Although I’ve been planning this trip in an abstract sort of way since last August the only concrete planning and preparation I’d done was to research Route 66, book the flights, book the motorcycle hire and book hotels for the first and last few days, so today I started thinking about things in earnest.
I started by checking out the Route 66 forum at http://forum.historic66.com/ and making a few notes to go with the others I’ve been making from time to time. It’s a real good source of information with a friendly, and knowledgeable, bunch of regular contributors.
Reading the forum helped me in mapping out a provisional itinerary:
| Date | Start | End | Mileage |
| 01/08/12 | London Dep 11.45 | Chicago Il Arr 14.45 | 3963 |
| 02/08/12 | Chicago | Chicago Il | 0 |
| 03/08/12 | Chicago Il | Springfield Il | 202 |
| 04/08/12 | Springfield Il | Rolla MO | 202 |
| 05/08/12 | Rolla MO | Miami OK | 205 |
| 06/08/12 | Miami OK | Oklahoma OK | 193 |
| 07/08/12 | Oklahoma OK | Sayre OK | 128 |
| 08/08/12 | Sayre OK | Amarillo TX | 131 |
| 09/08/12 | Amarillo TX | Santa Rosa NM | 172 |
| 10/08/12 | Santa Rosa NM | Grants NM | 194 |
| 11/08/12 | Grants NM | Holbrook AZ | 157 |
| 12/08/12 | Holbrook AZ | Seligman AZ | 166 |
| 13/08/12 | Seligman AZ | Needles CA | 135 |
| 14/08/12 | Needles CA | San Bernadino CA | 215 |
| 15/08/12 | San Bernadino CA | Santa Monica CA | 76 |
| 16/08/12 | Contingency / Rest | ||
| 17/08/12 | Contingency / Rest | ||
| 18/08/12 | Santa Monica CA | Lompoc CA | 146 |
| 19/08/12 | Lompoc CA | Carmel CA | 191 |
| 20/08/12 | Carmel CA | San Francisco CA | 132 |
| 21/08/12 | San Francisco CA | San Francisco CA | |
| 22/08/12 | San Francisco CA | San Francisco CA | |
| 23/08/12 | San Francisco CA | San Francisco CA | |
| 24/08/12 | San Francisco CA | → | |
| 25/08/12 | London | 5371 |
As I’m only going to use this as a rough guide the only things on it set in stone are the flights!
enjoy Chris !!!
Thanks Mike – I’m sure I will
I’m so green with envy, and you haven’t even left yet!!
Look forward to reading the updates while you’re away – remember us poor bikers in the rain back home whilst you’re enjoying the sunshine!!
What makes you think I’ll be dry Nicky? I’m sure to get rained on at some point in the 3,000 odd miles I’m planning to ride across America!
Actually I didn’t get rained on!
Super inrovmatife writing; keep it up.