Lets RAUHL! Ride America for Unity, Harmony, and Life! Day 1-2 of my Epic ride from Viginia to Peru.
- Roy Love
- Mar 28, 2023
- 5 min read
Updated: Jan 15, 2025
It is the 11th of January, 2023. This is supposed to be day one of my Epic Journey to South America, and it has started slow! It is past noon and I am still at home. I should have been on the road at 5 AM. Why am I still home, and not on the road toward the most Epic adventure I have been planning for years? Well, because I ordered a set of SIDI Adventure travel boots from Europe about nine days ago. They were supposed to arrive three days after I ordered them. I found out on the 9th of January that they had not even been shipped yet! So much for trusting overseas companies! I emailed the company asking about the boots and letting them know I was expecting them before I left on a long trip, and they immediately sent me an email saying that they were on the way. They shipped them a few hours later. And now FEDEX tracking shows them arriving a day after I am scheduled to depart. January 12 was too late. I couldn't wait! On the 10th of January, FedEx sent me an update that the boots had arrived in the US. They were on their way to Washington DC and would arrive on the 12th. No, this is not the way I am starting this journey. I called FEDEX immediately and asked very nicely if there was any way to expedite delivery. A very helpful agent said very politely that the boots were scheduled for delivery on the 12th. Only the shipper could change that, and I would have to call them. The boots are coming from the Netherlands! I explained my situation and let the nice agent know about my epic trip across the Americas. She asked me to hold and then checked the system again, and somehow my boots were now, possibly, to be delivered on the 11th. Sometimes you just have to ask nicely! This FEDEX agent was my first angel on this epic journey, but there would be many more. Why do I tell you this, and why is this important? Because in less than two months, these boots would play a huge role in saving my feet and legs from significant damage in an epic crash in the Andes. But who knew that? Only fate and the heavens.
