73 daysConclusion: About 60% of my awake, conscious thinking concerns the trip in one fashion or another.Goal: I pledge to use proper grammar and punctuation for the duration of these blogs (look out, semi-colons).I've been contacting last year's stay-over hosts lately. I'm in charge of most of South Dakota. What an accent. Everyone is terrifically supportive and excited to host us, which, needless to say, is a great feeling.It's becoming more and more real everyday. What was once a theory, an idea, and a dream is becoming the real, the practical, and the beginning.Getting my bike tomorrow. Look out.But seriously. What an accent.Cordially Yours,eamon