Originally Posted by
pdlamb
When you wrote "Abilene to Minot" my first thought was, BORING! Did you find yourself riding further on this trip that some of your other recent trips, just because you were riding prairie most of the time?
No. I kept it slightly shorter at the start to avoid July heat in the Texas panhandle and Kansas. It was nice to get into town by noon or so on afternoons in the upper 90s.
As far as boring goes... I enjoy seeing the subtle variations on the plains and coming through the small towns. So picked this route in part as a way to see a lot of the prairie around the 100th meridian.
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/mev-route83-2018