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Routes / Southern Tier starting in April
« on: March 12, 2014, 05:44:16 pm »
I'm a traveller from germany and want to make the Southern Tier from the West to the East. Because my work here didn't let me take the needed time for the trip earlier I will start the trip at 1st of April with a road bike equipped with panniers and follow the ACA route. As usual I'll travel alone, use my tent a lot and take a room once or twice a week. I know that already march is said to be late to do the trip. For me it is a dream since several years to do it and I only have the time now. The flight is already booked.

So what I wanna ask is: are there any really problematic parts of the route? As far as I am informed the temparture will be quite high already, in general I didn't have any problems on my past tours in Europe at 80 to 90 °F (I am 29 years now and quite sporty). Also I may cross parts of the country on the second half of the trip with a high possibility of tornadoes and thunderstorms. What is also bothering me: I don't have experience with snakes and scorpions, but already read a lot about them. Is it really a big deal on the trip?

I read several journals and other ressources until now, but it would be great to hear some thoughts from this great board here. As you can see, I just have some ideas what will await me in the US and expanding my knowledge would be really great. What I'm also interested in: because of the sweating in the heat it would be perfect to get a shower each or every second day, how is the "shower-situation" in the us? is it usual for example to find showers or bathrooms at petrol stations like in many other countries?

looking forward to your responses!

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