Biking:
Little Miami Scenic Trail
1,327 mi
4 days and 20 hours (nonstop bicycling)Walking:
US-27 S
1,244 mi
16 days 23 hours (nonstop walking).........now, these figures do not account for sleeping, eating, and in general 'walking around taking pictures time'...but, hell...if I were to bike on my journey around the country, I figure it might take about a month or so to get myself down there....maybe about five weeks...that would give me time to get from place to place, take my time and see the sights.....and take alot of pictures along the way.
Another good friend suggested that I treat it like a job , and bike from 7am to 3 or 4pm Monday through Friday , which was a good idea as a rough plan, but I also will allow myself plenty of time as I need it, to stop and enjoy my surroundings and meet some of the locals along the way. That's really what this is all about, the journey. It isn't a race. There is no schedule after I leave. I will be able to do whatever I want, with nothing to hold me back or to alter my path in any way other than what I see fit.
In the month or so, I will be going on several 'warm up' journeys to see what kind of crazy shit I am getting myself into. The first will be something relatively close...like Toledo or something...Toledo should take me around 4-5 hours to get to if google maps is in the least bit accurate. That should be a good warm up. 46 miles. That doesn't really sound like very much at all now that I am looking at it, but it will be a good run, if all goes well.
After making the Toledo trip, I am thinking I may take a week and bike west to Chicago to visit family as a second 'warm up' trip. Google Maps says it is 1,244 mi, which it says will take me 1 day and 1 hour to travel. I figure it will take me three days to get there...but that's with 8 hours of biking a day, which may or may not be feasible. The Toledo trip will be a good measure of my pace and stamina....I will go from there....
-kcl
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