Texas, and my dilemma.

I need to decide on how I am going to get to Texas. I really want to ride my bike there, but I don’t want to be away from my family for that long. When I sit in the hotel room alone, I feel like I’ve abandoned my family for the sake of riding this bike, and I feel very selfish, and I feel like I’m being a bad father, and husband.

On the other hand, if I fly, I’ll feel like I’ve thrown away a golden opportunity to see parts of America in a way that I’ll never see it again: alone, on my own, and free (not in an “un-married, un-fatherly way, just free on a motorcycle). Taking the scenic routes all the way to Dallas would be amazing, and it would be so wonderful to get away from work for those days. No phone, no email, no problems. Turn off call forwarding, and just ride....

This is the dilemma. I don’t want to be away from my family, but I don’t want to miss this ride either. Which one will I regret the most? It is a matter of the lesser of two evils. I will never get back the four days I will miss with my family, but I may never get to take that ride. I should be able to get in two more rides this year, one to Gettysburg, and one to the North East, but I have always wanted to ride to Texas, and this is my chance.

Time to look at flight times, and airports, I guess....