I've biked cross-country a bunch of times. Never have managed to do the entire Transamerica on any particular trip, although in all my trips I've nearly covered it all. Seems there's always somebody to see or someone I'm riding with that means a zig thru southern Kansas or a zag up to Spokane. Anyway - I was wondering what other people thought about various stretches of the Transam route. There are some really nice sections - and some not-so-nice sections as well.

Here are a few of my picks:
Favorites -
OR - John Day Valley
ID - Lochsa River
MT - Big Hole around Wisdom
WY - Togwatee Pass
CO - North Park around Walden
KS - Anywhere in west Kansas
MO - The hospitality and openness of people
IL - Cave in Rock and the ferry
KY - Between the Ohio River and Green River
VA - Between Damascus and Troutdale

Least Favorite -
OR - The traffic on US 101, but the views were great.
ID - White Bird Summit
MT - Getting into and out of Missoula
WY - The wind
CO - The traffic and narrow shoulders around Breck/Frisco
KS - Can't think of any
MO - The HILLS!! I thought it was going to be flat the 1st time thru!
IL - Narrow Mississippi River Bridge - scary.
KY - Coal trucks and traffic in E. Ky.
VA - Big A Mountain

Okay - so some of these aren't actually stretches of road. Whatever.
And I know that wind and weather can have a huge influence on what one person thinks is a great road and another thinks is horrible. Still, I'll bet there is some general agreement.

Anybody else have ideas on this?