oh forget the chance of a mechanical failure, just think of the adventure. chicago to the sea. just watched a show about the route with my kids and decided that some day i will do this. asked them if one of them wanted to tag along and got that blank "are you friggin' nuts" stare.
2200 miles, about 300 miles per day, could be done in 8 days without breaking a sweat provided no mechanical issues. make it 10-12 days and you could even see stuff along the way.
april or may would be a good time of year to start and since you would dip south, snow should not be a problem. hmmmmmm
with a couple of years planning, some mechanical prophylaxis, a valid AAA card, no balance on the credit card and phone numbers of members along the route programmed into the phone and this actually sounds viable.
i would need a year or two to stash $ and vacation time to make what would be about a 3 week trip but damn would it be fun.
any others interested?
what if we waited until the 40th anniversary of the 914 and sought out sponsors? maybe even get excellence or panorama involved? get donations for a designated charity as well? maybe ALS since one of our own is working through that, or maybe diabetes or ???????
who's with me?!
from Pittsburgh on....
Andy