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Directional recomendation for Feb 1 start on ST

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Gif4445:
Starting to make plans for doing the Southern Tier a year from now.  I need to start around the first of February.  I assume an east to west direction is the choice of most?  To those of you who have done the ST in that time frame, what direction is the best as far as temps,wind and the like?  Or those that have done extensive research.  I'm a mid 50's, 4000 mile/year male, with shorter (1000 m) tour experience.   Farmer by trade.  Hence, I need to be back home in Nebraska by the first part of April.

staehpj1:
I am not sure how much direction of travel matters on this route, but I thought most folks went W-E.  I started Feb 12 in the West and it was fine.  I met quite a few who were going W-E and don't remember seeing any going the other way.

pdlamb:
As a curious bystander, I wonder if it wouldn't be preferable to go west?  That would give you a few weeks near the Gulf, keeping temperatures moderate, before you head into the interior of Texas and the mountains further west, which might be a bit further toward spring by the time you got there.  It would also get you out of the way of (most of the) severe storms happening later in the March/April timeframe.

Gif4445:
From the random sampling of ST journals on Crazyguyonabike, most were east-to-west.   Maybe just the luck of my search.   I did not find many with a Feb. 1 start date however.  And I think the one that I found was E-W and complaining about headwinds.  Doesn't mean they had more head than tail, just the theme of the ride I think.  Did you journal your ride staehpj?

staehpj1:
Yes my journal is at:
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/ScrapingBottom
It isn't a complete ST since I stopped at Pensacola, but probably close enough to give a good idea of what the route is like.

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