Nearing the Beginning

I write this as I set in my motorcycle shop looking over my cycling gear that I have spread out on a folding table. I am thinking of how this gear represents my whole world for the next month. It will be everything I will exist with. It will be my house, office and car! A little daunting to say the least. I am now one week away from departing for Southern California to start on my solo unsupported bicycle ride across America.