Re: [ST] long trip suggestions

[Kevin & Sharon <ksredner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ye gads, Otterboy! A trip like that and you WANT to slab it? Sacrilege! ;-)  Trust me,
after a day or two buzzing across the plains you'll really wish you took the fun route
while you had the chance. There is sooo much incredible riding to be had between WA
and OK that you can't just ignore it. Please...

KevinR


>
>
> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:29:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Otterboy <jong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ST] long trip suggestions
>
>        Hey STers,
>
>   I live in Seattle, and one of my fiancees friends is getting married in
> New Jersey at the end of May.  I'm thinking of doing a mini tour of the
> US, starting in Seattle and going through at least these two towns:
> State College, PA (on the way back to seattle), and Albuquerque, NM on
> the way out.
>
>   I've got a friend coming from Monterey CA, joining me for the run
> across AZ to New Mexico, but will be making the rest of the trip by
> myself, unless folks want to hook up, especially on the long haul from
> PA back to Washington State (hint hint!)...
>
>   I'll probably head down to Nevada, and then cut across AZ to NM, and
> then angle up for the long haul to the east coast.  I don't have
> highways picked out yet, as I'm just starting to plan it.
>
>   I'm figuring I can average 400 miles a day (I've done longish trips
> with 600 miles a day, and my derriere is in serious pain by the end of 2 or 3 of
> these days, so I'm dropping the number!), and I'm planning on mostly
> slabbing it, unless there are nice state routes that run the way I am
> going.  According to mapquest, slabbing it puts me in at a hair under
> 6500 miles total.
>
>   Does anyone have suggestions as to routes to avoid, snow/ice
> conditions in passes in mid-late may?  I've never done a trip this long,
> and I'm looking for some advice, aside from getting some touring tires
> put on a couple days before I leave...:)


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