Wisdom !!:clap:

I'm doing that first stretch strictly to complete the Saddle Sore 1000 challenge where a person rides 1000 miles in 24 hours.

I also would not be able to see everything, and everyone, I'm going to see had I flown or taken a train as the cost wouldn't even compare. As it stands... I will travel 4,300 miles for about $1,300 including gas, food, lodging, and spending money by making this trip on the motorcycle.

I'm also staying in town long enough to catch the highlights of each city so I get to go touristing on my own single seater cycle. I guess I'm doing this more for the experience than anything else.

Shit... it isn't like I have a child at home to take care of. I may as well take advantage of the fact that life has decided I have expendable time and income.

Still in the planning stages and things will certainly be shifted as needed. My first stop is aware I may need an extra day to get myself back together before plowing into Cleveland. I hope not... but it is possible. I may even take off a day earlier to ensure I have enough time to pull it off.

I drove from Fresno to fort Collins CO in one shot. I was so jacked up to be out o the military and finally being able to come home that I just kept going. Finally was too tired to drive by the time I hit fort Collins.

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My BIL was going to take that 24 hour, 1000 mile challenge last year. I advised strongly against it. That is a lot of miles for one day on a bike. Good luck and God bless.

Looks like some fun trips. I am leaving friday for a nearly one month trip. Going to travel up the Outer banks of the Carolina's and spend some time with my son in Virgina on the Navel base were he is a Electrical Engineer for the Navy. Hitting 5 National parks and at least 10 states. Probably about 50 beaches up the coast-camping right out on the beach.

One other thing to remember is that America's infrastructure today isn't what it used to be; some major highways are comparable to riding in a back alley and if you are familiar with that particular stretch of road, it can make for a pretty unpleasant experience.

I remember one time riding through Oregon after about 13 hours on a bike going through a pass at night with lots of road construction. I couldn't tell where the cones were veering (and they were going all over the place on a winding road), there was no passing and I had a semi bearing down on my ass. The kicker: The roadsign warnings were a picture of a wavy road with a motorcycle flying through the air.

Rather not do that again.

1000 miles in a day is a thing? I do it twice a month. It only takes 18 hours if you glue yourself to the wheel. :D

I think it's only a thing if you do it on a motorcycle. What's your 1000 mile, twice a month trip about?

Sounds like you're a mule for a Mexican drug ring.


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I was in Michigan last year, driving at night through some small town and they had construction cones and jersey barriers all over the place at a big and confusing intersection with a state highway. I couldn't tell where I was going as I made my left turn and had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, I was on the wrong side of a jersey barrier. I couldn't see the eastbound lanes and pulled into the westbound lanes instead, thinking it wasn't a divided road. When I saw headlights coming toward me I figured it out immediately and zipped onto the shoulder and sat until I could make a u-turn. I'd never done that before and it was not a good feeling.

I don't enjoy driving at night in strange places. Plus, things are just different in a weird way. I was in some city a while back and the left turn lane suddenly gave me a flashing red arrow. What does that even mean? It wasn't a red light. It was flashing, so I decided that it was basically equivalent to a stop sign. But I'd never seen such a thing before.

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I've done the 1,600 mile, 23 hour KC to LA drive too many times to count, most recently in 2011.

That said, I'm getting to old for that shit. 12 hours a day is enough.

:D

Atlanta is a go.

Updated the schedule. Now I get to start planning a detailed itinerary of when I leave and how much time I have to do things.

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PR, don't let these naysayers deter you. The Iron Butt is going to be the hardest part of your trip. I came close once, I did 750 miles in about 17 hours. It wasn't planned, we just got sidetracked on the way home. We weren't keeping track officially, if we were, I would have done the last 250 miles. Stay rested, and watch for jagoffs in cages on the highway. I am jealous of this long trip, I need to plan one out and do it.