15,000 miles in 23 States

It is now just 3 months to go to the start of my tour. Preparations are on track, with only minor things to do now. I need to arrange temporary insurance and buy some summer bike boots that are good for both riding and walking in.

In preparation for the tour, my wife heard my hints and for Christmas bought a Garmin SatNav system for me. The really good thing about this system is that you can enter your proposed route into some computer software called MapSource and then transfer it to your Garmin unit.

This provides a tremendous advantage over the TomTom systems which require that you enter the route directly into the TomTom unit, which is fine if you have one or two destinations to go to, but pretty useless if you have a long trip to do that you want to enter.

Since Christmas, I have diligently been sitting at the laptop, putting my intended route into MapSource and yesterday, I finished this. I am now able to give a better prediction of the distance I am likely to travel which now stands at just over 15,000 miles.









Here are the 23 States that I will get to.....
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Massachusetts
Maine
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Nevada
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah
Vermont
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Plus, I will be very briefly riding into Canada.

In case you were wondering, the image is 15,000 in sign language.