Afan
... and this is my real name.
I need some inputs on the trip my friends and I (5 of us so far) plan to make on the last weekend of June 2017. We dedicated 2 weeks for this trip.
This is the simplified route we plane to take:
So, my "concerns" are:
Thanks for any help.
This is the simplified route we plane to take:
- Des Moines, IA
- Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO
- Mesa Verde National Park, CO
- Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park Visitor Center, AZ
- Navajo National Monument, AZ
- Horseshoe Bend, AZ
- Zion National Park / Springdale, UT
- Hoover Dam, NE
- Las Vegas, NE
- Death Valley Visitor Center (Furnace Creek Visitor Center), NE
- Sacramento, CA via Yosemite National Park, CA
- San Francisco, CA (Battery Spencer, Fort Point)
- Pacific Highway/California State Route 1 to Los Angeles, CA
- Santa Monica Pier, CA
- Route 66 toward East
- Des Moines, IA
So, my "concerns" are:
- On such a journey, does it usually take more stops than planned? Do you spend more time sightseeing than planned?
- There's an possibility that our wives go with us but in a mini-van. None of them are capable to ride all the time. Pro: we can make our bikes lighter by putting our stuff in the mini-van. Con: There's an additional "vehicle" to take care and most likely it's gonna slow us down a bit.
- Any experience while riding with buddies where some prefer frugal and some don't?
- If some of us want to go left route and some right route - is splitting an option?
- Is this whole ride/trip maybe too much for the first time? We all did several 3-4 days trips/rides, with 1K-2K miles. But nobody 7 days or more.
- What's the average daily mileage you did on 2-week trips?
Thanks for any help.