Hey, this is Jim Martin. Today we have our episode of RAW that comes out each month on the 21st.

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Randy is the dad. Brady is his son. The route is the Transamerica Trail. Now, this was their first big trip, and it was at a really, really difficult time.

Brady had just lost his mom to cancer and Randy, his wife, but Randy had made a promise and would keep it.

In hindsight, it probably wasn't the best planning for an inaugural motorcycle trip like this.

Brady had just passed his riding test coming out of high school and was about to ride the Transamerica Trail,

complete, end to end, with no dirt riding experience. Dad, Randy, had plenty of on-road experience,

but nothing prepared him for what he would experience on the tat.

Of course, there were other oversights. They were terribly overloaded.

They couldn't figure out how to work their comms. They could talk back and forth.

And by day three, they were downright miserable. Their butts were raw.

And each time Brady would stop his bike, he would wrestle to keep it upright by using his tiptoes to try and balance the motorcycle.

So inevitably, he's picking it up again and again.

So with a start like that, you'd figure this would be their first and their last trip.

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