Pictures of loaded bike! 3rd graders, my bike needs a name!

Considering I'm leaving Monday I figured I'd better get some pictures of my loaded bike on here.  I ended up buying new tires yesterday.  I was learning from other riders that the tires I had weren't designed for what I plan on doing and I would probably be fixing a lot of flat tires.  Flat tires don't sound like fun to me.  I just want to ride!  Oh that reminds me...3rd graders...I learned that most bicycle tourists name their bikes.  I'm open to suggestions.  I know you are all very creative.  I can see my bike being named Vanilla Sparkle Cookie very soon.  HAHA!  You can leave a comment on this post with your ideas or email me.

Anyway here are a few pictures of my bike loaded.  I tried to equal out the weight of everything evenly among the four panniers.  After all it doesn't make sense to have 25 pounds on one side of the bike and 5 pounds on the other unless I want to be leaning to one side or riding in circles all day.  ;)

Tomorrow I am planning on going on a final shakedown ride, possibly overnight, to see if anything falls off, breaks, or whatever other weird things can happen that I'm not thinking about.  This is a huge learning experience!  To my third grade followers...TRY NEW THINGS!!!  You never know what you will like, or dislike, until you TRY NEW THINGS!!!