It's 4 months away but still makes my heart beat a little faster

[..]

Planning a route from Billings to Zion National Park and then home.


Hwy 87 east / south     CROSS I 90   becomes Old US 87  TR State Secondary Hwy 418

TR Pryor Rd     TR Hwy 310    TL Hwy 212    TR Grand Loop Rd     TL Hwy 89

TL Hwy 191     to Rock Springs West I 80   EXIT 91 E. Flaming Gorge Way    

EXIT 102    TR off ramp   Motel 6  2615 Commercial Way, Rock Springs, WY 82901

307 362 1850

TL Unita Drive   CROSS UT State Line  to Manila  TL Hwy 44    TR Hwy 191

to Vernal UT     TR Hwy 191    to Helper, Green River    WEST I40    EXIT 149

TL off ramp onto Hwy 24 to Goblin State Park on the R to Hanksville    TL Hwy 95 to Hite Overlook

Back to Hanksville TL Hwy 24    

After Zion

North on Hwy 89     TL Hwy 12     TR Hwy 24     I 70 East to EXIT 182

TR off ramp Hwy 191    TR Hwy 313 becomes Grand View Point Rd back to

TR Hwy 313  to Dead Horse Point    Back to Hwy 191 TR      TL HWY 46

TL Hwy 141    TL Hwy 50 to Grand Junction    TL Hwy 340     TL Monument Rd

TR Riverside Pkwy    TR Hwy 50

TR Hwy 141     Straight onto Hwy 145     TL Hwy 62 to Ridgway     TL Hwy 550

to Montrose     TR Hwy 50     TR Hwy 149 to South Fork     TL Hwy 160    

TR Hwy 450 to La Veta     TR Hwy 12 to Trinidad     CROSS I 25    Straight to Hwy 144

TL Hwy 56    TR Ford St just before Ensign     TR Hwy 400 towards Wichita

TR S 21st by Dillons Distribution    TL W McArthur Rd     TR Hwy 15    TR E 47th St

TL Salter Rd     TL Hwy 400    CROSS Missouri State Line becomes Hwy 171

TL M     TR Hwy 37    TL Hwy 96     to Hwy 266 to Springfield MO    TR Hwy 125

TL Hwy 60    N I 55 NEXT EXIT TR off ramp Hwy 62     TR over bridge Hwy 51

TL Hwy 121 to Mayfield     TL Hwy 58     straight on to Hwy 402     TL Hwy 68

to Hopkinsville     TR Hwy 41to Trenton     TL Penchem Rd     TR Hwy 848

TR Hwy 102 CROSS TN State Line   becomes Hwy 161  

TL Hwy 49 keep right Hwy 25     CROSS I 65 to Lebanon     TR Hwy 271    TL Hwy 70

CROSS I 40 keep on Hwy 70  to TR Hwy 321     TR E Lamar Parkway    

TL Little River Gorge Rd    TR Hwy 441    TL BRP    to Maggie Valley

[LTD]

I thought I was the o nly  one planning my ride also 4 months in advance

[Oss]

that looks like a lot of fun  I missed 149 and 160 they are on my list for someday

[Serk]

Heck, I've been tinkering with routes for a month or two now...

Depending on many factors, toying with the idea of shooting up to Glacier National Park, and if freedom has been restored to our northern neighbors maybe hopping across the border for a little run so Serk Jr. can be the first triplet to have traveled internationally...

Or maybe cut back west. Or east. Or who knows.....

But it sure if sun playing with maps and dreaming!

[cookiedough]

when the time comes,  please post dozens of pics on scenery/places seen.  On my bucket list to get out to Utah and Colorado before passing, but might have to wait awhile for hip surgery maybe this year? 

Meeting with surgeon on Tuesday to see if I am too young and see if he will do it?  New left hip only lasts apparently 25-30 years but doubt I will make it much past 80 years old so not much worries there?  Right hip is bad but not as bad as left hip preventing me daily to not bend all the way down well without holding onto something and going up steps sucks having to hold onto railing and can walk 1-3 miles but that 4-6 miles per day is nearly impossible, as well as riding cycles sorta sucks for any distance.  Standing for say over 30 minutes at one time is nearly impossible as well luckily I do not have a job anymore requiring walking most of the day or standing on my feet long time.  Xrays show my left ball socket (and right hip also but not as bad) is oblong not really fully round as should be so when I bend over, etc. the bone hits bone am sure in the socket and sorta locks up and hurts/grinds/makes funny noises I can hear daily. VERY odd has been fine prior to age 50 but once age 50 hit,  all heck broke loose on me.  I also have pretty severe athritis in the joints for being somewhat young.    I checked for waste of time and money cortisone/steroid shots or plasma joint shots and each shot is between 800 and 1200 bucks I would have to pay in full and not last over 6 months vs. surgery out of pocket will be 4-5K total.    One and done I hope with surgery, but bet Dr. will say NO must loose weight or try other less extreme means, but living a mediocre life sorta sucks with no full range of motion and clumsier walking around now. 

