Marg V

Trip Prep

Whenever I am preparing for the trip, the week before leaving I start putting together all the things I need.  Especially when the trip requires me to only take the most essential things.  I also start to assembly my trip journal.  I found on my first big trip that although it was a great and fantastic time, after the first couple of days on the road I would begin to forget what took place every day.  That’s when I decided to put together a journal for my trips.  As well, when i went looking for something to suit my purposes, there was nothing that even came close to what I wanted or was even affordable to my budget.  Why should I pay over $300 for a journal that does not do what I need, when I could spend that $300 on my traveling?

A few years ago I was able to pick up a hand made journal that was wrapped in reclaimed leather.  It helps in keeping all my stuff together – even the little receipts and odds and sods I end up shoving in between the pages.

Here it is:

The leather thong that is worked into the binding works well holding all my little add-ins safe.  From menus to brochures, from receipts to maps I keep it all in my trip journal.  I also make up small envelopes to keep some of the other paperwork in order.

           

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Welcome to my blog. As a bit of a background ~ I am a senior aged woman who lives on Vancouver Island, Canada. But first and foremost, I am a motorcycle enthusiast. Here on the coast, even though we are Canadian, there is an opportunity to ride all year round (although some days during the winter are "iffy"). I used to ride a relatively 'small' cruiser as defined in today's market - a Canadian Anniversary Edition 2008 Vstar 650 Silverado which was a bike I truly fell in love with. Although it was a smaller bike, to be honest I'm a smaller woman. I stand 5' 2" in my stocking feet and only have a 27" inseam, which rules out quite a few of the bikes out there. In 2013 I had the opportunity to upgrade to a monster cruiser - a 2009 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic. From there it was a 2016 Harley Davidson Heritage Soft tail. Come 2023 I lucked in to a 2022 Heritage which a friend promptly told me needed to be named Yaahl (Haida for Raven). Anyways - as we travel along this road we call life I'll reveal a bit more about myself (at some points it might prove to be too much). Come along with me.

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  1. Nice journal. If you make your own inserts, consider rhodia paper. It is smooth as butter. I would love to see a closeup of the stamp on the leather.

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    • The next trip is from Vancouver Island, BC to Manitoba via motorcycle.

      and I leave on Sunday. 8 more sleeps and it can’t get here soon enough. LOL

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  4. I really like the journal and am wondering where you got it. At the end it is really a book, and ideal since you have a special talent for drawing so can illustrate as well as write as you go along. So at the end you have a book, which you have already assembled along the way and which you then can pop into your bookshelf, make copies of, or whatever. Very very cool.

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    • I was on a motorcycle trip and needed to get off for a ‘butt-break’. I came across a little pottery store/coffee shop on the side of the road, pulled in and ordered. When I was drinking my tea and wandering around the shop I found it. It’s been in my saddlebag ever since. I take it out to add things to it or organize it better – then back into the saddle bag it goes.

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