THINK GREEN
BLESSED BE
COUGINA

Aggie notes: Cougina is a great Aggie (in the Texas A&M sense) engineer. This rig is an improvement over the power station he used in 2010. We will try to post details soon, so you can think about using his ideas in your own rig.