[RNFWP]

Britman,
If you write all that on a post-it note to tape to the windscreen, will you be able to read it? 
Ross

[f6gal]

WooooHoooo!

[hubcapsc]

Britman,
If you write all that on a post-it note to tape to the windscreen, will you be able to read it? 
Ross

He's been writing down directions like that as long as I've known him...

-Mike

[..]

Britman,
If you write all that on a post-it note to tape to the windscreen, will you be able to read it? 
Ross

14 point Times Roman font printed and in the map pocket of my tank bag.

[RNFWP]

Britman,
If you write all that on a post-it note to tape to the windscreen, will you be able to read it? 
Ross

He's been writing down directions like that as long as I've known him...

-Mike

Seems I recall photos showing directions in a tank bag and on a windshield. I was just kind of poking fun at the length of it. With his experience I'm sure it works well for him. I've had some success doing that for half day trips that involved lots of turns. Multiple sheets (one or two each day) why not? Like your blue line it doesn't need a mobile internet connection.  

I used my nav with an earbud in once and mentioned to you that I don't need to see a screen... she tells me where my turns are... You replied "that sounds awful"  

[RNFWP]

Britman,
If you write all that on a post-it note to tape to the windscreen, will you be able to read it? 
Ross

14 point Times Roman font printed and in the map pocket of my tank bag.

I can see how that paired with a decent map could avoid the limitations/issues that come from electronic navigation. Lost/stolen/broken device, dead battery, you can still get there from here 

[Oss]

I used 3x5 cards inside a clear gps holder until a big bump knocked it off the mount

Called it my fred flintstone gps    cheap effective and doesnt speak

[..]

Britman,
If you write all that on a post-it note to tape to the windscreen, will you be able to read it? 
Ross

14 point Times Roman font printed and in the map pocket of my tank bag.

I can see how that paired with a decent map could avoid the limitations/issues that come from electronic navigation. Lost/stolen/broken device, dead battery, you can still get there from here 

I carry state maps for where I'm going to be riding.

And a handlebar mounted compass. I've had some fun riding from a SW'erly point to another point a 100 miles away to the NE by just using a compass. Those that say they use the sun have a skill I don't. Around the high point of the sun it's hard to tell which way is east or west especially if one is meandering through wooded roads.

[RNFWP]

Britman,
If you write all that on a post-it note to tape to the windscreen, will you be able to read it? 
Ross

14 point Times Roman font printed and in the map pocket of my tank bag.

I can see how that paired with a decent map could avoid the limitations/issues that come from electronic navigation. Lost/stolen/broken device, dead battery, you can still get there from here 

I carry state maps for where I'm going to be riding.

And a handlebar mounted compass. I've had some fun riding from a SW'erly point to another point a 100 miles away to the NE by just using a compass. Those that say they use the sun have a skill I don't. Around the high point of the sun it's hard to tell which way is east or west especially if one is meandering through wooded roads.

Wow, don't know that I'd be able to follow a compass only, unless I was where I could afford to get lost. I could see making a few 90 degree turns trying to figure time/distance from intended direction and then stopping to figure out where I actually ended up.

[..]

I had to dig out my external back up hard drive to copy some music onto the new SD card in my phone. Old one decided it didn't exist anymore. Grrrr.

Anyway, saw an old ride report from June 2012 when I rode to the CA Pacific coast and in the report it mentioned hwy 72 east from Raton as "beautiful" so 10 years on I'm going to incorporate that into my homeward leg.

And so it goes, ever changing.

[..]

I had to dig out my external back up hard drive to copy some music onto the new SD card in my phone. Old one decided it didn't exist anymore. Grrrr.

Anyway, saw an old ride report from June 2012 when I rode to the CA Pacific coast and in the report it mentioned hwy 72 east from Raton as "beautiful" so 10 years on I'm going to incorporate that into my homeward leg.

And so it goes, ever changing.

And just like that the route from the CO / OK border completely changes 

[f6gal]

Britman,
If you write all that on a post-it note to tape to the windscreen, will you be able to read it? 
Ross

He's been writing down directions like that as long as I've known him...

-Mike

Not everyone has a BFGPS!