Contemplating something with a friend(s) for this summer with the likelyhood of the border reopening at some point. Destination California. Timeline, 8-9 days.
My list of gotta-see things is reasonably small at this point.
Westward:
- Pass through Vegas, just want to ride down the strip, don't care about gambling.
- Death Valley
- ?
California itself:
- Night aboard the Queen Mary. A bucket list thing for me. The company managing it just went bankrupt, hopefully it reopens in some fashion...grrrr.
- Pacific Coast Highway
- ?
Eastbound leg:
- Beartooth Pass
- Bighorn Mountains
- Black Hills, lunch in Sturgis just because.
- ?
With that timeline I'm not looking at spending any excessive amount of time stopping and smelling the roses...I like to keep moving. I just want to rack some big miles and see some cool stuff, not really needing to stop and stare at all of it for long periods of time lol. 1400-1800km days on the boring stretches is just fine and not even that hard given the high speed limits in many of the (often, boring) east/west stretches.
Camping some of the nights when the weather plays nice. Motels the rest of the time aside from California urban areas obviously.
Suggestions?
My list of gotta-see things is reasonably small at this point.
Westward:
- Pass through Vegas, just want to ride down the strip, don't care about gambling.
- Death Valley
- ?
California itself:
- Night aboard the Queen Mary. A bucket list thing for me. The company managing it just went bankrupt, hopefully it reopens in some fashion...grrrr.
- Pacific Coast Highway
- ?
Eastbound leg:
- Beartooth Pass
- Bighorn Mountains
- Black Hills, lunch in Sturgis just because.
- ?
With that timeline I'm not looking at spending any excessive amount of time stopping and smelling the roses...I like to keep moving. I just want to rack some big miles and see some cool stuff, not really needing to stop and stare at all of it for long periods of time lol. 1400-1800km days on the boring stretches is just fine and not even that hard given the high speed limits in many of the (often, boring) east/west stretches.
Camping some of the nights when the weather plays nice. Motels the rest of the time aside from California urban areas obviously.
Suggestions?