Well, it is time to pack up the panniers, set a route for my on board GPS, and head for the hills. On this cross-country trip, I am driving my Harley from Boca to Denver - taking the southern route through the panhandle of Florida, up through Alabama to Memphis, then through Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas before entering Colorado from the east. My initial concern was: will I be safe riding through the Deep South on my Harley. I have flashbacks to the movie Easy Rider. For those who have seen the movie, you know how it ends up - NOT GOOD. Or Deliverance .... sheezzz. So, in preparation for the trip, I took the basic course needed for a concealed carry permit, got the license, and then took more advanced concealed weapon instruction from Andrew (who is great should any reader need such instruction). In other words, I entered a parallel universe hitherto unknown to me in the whole of my 68 years on the planet. Let me put it this way: carrying a loaded pi...