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From: Dave Dal Farra
Subject: Re: Contemplating Ottawa->San Francisco->Ottawa trip
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In article David Gibbs, [email protected]
writes:
>Greetings rec.motorcyclists.
>
>Coming up labour day weekend this year, Worldcon (World Science Fiction
>Convention) will be held in San Francisco (California). I am planning
>to attend and have been speculating on doing my trip there by motorcycle
>instead of by plane (as was my initial thought.)
>
>I live (and would be departing from) Ottawa, Ontario (Canada).
>
>I had planned to take two weeks for this trip, giving me 5 days travel
>time on either side of the weekend.
>
>This looks like a distance of about 2800 miles (4500 km).
If your distance calc is correct for an "on the road distance" (and not
as the crow flies), this is 900km a day for 5 days. If you spend the
entire time on interstates, which would be a total waste of time, that's
at least 8 hours on the road every day not including eating/peeing/
sight-seeing etc.
I was contemplating a similar trip, but from Ottawa to LA, or
maybe Ottawa to Austin Tx.
I figured if I wanna do a trip of this magnitude and enjoy it, I'd
have to get my ass off the major Interstates and spend LOTS of
time enjoying the country around me; i.e. stopping with a camera,
meeting towns-people, going to a few bars. No sense spending 2 weeks
looking out a helmet with the closest human contact found at the gas
pump.
I estimated I'd need at least 4-5 weeks to make the trip worthwhile.
>I am looking for input, opinions, comments, or snarky remarks on:
>1. My sanity.
In question 8:)
>2. Suggested routes. (Note, getting there is important, and my
> schedule doesn't leave a lot of room for side trips, or circuitous
> routes)
Try and stay off the interstates!!!
>5. Anybody who wants to join me on this trip. (For even part of the
> distance.)
Depending on your route and my plans, I may be heading that way as far
as at least Detroit.
>7. Anything that comes to mind, and that you think might be relevant.
Call the Whithorse Pess. They're a book distributer catering to
Motorcyclists. They have a large number of books highlighting
the best roads FOR MOTORCYCLISTS along the general route
you're looking at. They carry listings of bed and breakfasts
all through the States which accept motorcyclists. Order their free
catalog and within you'll probably find books covering absolutely
all you needs for this trip. Their #'s in the Motorcyclist and/or
Cycle World classifieds.
>Thanks for any input.
>
>-David Gibbs ([email protected])
>Kawasaki Concours DOD# 585
O.K.
Dave D.F.
"It's true they say that money talks. When mine spoke it said
'Buy me a Drink!'."