Just Say Yes

Lobo & Linda’s post
​On reaching 58, Linda and I resolved to say yes to everything ‘adventure wise’ that came our way. We worked on the idea that we should have a good 10 years ahead of us and that now was our time, so saying yes to Richards vision was easy. As our good friend Colin often says: “You’ll never be as young as you are now, you’ll probably never be as healthy again as you are now - so if not now, when?”

We are just back from Tasmania and our heads are buzzing with ideas and questions! We starting watching James & Jay in North and Left a Bit while we were there and have continued since we got home – they are really entertaining and have been a great source of ideas and information for our trip.

Our circumstances differ from Richard & Jude as we run a couple of businesses here in Wales including several holiday cottages, so who would run everything while we were away? We also have 2 dogs, 8 chickens and a cat, who would look after them? With so many commitments, how could we make this work?

Other questions were: who do we invite to join us and what would the ideal number be? If you think about your friends, how many could ‘drop what they’re doing’ and travel halfway around the world with you! 

What bike would we use, our current GS Adventure or something lighter like a DRZ650? Do we ship a bike over or buy one in Sydney? How would we fit all our gear, personal and shared (spare parts, tools etc) into our luggage and what luggage to take, hard or soft? Do we avoid any off-roading and stick to the relative safety of the roads as we are all riding 2up? We even went to the ‘dark side’ and thought about disaster planning: were all our affairs in order, did we have life insurance in place, were our wills up to date and so on….. 
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We mused about various names for the adventure, I liked ‘Kangaroos to Dragons’ but 2up From Downunder was a clear winner. 

The ‘top and bottom’ of all the above is that there will always be a good reason why you can’t do something, but there isn’t much that can’t be overcome if you want something badly enough. Life will always get in the way if you let it.