Departure tomorrow !!!

That's Celia and her Ducati. She won't be traveling with us but she's taking good care of the bike nonetheless. It's a Ducati ST4s, a much better bike than mine but I don't care, I am happy with my old proven workhorse. Celia and I met in Crawford (Texas) in August 2003. Celia left a note on my bike because at the time she had exactly the same, a red 1999 Sprint ST. We met, liked each other (I guess so anyway..), she introduced me to her husband Steve and there we are, getting ready to ride through the United States together. The departure is skedded for tomorrow morning Thursday September 1st. Everything is ready (or so I think). Hurricane Katrina may oblige me to change the planned route when getting near Louisiana at the end of the Natchez-Trace Parkway. We shall see.