Destination
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Destination
It's not like I need an excuse to ride..., but it's nice to have a plan or some sort of objective for a destination.
The wife and I put a lot of miles on (at least 20K a year) and after a while it got to be kind of a choir to determine the destination for a ride.
We still go on a lot of rides with no real plan, but it rally helps to have some objectives for weekend or long weekend rides. One of the things that will take us several hundred miles is food. A good review on the travel network will send us several hundred miles.
Another objective we have is to take pictures of the bike in front of state capitals. We've got five so far.
Anyone else use objectives like that to plan rides?
The wife and I put a lot of miles on (at least 20K a year) and after a while it got to be kind of a choir to determine the destination for a ride.
We still go on a lot of rides with no real plan, but it rally helps to have some objectives for weekend or long weekend rides. One of the things that will take us several hundred miles is food. A good review on the travel network will send us several hundred miles.
Another objective we have is to take pictures of the bike in front of state capitals. We've got five so far.
Anyone else use objectives like that to plan rides?
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90% of the time, we have a destination. Especially if we're with a group. That doesn't mean that we won't stop here & there along the way if we see something that interests us.
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That whole "ABC's of Touring" thing... As long as you can hit Xenia (one in IL and one in OH) it's a nice goal... "Hey, let's hit 'W' today..."
But I hear you -- The local routes (the routes that actually get you out of town) get a little rusty over time... I can only hit the post office (it's 6 blocks away, but I have a 26 mile route to get there) so many times before I need to go get smokes (two counties if I can help it).
But I hear you -- The local routes (the routes that actually get you out of town) get a little rusty over time... I can only hit the post office (it's 6 blocks away, but I have a 26 mile route to get there) so many times before I need to go get smokes (two counties if I can help it).
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most the time we just climb on and go. A few times our ride turned into unplanned over-nighters. We mostly just wing it and see where we end up.
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Food is a good one - ride to eat!
For day rides we sometimes pick a destination from Roadside America - sort’a tongue & cheek and corny like the world’s largest ball of string, two story outhouse, the Spam Museum, of course the ones near you will vary. Some are more interesting and historical like Buddy Holly’s crash site and Cold War era missile sites. Besides the website they have an IPhone app that lists the destinations by distance from your current location and gives you information and pictures.
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For day rides we sometimes pick a destination from Roadside America - sort’a tongue & cheek and corny like the world’s largest ball of string, two story outhouse, the Spam Museum, of course the ones near you will vary. Some are more interesting and historical like Buddy Holly’s crash site and Cold War era missile sites. Besides the website they have an IPhone app that lists the destinations by distance from your current location and gives you information and pictures.
Roadside America
Find oddities and tourist attractions! Plan trips more quickly with our free Attraction Maps. See what's nearby using Google Maps loaded with Roadside America sights.