I was looking at the intended route for the ride and discovered that the mileage for a trip around the perimeter of the United States is about 10,000 miles. I'm not so much worried about the distance as the time. I have a pretty generous vacation plan but I think three weeks will be the maximum I care to be away from home. I was looking at the map of the U.S. and noticing how much vast emptiness there is in a lot of it. I got to thinking that maybe I should try a little more focus. I've always wanted to ride my bike down to Key West so I decided to aim for there. I started calculating in times and distances and thought I would throw in some spots I haven't been but always wanted to go and some spots I have been to but wanted to revisit.
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The plan is to stick to back roads and State routes as much as possible. I want to go through the swamps and backwaters. I'll still be making use of the guide books and AAA but I don't want anything to do with the interstates.
I've also already been tweaking this plan. I originally had the Memphis/Savannah leg of the trip as the starting route. The more I thought about it the more I don't relish going through Kansas at the end of a trip, gotta get that stretch of dullness out of the way early.
Well stay tuned for more changes, coming soon I'm sure.
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