Originally Posted by
gregw
You mis-understood the timing. He has 2 weeks to tour and this route was designed for 1 week on a road bike. That's why I thought it would work out well for a tourist to do the same loop in 2 weeks.
The 2008 route is a loop route, starts and ends at the same place.
I didn't misunderstand his timing at all. He has 2 to 2.5 weeks.
Most RTR routes are one way which makes logistics much more difficult. The 2009 route that you linked to is a loop but most of them are point-to-point.
My route could be done in about 10 to 12 days with a possible side trip to the Sand Dunes adding 1 or even 2 more days. Right within busys time frame.