Early April cross country jaunt

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

Don't know what you're talking about. All posts above this are on page 1. There is no page 2 yet, let alone a page 4.

agreed, 100 ppp ftmfw

[RACER X]

today is gonna be a lonG haul. not sure how he's going to make it

houston to el paso took me 12hrs, he's ~3hrs west of houston,
el paso to san diego is 700+mi

thats a full 12 hrs on a bike...so roughly 21 hrs.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by RACER X

today is gonna be a lond haul. not sure how he's going to make it

houston to el paso took me 12hrs, he's ~3hrs west of houston,
el paso to san diego is 700+mi

thats a full 12 hrs on a bike...so roughly 21 hrs.

These things are tough. He's got a chance though, he has til like 5am EST tomorrow and he's already going. I think he has this one as long as he got good rest last night.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Trip

These things are tough. He's got a chance though, he has til like 5am EST tomorrow and he's already going. I think he has this one as long as he got good rest last night.

and avoids any traffic/delays on the road. Wondering if he sould have pushed it a little further yesterday, or today is just going to be a very long day.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by tommymac

and avoids any traffic/delays on the road. Wondering if he sould have pushed it a little further yesterday, or today is just going to be a very long day.

For some reason he planned for the second day to be the longer day. I would of pushed as hard as I could the first day and wrapped up the second day with a shorter distance. I rather use as much of the night hours as I could too. Less traffic, but you do have to worry about animals and other things like really being tired.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Trip

For some reason he planned for the second day to be the longer day. I would of pushed as hard as I could the first day and wrapped up the second day with a shorter distance. I rather use as much of the night hours as I could too. Less traffic, but you do have to worry about animals and other things like really being tired.

my friend chris likes to break it up and ride more at night. Being I work night I am a bit more used to it. remember I rode through the night to get to your house a few yrs ago, and sixxer and I did it the year before. I think out there being REALY desolate I woul dbe more worried about wildlife on the overnights.

I think I would have made day 1 the longer of the 2 days too.

[G-Rex]

Did 700 miles from San Diego to Gallup, New Mexico today. The last 180 miles here from Flagstaff were in sub 40 temps. I sure was glad to have my heated gear! I had no idea it was that cold until I checked when I got here.

Early start tomorrow for another 650 miles, and I should be home in time for dinner.

[No Worries]

Originally Posted by G-Rex

Did 700 miles from San Diego to Gallup, New Mexico today. The last 180 miles here from Flagstaff were in sub 40 temps. I sure was glad to have my heated gear! I had no idea it was that cold until I checked when I got here.

Welcome to the Colorado Plateau: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Co...teaus_map.png. Average elevation is about 6,000 feet, but Flagstaff is 7,000.

Another great trip would be to visit every National Park and Monument on the Colorado Plateau. Arches, Bryce Canyon, Capital Reef, Grand Canyon.....Zion. that should be on everyone's bucket list.

[G-Rex]

Originally Posted by No Worries

Welcome to the Colorado Plateau: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Co...teaus_map.png. Average elevation is about 6,000 feet, but Flagstaff is 7,000.

Another great trip would be to visit every National Park and Monument on the Colorado Plateau. Arches, Bryce Canyon, Capital Reef, Grand Canyon.....Zion. that should be on everyone's bucket list.

I've been to a few of those, but not all. That would be cool. It was 27 degrees this morning when I left Gallup. Way glad for heated gear!

I'm home now. 6000 or so miles on the week. Not too shabby. Back to work tomorrow. *boo*

[Trip]

Originally Posted by No Worries

Another great trip would be to visit every National Park and Monument on the Colorado Plateau. Arches, Bryce Canyon, Capital Reef, Grand Canyon.....Zion. that should be on everyone's bucket list.

Hell there are a lot of national parks in the west are on my bucket list, removed a bunch on my trip last year, but want to go back to some of them. Acadia is the last one on my list on the east coast and did the ones in Alaska I wanted to do when I lived up there.