Originally Posted by
Airwick
Marvelous idea, Machka,.... I took your test.
what time do you feel comfortable getting up in the morning? dawn
-- how long do you think it will take to get ready to ride? 15 minutes (breakfast after first 20 miles)
-- do you like a fairly long lunch break in the middle of the day? Or not? most days no
-- would you like to stop and visit tourist attractions along the way? some, shoot for 1 major place per week (this is a long tour)
Do you prefer to stay in one place a couple nights in order to take in a particular tourist attraction? nope Or are you more interested in riding than seeing the sights? riding
-- how many hours of riding would you like to do each day? (or how far could you see yourself riding each day?) We average 85+ miles a day
-- what time would you like to arrive at the campsite? 30 minutes before sunset
-- what are some things you might like to do between arriving at the campsite and going to sleep?
-- what time would you like to go to sleep?soon as head hits the pillow
Lemme see if I got this straight, you get up at dawn, you pretty much ride all day without any long breaks, you don't stop to camp until 30 minutes before sunset...and you do 85+ miles. Summer in the US I'm thinking 16 hours of daylight a day. You must make a lot of shorter stops, or else you average about 5 mph.