As W said, "get out there and spend."

I've been engaging in the national pastime, not baseball but buying stuff. One piece of stuff is this handy iPhone. The idea is to combine electronic gadgets,in this case phone, iPod, and camera. I suppose computer too as I plan to blog from the iPhone while on the trip. Also picked up a pair of mountaineering gloves. On my Mojave Desert trip, I got pretty well soaked in northern California both riding down and back. My "waterproof" gloves soaked through in about 30 minutes. A rider on advrider suggested mountaineering gloves. I'll give them a try. Fascinating, huh? There's other crap to buy: a Mexico map for my GPS, sunglasses, not to mention new tires for the RS. Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of Trip Preparation