The idea came easily enough.  We were already booked for a week long dive trip to Roatan, Honduras in September 2017.  My wife and I were really excited to finally have a chance to get back in the water for diving and especially when it looks like paradise from the pictures.  We like to travel with friends and quite of few of them are already divers.  Luckily, one of them is also a rider and has experience making adventure-type trips before.  I floated the idea of making the trip down to Roatan on our bikes and letting the wives meet us down there on their respective flights.  He laughed a little bit and I figured we would probably go no further.

Little did I know, he spent all of ten seconds deliberating while I had already forgotten the suggestion and answered,  “I would be open to doing that…”  I was floored but immediately my head started swimming with exactly what I would need to do to start planning for a trip like this.  I had to map it out to see if this was even a possibility. I wasn’t sure exactly what port would be our final destination before hitching a ride to the island of Roatan but a quick Google search got me the answer, La Ceiba.  La Ceiba sounds beautiful and once I knew there was a port which regularly made trips to Roatan I was certain we could make this trip happen.

I don’t know exactly how to describe the feeling I get when an idea goes from just a brainstorming, non-commitment type of thought to a bonafide, legitimate option.  It is like all those bank robbery movies where the two buddies look at each other and say something like,  “So, are we talking about this or are we really TALKING about this?”  Then they both smile and the super cool music starts playing while we see a montage of the preparation.  The feeling isn’t quite that spectacular but I have to say I am having a ton of fun figuring this trip out and getting an idea of what our real logistical issues might be for this trip.

Again, I don’t even have the bike yet so this could easily be me putting a fair amount of cart before the horse but I have always believed when you see a passionate path, take it.  Don’t worry about the reasons it’s stupid or impossible or too expensive.  Just get your feet moving in the right direction and the rest will take care of itself.

There have been some advancements which I will highlight in future blog posts but first I am really looking forward to bringing home my bike and learning how to ride.  This Roatan trip is the third in a line trips I have planned for a bike I don’t have.  I am going to go from not being a rider at all to cutting up asphalt in less than a year.  I better get to work.

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