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Routes / Re: Best/easiest route from the Pacific to Michigan

« on: February 12, 2017, 06:56:57 pm »

I am soooo grateful for your time.  I will pour through this on maps and look at the elevations. 
My son is a sprouting 14 yr old who has just started shooting up in height and is slender...........and just had a complete fracture of his ulna and radius on his right arm 2 weeks ago.....from which he'll probably recover faster than I can imagine.  I did read somewhere that expecting more than 60 miles a day with his growing tendons and muscles may be a dangerous expatiation so I'll be taking that into account.  I can't wait to get to the maps and see what you have written up for us.  Big big thanks.
We'll be raising sponsors at 1 penny a mile for "food" for third world countries distributed through Christian Veterinary Missions (I am a vet so see the need for education about chickens for eggs and such food) so hopefully whatever we accumulate in sponsors will help encourage us up those hills and along the vast stretches.  Kobe has a desire to do something big to help hungry people so we've decided to call our venture "Something Big....on bikes".  Just thought I'd share our little story.

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Routes / Re: Best/easiest route from the Pacific to Michigan

« on: February 11, 2017, 06:30:34 am »

Thank you J.
30 years ago I lead a tour around Nova Scotia and since that time I ride for exercise around Vermont averaging 14 mile rides.  My son will have done very little although we intend to do some training through the Adirondacks during spring break and on Saturdays as the tour approaches.
My husband will be driving a small camper and meeting us wherever we end our day......trying to make this as "easy" as we can so my son is not discouraged.
I am concerned about the more southern routes as I don't want it to be so hot that my son gives up.  Thus we have been looking at the more northern routes........and we have a lot of family in Michigan although the priority is getting across country before school starts again.  We were thinking coming in the north and cutting over to Port Huron.
I will try to piece together the routes you've mentioned
I am trying to get big picture input here and so I am all ears.
I did just learn that my friend and retiring mentor wants to join us for the tour as well.  He rides regularly.
Ocean waves to ocean waves is something wished for but I will talk to my son about the Sound to the Bay.  That is a good point to consider.
We are comfortable doing part of our own route especially if the routes are better.  Scenery beats boring for sure with a 14 yr old.
We did already purchase our tickets to fly to Portland OR on June 14 to start west to east for the sake of the tail winds.  I hope that is not a mistake?
We did assume we'd need to go through Ontario to make it home in time although going through the states would be more ideal for him.  It's just that taking more southern routes and burning out in the heat sounds killer.
Thank you so much for your time and input. It is rich as I try to invest in my son with a tour that he will enjoy the memories of forever.

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Routes / Re: Best/easiest route from the Pacific to Michigan

« on: February 10, 2017, 03:07:34 pm »

Thank you so much.   Is there a general number of weeks that anyone knows of that it will take us to get to the Atlantic?

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Routes / Best/easiest route from the Pacific to Michigan

« on: February 10, 2017, 12:50:32 pm »

I am wondering what would be the best recommendation of a route across the US, going through Michigan,  for my 14yr old son and myself this summer.  I can't tell if one of the 3 upper routes from the west coast is better or worse in any way.  I've done the mileage but I am sure that may not compare with how the route winds through the divide.  Any input is appreciated!!