As part of getting ready,Paul and I took a 520 mile trip the second weekend in July. We needed to see if we had the endurance to go the distances that will be needed on the upcoming trip. We left home, going through Wenatchee, picking up highway 2 there and going over Stevens pass to Snohomish, thence up to Darrington and then on up to the North Cascade Highway and back east. We stopped in Marblemount for lunch and then after we came across the top just had to stop in Winthrop for ice cream and on to Chelan and then cross country back home, going through Withrow. A good trip and all did fine. Paul did get an air cushion for his seat after the trip. We still have not decided for sure what we will use for communication devices, but will probably go for a Chatterbox system which is wireless and mine will hook up with my phone. We each have a good 250 miles between fill ups of fuel, getting 45-50 miles to the gallon depending on how hard we are riding.