Explanation of blog

This blog is intended to document my ride across the United States in the Fall of 2014.  The ride will begin in San Diego on September 14th and end in St Augustine on November 16th.  This is my first try at a blog.  I will be using my Samsung Galaxy S5 cell phone to accomplish this, so it might be a little rough at first.  I anticipated that I will enter zones of non-cell coverage for several days in the Western US.

I will be posting the daily route using Garmin Connect.  I hope to have the link active, so you that you can follow directly.  If the link does not work, just copy it and put it in your browser.  It should be able to tell you where I went, how fast and lots of other data.

I have a function called Garmin LiveTrack on my bike computer.  If you want to know where I am at any moment when cycling, let me know and I can add you to the distribution list.  Julie uses this so she can keep track of me throughout the day.  I am sure that my use of the function and cell coverage will make it hit and miss.

One if my co-riders who is much more experienced at this will be documenting the trip for the group.  You may want to take a look at his blog to get additional information.


http://www.southerntier2014.blogspot.com/

Route Map

Itinerary

Day of week	Day	Trip Day	Overnight Location	Distance
Sun	9/14	1	San Diego, CA - Point Loma Hostel	0
Mon	9/15	2	San Diego, CA - Point Loma Hostel	Shakedown 16
Tues	9/16	3	Alpine	38
Wed	9/17	4	Ocotillo	58
Thurs	9/18	5	Brawley	39
Fri	9/19	6	Palo Verde	69
Sat	9/20	7	Quartzite, AZ	55
Sun	9/21	8	Salome	38
Mon	9/22	9	Wickenburg	55
Tues	9/23	10	Phoenix or Tempe	55 or 69
Wed	9/24	11	Phoenix/Tempe – Layover (8 riding days)	0
Thurs	9/25	12	Superior	67 or 53
Fri	9/26	13	Globe	24
Sat	9/27	14	Safford	81
Sun	9/28	15	Three-Way	37
Mon	9/29	16	Buckhorn, NM	44
Tues	9/30	17	Silver City	38
Wed	10/1	18	Silver City – Layover Day (6 riding days)	0
Thurs	10/2	19	Mimbres	50 or 28
Fri	10/3	20	Caballo Lake State Park	57
Sat	10/4	21	Leasburg Dam State Park	45
Sun	10/5	22	El Paso, TX	63
Mon	10/6	23	Fort Hancock	55
Tues	10/7	24	Van Horn	75
Wed	10/8	25	Fort Davis	91
Thurs	10/9	26	Fort Davis - Layover (7 riding days)	0
Fri	10/10	27	Marathon	55
Sat	10/11	28	Sanderson	55
Sun	10/12	29	Seminole Canyon	81
Mon	10/13	30	Del Rio	41
Tues	10/14	31	Big Oak River Camp (Montell)	70
Wed	10/15	32	Lost Maples State Natural Area	45
Thurs	10/16	33	Kerrville	53
Fri	10/17	34	Blanco	60
Sat	10/18	35	Austin	67
Sun	10/19	36	Austin - Layover (9 riding days)	0
Mon	10/20	37	Bastrop	32
Tues	10/21	38	Carmine	62
Wed	10/22	39	Navasota or Richards	48 or 68
Thurs	10/23	40	Coldspring	48 or 28
Fri	10/24	41	Silsbee	75
Sat	10/25	42	Merryville, LA	55
Sun	10/26	43	Oberlin or Mamou	58
Mon	10/27	44	Chicot State Park	50
Tues	10/28	45	Simmesport	57
Wed	10/29	46	St. Francisville	60
Thurs	10/30	47	St. Francisville/New Orleans Layover (10)	0
Fri	10/31	48	St. Francisville/New Orleans Layover	0
Sat	11/1	49	Easleyville	56
Sun	11/2	50	Poplarville	85
Mon	11/3	51	Vancleave	74
Tues	11/4	52	Dauphin Island, AL	71
Wed	11/5	53	Gulf Shores	32
Thurs	11/6	54	Gulf Shores Layover (5 riding days)	0
Fri	11/7	55	Milton, FL	53
Sat	11/8	56	DeFuniak Springs	61
Sun	11/9	57	Marianna	61
Mon	11/10	59	Tallahassee	66
Tues	11/11	60	Monticello	45 (or 28)
Wed	11/12	61	Suwannee River State Park	53
Thurs	11/13	62	Ichetucknee Family Grocery/Campsites	55
Fri	11/14	63	Gainesville	41
Sat	11/15	64	Palatka	67
Sun	11/16	65	St. Augustine	38
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