This Year's Road Trip

Ready to go

You may recall the very awesome motorcycle trip I took last summer to Miami.  The destination was chosen just because the road ended there.  The trip was planned to simply follow a highway from one end to the other and do the same coming back.  That turned out to be US 27 from Fort Wayne, IN to Miami, and then US 441 from Miami to Lake City, TN.  For details see my posts from last summer.  That was a six-day ride each way, which I decided was pretty long unless I scheduled more stops along the way.  I had thought about riding to Colorado this year which would be about the same distance.  However, I just wasn't ready for that much riding yet.  Therefore, I looked to the east.

I think I've found two highways that will serve to make another great road trip by again riding their entire lengths.  Like last year, neither road terminates in Michigan, but Ohio is just next door and that's where I'll begin and end the official portions of my ride. These roads will take me through the hearts of two states that should offer spectacular riding conditions: Pennsylvania and West Virginia.  Plus I plan to do something I've always wanted to do -- attend a minor league baseball game.  In addition, this is FIFA World Cup month, so I'll schedule lunch and dinner stops appropriately whenever there's a game being played.

US 322 - 494 miles

US 322 begins in downtown Cleveland, OH and runs about 500 miles to Atlantic City, NJ.  I remember the beginning portion of this road from many visits to Cleveland when my daughter was in school at Case Western Reserve University.  In fact I'll drive right through that now familiar campus.  I expect to reach Atlantic City by the fourth night.  We have a timeshare hotel there, but it has no availability so I'll just hope to find a Red Roof or something similar in the area.

US 250 - 514 miles

After a couple of nights in AC, I'll head to Richmond, VA because my return road begins there.  This will lead me past DC where I hope to spend a day admiring some of our nation's monuments to great leaders and great ideals.  From Richmond I'll take US 250 northwest through VA, WV and OH.  I may take my time here and make a few stops to take in the scenery and flavor of the area, so it may take four, five, maybe six days to get back.

I'll try to post daily on this blog for those who may be interested in following my trip.  I expect to begin this trip July 5th, and I sure hope it doesn't rain every day.  Thanks for reading, and God bless.