Originally Posted by jeneralist

Isaac! Great to hear from you.

I looked at Google Earth in the planning stages -- which roads had shoulders, etc. But I wound up trying to keep so many variables in my head -- shoulders, traffic, towns to stop in for food, towns I could stay in overnight -- that I just hit overload, called it all a bad deal, and went with the default RidesWithGPS plans. Not the best decision I ever made, in retrospect.