Monday, December 30, 2013

Made it to Arizona!

Sorry for my lack of updating I got very busy when I arrived in Arizona. So firstly I successfully got the brompton on the plane in the overhead bin as a carry-on with no questions asked! Here's the proof!
When I had the flight attendant take the picture when we landed she asked me what it was and since I already got it on I just told her it was a folding bike and they couldn't believe it! And when I got off the plane I took off the cover and transformed it back into a bike! I biked from the gate to baggage claim down the long walkway while everyone else had to walk lol I felt like I was cheating!  I saw a pic of Ryan's wife Jennifer doing this and they said one of the tsa agents acually incouraged her to bike it! So knowing that I did this with no hassle as well! 

So after that Ryan picked me up and took me to his place in Tempe, AZ whare I will be staying while in Arizona.  We got to his place about 10pm and we were leaving his place at 330am the next morning to hike the Grand Canyon for 3 days!  I had to move everything into my hikers pack and organize everything which took about 2 hours so by the time I got to bed I got about 3 hours sleep! Stay tuned for the Grand Canyon hike I'll post it soon! Thanks for reading!

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

At the Airport!

Well I got all packed and I got the bike all ready for travel! Here's a pic of the bike
I took the seat out and used leather toe straps to strap the seat inside the frame and use a 2nd one to hold the fold together I also took the twedy knobs off that hold the joints together when unfolded so they don't get damaged. Now I'm just at my gate with my "Bike" or as I like to call it "Mobility Device" for the purposes of not getting charged fees for it being a "bicycle" by the airline and secondly I got the slip cover over it to mask it's true identity! Here's a pic of me at the gate with my masked bike oh wait I mean mobility device lol!
Well that's all for now I'll let you all know how it goes and I hope your enjoying by blog! Thanks for reading! :-)

Monday, December 23, 2013

Almost off!

Hey everyone!

I'm down to the final countdown for my trip! I leave in about 48 hours and I got everything all piled in the room and getting packed for my trip!
(Here is a pic of me getting started packing!) so I'll be hiking the Grand Canyon with my buddy Ryan and his wife and all their friends then after that I'll be biking from Tempe, AZ to San Diego,CA  then up the coast to Newport, OR around 1800 miles! Also I'll be visiting friends and family along the way. Then cut over to Portland then bus back to Seattle here's a approximate draw up of the Route
Well time to get back to packing I hope you all enjoy my blog!