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Hey all you folks that use the maps of the USA and Canada on your sig line...how in the world, or where...did you get that couple of maps, that you can color in for each state you have ridden through, and the Canadian provinces ????

 

Is it going to piss anybody off if I color in every state...except Hawaii, and also color in all the Canadian provinces. Yes, I have in fact ridden to all 48 lower states, and ridden all over Alaska, and ridden to all the Canadian provinces. In fact, did all 48 lower states in less than 10 days.

 

So, please...tell me where I can get one of those cool sig line maps.

 

Thanks,

 

Miles

Million Mile Rider

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Hey all you folks that use the maps of the USA and Canada on your sig line...how in the world, or where...did you get that couple of maps, that you can color in for each state you have ridden through, and the Canadian provinces ????

 

Is it going to piss anybody off if I color in every state...except Hawaii, and also color in all the Canadian provinces. Yes, I have in fact ridden to all 48 lower states, and ridden all over Alaska, and ridden to all the Canadian provinces. In fact, did all 48 lower states in less than 10 days.

 

So, please...tell me where I can get one of those cool sig line maps.

 

Thanks,

 

Miles

Million Mile Rider

AMA - IBA:bighug:

 

Would love to know your route for 48 in 10.

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Jeff, I rode this ride back in 2003, so it has been 9 years. There is somewhat of a generic route that most folks in the IBA subscribe to, irregardless of where you live. Most riders prefer to start up in the far eastern corner of the country, i.e. Maine, and finish their ride up in the far northwest corner, i.e. Washington. Ironic...that I was born in Maine, and now live in Washington.

 

The reason this particular route is chosen is because it also lends toward doing the 49th state, which is to ride up to Hysder, Alaska, so as to include that in the ride. Ron Ayres was the first (if my memory serves me correctly) to do the 7/49, or 7 days and 49 states. He wrote about it in his first book...Against the Wind...and named several of us that assisted in escorting him through some of the states along the way, just to be company for him, to lend a hand mechanically if needed, and to zoom him through states that we may have been more familiar with than he was.

 

While I do not have the exact stats onm the exact route that I used, it is safe to say that I held very close to the same route that the majority of IBA riders use when doing this ride, as it has proven to be the most efficient.

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