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Planning a crazy bike trip with a friend in NEPA? Need some help with this, we really need to make it work.?

Hello, me and my friend are planning a huge bike trip. Here's what we're going to do. We plan to leave our small town, Berwick, PA, and go.....somewhere! We just want to kind of ride on backroads through the country, and go to some nice spot in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the country, just to have a good time. We just graduated eighth grade (we're both fourteen) and we want to get out of our shitty little town and do something. Nothing that requires a lot of money, nothing with our other friends, just us taking off and going somewhere on our bikes. We need to plan this out REALLY well so our parents'll let us go, though. We're taking things like a small tent, sleeping bags, a change of clothes, a basic first-aid kit just in case, maybe toothbrushes and soap bars, some cash, a bike repair tool and spare tires, a flint, map compass, some rope and canned staple foods, and we're splitting the load between us and taking off. Well, we've never really planned for anything like this, so we needed some help, and here I am. I've listed the things we're taking; is there anything else we've forgotten? Also, there's the problem of our root. We can easily find some country roads to take us wherever, but we need to know where we're going! North, South, East, or West? We plan to stop in some small towns occasionally to resupply our food. What we can't afford or hold onto in canned products, I might bring my bow and a few blunt arrows to catch some rabbits. Maybe if we find some way we'll makeshift some fishing rods here and there, also. Like I said, just a nice relaxing place that hardly anybody knows about, somewhere in the middle of nature, to hang out for a while. If anyone can point out some things we'll need, or somewhere to go , or any good ideas or tips on wilderness survival and/or biking through the countyrside, or ANYTHING at all, a place we can go to, please feel free to express your ideas. Thanks. Like I said, we live in berwick, PA. It's a small hick town, it's near Knoebels theme park and Bloomsberg PA, near the poconos, if anyone knows somewhere around there we can head to. Somewhere far away, maybe even just out of state. Thanks in advance. We owe you. :P Also, does anyoine know anything about harmful and beneficial herbs/plants and the like in the aforementioned area? Thanks again!

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1. This is probably an obvious one, but I don't think you mentioned a tent. You'll either need one two-person tent, or two one-man pup tents to carry with you.
You'll need some large saddle bags for your bikes, and if possible even a trailer.
And makes sure you bring A LOT of cash. More than you think you'll ever need to spend. Either that or bring a credit/debit card. Just in case you get stranded somewhere and need to have your bikes repaired, or even if you end up having to buy a bus ticket to get home.

Don't just take off in a random direction. Plan out a specific route, figure out where the campgrounds are, where the towns are. Figure out how long you and your friend are capable of comfortably biking in one day, and plan to get from one campground to another within a day. Write out all your itinerary and budget on a chart, and draw your route on a map. Take a copy of this with you, and give a copy to your parents, so they'll always know how to reach you, and they'll know when to expect you to be back.

Before leaving, bring your bikes to a repair shop, and have then tuned up to ensure they don't break down somewhere en route.