go day is sunday morning, june 14th.

before then i need to:
BUY: socks, underwear, long-sleeved shirt (the present one is literally in tatters), corduroys, valve core tool, bungee cords, sunglasses(?), crescent wrench

INSTALL: windshield, tie-down rings, battery, slime in rear tire (why not the front tire too, rob? huh? are you really that cheap?  yes.  yes i am.)

i am nervous about tires.  have patch kit and spare tubes and tire irons and air pump, but all signs point to a pretty arduous experience if i have to do a repair on the road.  this ain't no bicycle tire.  sigh.

have shelter: new york, pennsylvania, illinois, iowa.

could use shelter: nebraska/minnesota/north dakota/south dakota/wyoming/montana/saskatchewan  anyone?  anyone?

fortuitous timing #1: all national parks will be free to enter on sat/sun june 20/21.  if only it were that whole week instead of just the weekend.  'course, presumably it means they'll be mobbed.  sigh.