Hi, I'm Josh, a 29-year-old former director of engineering/all-around internet/product/software guy from Portland, Oregon. Karen (my motorcycle) and I are currently on a trip around the US of A. We'll be riding down backroads, forest roads, gravel roads, and hopefully no snow roads, camping wherever we find a good view and no crowds.
If you're wondering, the map on this site is a custom Google Maps map that pulls in data from the Spot API that's hooked up to my Gen3 device. I plan to have it on tracking mode most waking hours, with near real-time updates to this site (every ~15mins). You'll also see photos on the map, which are coming from Instagram and placed at the coordinates for which they were taken (also updating every ~15mins).
As you can probably guess from the list of gear/upgrades/doo-dads below, I've been getting ready for this trip over the last 3+ months and anticipate it'll take me ~10k miles around the country over the next 4 months. If you fancy riding together for a bit, grabbing a beer or coffee, or willing to trade trip stories for a warm shower, send me an email at joshellington@gmail.com or shoot me a text at 503-536-3309.
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2013 Kawasaki KLR650
SW-Motech Crash Bars
SW-Motech Skid Plate
SW-Motech Rear Rack
SW-Motech Rear Brake Master Cylinder Guard
Eagle Mike Fork Brace
Heidenau K60 Scout Tires, Front & Rear
Tusk Aluminum Racks
Tusk Aluminum Large Panniers
Tusk Billet Race Foot Pegs
Tusk Folding Shift Lever
Oxford Heated Grips
Kawasaki Tall Windshield
Nelson Rigg RG-1045 Tank Bag
RAM Rail Mount with U-Bolt Base and X-Grip
SAE to USB Charger
Crampbuster, Wide
Scorpion EXO-AT950 Helmet
Forma Adventure Boots
Icon Raiden DKR Jacket
Moose Racing XC1 Body Armor
Olympia Dakar Dual Sport Pants
Icon Twenty-Niner Gloves
Teton Sports Oasis 1200 Backpack
Tirox SnapJack V2
Slime Air Compressor
Dupont Teflon Lubricant
Custom Tool Kit
Alps Mountaineering Lynx 2
Kelty Tuck 22
Big Agnes Q Core SLX
Klymit Luxe Pillow
Outry Nylon Tarp
Schrade SCHF51
Kershaw Blur Tanto
Black Diamond Spot
GSI Outdoors 2010 Trowel
Moon Lence Ultralight Chair
Etekcity Camping Stove
Stanley Adventure Camp Cook Set
GSI Outdoors Backpacker Mug
MSR Dromedary Bag, 6 Liter
Sawyer MINI Water Filter
RainLeaf Microfiber Towel
Counter Assault Bear Deterrent
50YD Paracord, Orange
Waterproof Matches
Vaseline Cotton Balls
Custom First Aid Kit
Nike Air Zoom Wildhorse 4
Teva Terra-Float Universal 2.0
Sea to Summit Mosquito Head Net
Ironclad Utility Gloves
The North Face Venture Jacket
Uniqlo Ultra Light Down Jacket
iPhone 8, OtterBox COMMUTER Series Case
2015 13" Macbook Pro Retina, 256GB SSD/16GB RAM
Seagate Backup Plus Hard Drive, 2TB
Fujifilm XT-1
Fujinon XF23mm F2 R WR
Anker PowerCore 20100mAH
iBeek 12000mAH
Anker SoundCore 2
Kindle Paperwhite
Spot Gen3
Garmin GPSMAP 64s
Gaia GPS
Google Maps
freecampsites.net
AllStays
Ultimate Campgrounds