Getting ready

Well, I am feeling unprepared and I have only 8 days left before I start on my long journey.  I really don't think of it as a long journey though.  I only mapquested it yesterday to find out the one way mileage is 4700 miles.  People were asking me how long it was, but I never did the calculation because it didn't matter to me.  I wanted to go.  Prudhoe Bay is the furthest north you can drive in North America.  So I guess that's attractive to me. Its also an adventure into the unknown which is rare these days with all the technology at our fingertips. Its a bucket list trip for sure if you are a motorcyclist.  So if I don't go now, when will I go?  I take off Saturday July 23rd.