I'm planning on finally doing my first formal SS run. Next week, I plan on riding down from Seattle WA to Los Angeles CA. I've done segmented road trips through the many scenic rides all along the coast multiple times over a number of trips but this time, I want to do a straight shot.
The ride is basically going to be straight down on the I-5; it has a number of fuel stops right along the freeway so I shouldn't need any detours that I need to plan ahead for. I would appreciate critiquing my plan below based on the research I've done so far and any other thoughts/tips.
Ride distance from Google Maps: 1124mi (https://goo.gl/maps/5vffKjcjUmkguyUz9)
Planned road time: 19hrs (with fuel stops & nap stop buffer as needed)
- I want to leave at 3am so that I don't reach LA at a weird hour (since I'm staying with cousins and don't want to reach too late in the night)
- I will fuel up the night before as part of prepping the bike but I will not submit that receipt so that I don't start the 24h clock
To start the ride clock:
- I do not know how to get a witness at 3am to start my ride - I can either get the witness to sign the night before or I can get a receipt from an ATM nearby
- If I do the online submission method, I read that I don't need a start or end witness. In that case, can the ATM receipt with an odo picture prove my start time?
- I will log my trip through SPOTConnect on iOS and a back-up GPS tracker app on the phone (I have 3 battery packs to charge it just in case). I just created a spotwalla account and linked my phone as the default device
Fuel & rest stops:
- Every fuel stop, I plan to take a picture with odo and also write down in the log sheet
- Planning to carry a ZipLoc bag to store the receipts
- I do plan to make a few rest/nap stops. Should I log the start and end of each rest stop on the log sheet?
To end the ride clock:
- I can have my cousin be the end witness. Again, not sure if I need this with an online submission
- If I don't need a witness, I can fuel up the bike just before my cousin's house to end the ride with a receipt + odo picture
- I will log the end in the log sheet
E-submission: [http://www.ironbutt.com/rideapp/index.html]
- Google Maps PDF "print"
- spotwalla track link
- Log sheet scanned/recreated in a PDF [http://www.ironbutt.com/themerides/ssseries/application1000v5.pdf]
- Zip file with all the receipt + odo images in the same order as the log sheet
I'm not sure if I'm duplicating a lot of the documentation work. But, I would probably kill myself if the ride is invalidated because of a technicality or my error in documenting it!!
Counting on music through the Cardo headset to keep me entertained. Of course, a lot of the above is theoretical & planned... it will surely be a completely different animal in the real world I'd be happy if I hang on to at least 3 fuel receipts or not accidentally delete an image!
The ride is basically going to be straight down on the I-5; it has a number of fuel stops right along the freeway so I shouldn't need any detours that I need to plan ahead for. I would appreciate critiquing my plan below based on the research I've done so far and any other thoughts/tips.
Ride distance from Google Maps: 1124mi (https://goo.gl/maps/5vffKjcjUmkguyUz9)
Planned road time: 19hrs (with fuel stops & nap stop buffer as needed)
- I want to leave at 3am so that I don't reach LA at a weird hour (since I'm staying with cousins and don't want to reach too late in the night)
- I will fuel up the night before as part of prepping the bike but I will not submit that receipt so that I don't start the 24h clock
To start the ride clock:
- I do not know how to get a witness at 3am to start my ride - I can either get the witness to sign the night before or I can get a receipt from an ATM nearby
- If I do the online submission method, I read that I don't need a start or end witness. In that case, can the ATM receipt with an odo picture prove my start time?
- I will log my trip through SPOTConnect on iOS and a back-up GPS tracker app on the phone (I have 3 battery packs to charge it just in case). I just created a spotwalla account and linked my phone as the default device
Fuel & rest stops:
- Every fuel stop, I plan to take a picture with odo and also write down in the log sheet
- Planning to carry a ZipLoc bag to store the receipts
- I do plan to make a few rest/nap stops. Should I log the start and end of each rest stop on the log sheet?
To end the ride clock:
- I can have my cousin be the end witness. Again, not sure if I need this with an online submission
- If I don't need a witness, I can fuel up the bike just before my cousin's house to end the ride with a receipt + odo picture
- I will log the end in the log sheet
E-submission: [http://www.ironbutt.com/rideapp/index.html]
- Google Maps PDF "print"
- spotwalla track link
- Log sheet scanned/recreated in a PDF [http://www.ironbutt.com/themerides/ssseries/application1000v5.pdf]
- Zip file with all the receipt + odo images in the same order as the log sheet
I'm not sure if I'm duplicating a lot of the documentation work. But, I would probably kill myself if the ride is invalidated because of a technicality or my error in documenting it!!
Counting on music through the Cardo headset to keep me entertained. Of course, a lot of the above is theoretical & planned... it will surely be a completely different animal in the real world I'd be happy if I hang on to at least 3 fuel receipts or not accidentally delete an image!
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