I’ve spent many hours over the past month plotting out my exact route.  I’m taking a northern route to avoid the most tedious parts of the Midwest/Plains in the middle of the country and the heat of the south.

I am not bringing camping equipment, so I need to end every day at a location with a motel, hotel, or B&B.  For some parts of the trip, there are relatively few locations with lodging, and this has been a driving factor in selection of parts of the route.  There remain a few spots where lodging is 80 – 100 miles between locations.  These will be challenging days.  I plan to average 70 miles a day, a pace I have managed on week long bike trips in the past.  To see details of my route, click the following links:

Click to see Early route

A reservoir and mountains along the route in New York

Click to see Middle route

Farmland in the upper Midwest

Click to see Later route

A view of the Pacific near where I hope to finish in Oregon