ThomWill Posted February 6, 2011 Share #1 Posted February 6, 2011 http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj302/ThomWill/RoutePlanning.png :cool10: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooer Posted February 6, 2011 Share #2 Posted February 6, 2011 And how long will you be gone on this vacation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted February 6, 2011 Share #3 Posted February 6, 2011 When you get around 'D'... let us know. We'll get some BBQ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midrsv Posted February 6, 2011 Share #4 Posted February 6, 2011 Here's how we plan to spend our 2 week summer vacation. The route isn't totaly set but pretty close. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooer Posted February 6, 2011 Share #5 Posted February 6, 2011 Boy, you don't have much time to visit. Been there done that and you've got 10 solid days travel it you push it. But you might be one of those younger whipper-snappers that can iron butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomWill Posted February 6, 2011 Author Share #6 Posted February 6, 2011 16 days, averaging 350-375 a day. Two vacation weeks + 3 weekends at the end of May / Beginning of June Already working on being in better shape for it. My lovely wife is starting to get into the whole thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmoffitt Posted February 6, 2011 Share #7 Posted February 6, 2011 Here's our trip...East half of Route 66. Plan on taking 10-12 days but may take longer if there is more we want to see...plan to camp along the way with a hotel stay every 3-4 days and a 2 week stay when we get to OK (we are starting in Colorado Springs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemax Posted February 6, 2011 Share #8 Posted February 6, 2011 Thom, looks like G and H could be Phoenix and the Grand Canyon. My wife has a love affair with the Grand Canyon and is always looking for an excuse to ride up there. If you wish, let me know what your plans are in Arizona so that we can meet. Geo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1joeranger Posted February 6, 2011 Share #9 Posted February 6, 2011 I want to go!! I want to quit my job! I knew I should have found a rich girlfriend and not just one with a great tush!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctraylor Posted February 6, 2011 Share #10 Posted February 6, 2011 My wife and I rode up to Laremie, WY and across South Dakota to Sturgis one summer. I will never ride across S. Dakota again. There was about a 50 mph cross wind for 2 days. My wife had to hold her glasses on for two days. I wasn't enjoyable at all. It was great when we got into the mountains but the flat land was hell to ride in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1joeranger Posted February 6, 2011 Share #11 Posted February 6, 2011 After riding through SD two summers ago I decided that there wasn't much I needed to see in North Dakota, one of only two states I have not rode through!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiteSquid Posted February 6, 2011 Share #12 Posted February 6, 2011 I wont be getting a summer vacation this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mraf Posted February 6, 2011 Share #13 Posted February 6, 2011 Here's how we plan to spend our 2 week summer vacation. The route isn't totaly set but pretty close. Dennis If your going by Murdo S.D. stop in to the museum there. It isn't very fancy but has some unusual things in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj66 Posted February 6, 2011 Share #14 Posted February 6, 2011 My wife and I rode up to Laremie, WY and across South Dakota to Sturgis one summer. I will never ride across S. Dakota again. There was about a 50 mph cross wind for 2 days. My wife had to hold her glasses on for two days. I wasn't enjoyable at all. It was great when we got into the mountains but the flat land was hell to ride in. Heck here in eastern SD we consider a 20 mph wind a breeze. But I hear ya, I've been in a couple of those "blustery days". Usually I dont ride in those, but when you are traveling you dont have that much of a choice. But the Black Hills doesnt usually get hammered like that. In the eastern part of the state, we need our corn to grow higher. Makes for a better wind break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRider Posted February 6, 2011 Share #15 Posted February 6, 2011 A couple of suggestions on the route - 1) Alice's Restaurant - just south of San Fransisco. Get the burger and a tshirt. 2) If you are going this far south, don't miss Hwy 170 from Presidio, TX to Big Bend NP. Amazing scenary. Have a great time. RR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted February 6, 2011 Share #16 Posted February 6, 2011 We have not decided on a date to leave yet, however we do have a route planned! However we are making sure we have a escape route just in case the weather turns bad. Nothing worse to ruin a trip with days of bad weather. One or two bad days is ok but lets not have more! Note check out the attached pdf file I put toghether on our trip. Also check out the link to my blog of our trip west in May June of 2008. http://www.brianshoemakersironhorse.blogspot.com/ [ATTACH]53799[/ATTACH] brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted February 6, 2011 Share #17 Posted February 6, 2011 That's a nice write-up Cowboy. Nice pictures also. More pics of the baby sitter would have been great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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