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Would anyone be up for *part* of the trip? I have a friend out in California that said he’s interested in doing a leg of the trip with me. Would anyone be interested in going with me for like a week or two? Maybe from Baltimore to Western PA with me? Or even into a bit of Ohio? Or you could do the end of the trip with me from somewhere in New Mexico or Nevada into San Francisco?

[wrosselet]

Hi again!

Thanks for the feedback! I plan to do a little bit of camping and a little bit of staying with some folks on http://www.warmshowers.org when available. I want to start the trip off pretty easy as the terrain definitely isn’t flat and I don’t want to get burned out right off the bat. So at the beginning I’m planning to do less than 50 miles per day (around 40), resting every fourth day, and gradually building up to 55-60 per day as the terrain becomes a bit easier. I’m gauging that we’d finish around mid-June but I’m not absolutely certain as I’ve never done anything this extensive before. I don’t know how badly my butt is going to be kicked during that first month. Might have to rest more than I thought because I honestly don’t know what I’m capable of handling right now. I’m going to be doing a lot of riding this summer and fall in preparation and if the winter is decently non-snowy I’ll go out a good number of times from December to February. My companion(s) absolutely doesn’t/don’t have to raise funds for ALS. That’s just something that I’m doing because a close friend of my family was diagnosed in 2009 and I think it’s a good cause to ride for.

The way I’m mapping the route right now is by using Google maps. I mark out destinations that are within that 40-50 mile range from wherever I’m setting out from and search Warm Showers for nearby lodging that people are offering. If nothing’s showing up, I scope out campgrounds. A lot of the biking is on trails but some of it is on minor roads. I think this is a good way to get unique stories from the trip as opposed to everyone seeing the same things on the main biking trails.

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