I am looking for some help on a ride I'm contemplating doing...
I live in Calgary, AB Canada and am tossing around the idea of doing a ride in early October (potential departure date of October 3 and potential return date of Oct 12 or 13) down to Bristol, TN (~3,700kms one-way). I am looking to do an Iron Butt ride on one of the days (SS1000, or in my case the SS1600km), so I set up day 1 as that day...
I am wondering if it's A) smart to even consider a long trip this late in the year (with a possibility of snow or at least rain and low temps in Canada and the northern states) and B) If I should look at doing the iron butt portion when crossing a border due to possible delays.
The whole trip route that Apple Maps gives me is this:
I obviously have more work to do in terms of mapping out fuel stops and lodging, but I was curious as to the overall routing as I have never traveled to most of these states, so some guidance in terms of things to see/areas to avoid would be helpful. If I was able to do the iron butt ride on the first day, I hypothetically would look to do the trip down in 3 days (day two would be about 7 hours and day 3 being about 10). I suppose I could even look to stretch out the SaddleSore ride into a BunBurner as well....
For hotel stops, I looked at staying in Alexandria, MN on night 1 and somewhere like Hampshire, IL for night 2. Again, guidance would be appreciated as I would like to spend a modest amount of money on accoms (but avoid bed bugs). I can adapt where I stay if there are better areas to do so, but I would need to keep my Iron Butt day to about the same distance.
Thanks in advance!
I live in Calgary, AB Canada and am tossing around the idea of doing a ride in early October (potential departure date of October 3 and potential return date of Oct 12 or 13) down to Bristol, TN (~3,700kms one-way). I am looking to do an Iron Butt ride on one of the days (SS1000, or in my case the SS1600km), so I set up day 1 as that day...
I am wondering if it's A) smart to even consider a long trip this late in the year (with a possibility of snow or at least rain and low temps in Canada and the northern states) and B) If I should look at doing the iron butt portion when crossing a border due to possible delays.
The whole trip route that Apple Maps gives me is this:
I obviously have more work to do in terms of mapping out fuel stops and lodging, but I was curious as to the overall routing as I have never traveled to most of these states, so some guidance in terms of things to see/areas to avoid would be helpful. If I was able to do the iron butt ride on the first day, I hypothetically would look to do the trip down in 3 days (day two would be about 7 hours and day 3 being about 10). I suppose I could even look to stretch out the SaddleSore ride into a BunBurner as well....
For hotel stops, I looked at staying in Alexandria, MN on night 1 and somewhere like Hampshire, IL for night 2. Again, guidance would be appreciated as I would like to spend a modest amount of money on accoms (but avoid bed bugs). I can adapt where I stay if there are better areas to do so, but I would need to keep my Iron Butt day to about the same distance.
Thanks in advance!
