I hate it when I throw a party and nobody comes.
odo start: 17119
odo finish: 19851
trip: 2732
donroger1: 2734 (scary close; queue Twilight Zone music) and T-shirt winner
Gilk51: 2361
Eltee: 3607
My original google map estimated it at 2200 miles. I'm not sure I would have done it if I'd have known it would be 2700 miles, but I'm glad I did.
TRIP LOG
SAT 370 mi
1171 to 377N
377N to 407W
407W to 287/81N
380W thru Decatur, Bridgeport, Graham, Throckmorton, Haskell, Aspermont
208S to Snyder
208B to CO City
163S in CO City
RR2830 right to Park
SUN 405 mi
163 to I20W to Big Spring
87N to Lamesa
180W thru Seminole, Hobbs, NM
529W to 82W
82W thru Loco Hills, Artesia, Hope, Cloudcroft
54/70S to 70S in Alamagorda
70S past White Sands
15mi East of Las Cruces, turn into Aguirre Springs Campground (BLM)
6 mi south to campground
MON 400 mi
70W into Las Cruces
past 85/20 to 185N
185N to Hatch
187N in Hatch to 86/20
152W thru Hillsboro (twistiest stretch I was on), San Lorenzo to Santa Clara
180W thru Silver City, Cliff, Buckhorn
180W/78 Pleasanton
12N/E to Apache Creek
32N to Quemado
36/117 to 117N
117N to I40W to Grants
TUE 369 mi
I40 W to Thoreau
371N thru Smith Lake, Crownpoint to Farmington
E. Main in Farmington to 516N to Aztec
550N thru Bondad, CO, Durango, Silverton (twisty, but heavy traffice), Ouray, Dallas to Montrose
50N in Montrose, thru Delta
50/70 in Grand Junction to 340/W Broadway to friends house
WED 197 mi
340E/Broadway to 50/70 South
50S thru Delta to Montrose, then 50E towards Gunnison
149S to Lake City just after Blue Mesa Lake
THU 13 mi
rest day
FRI 253 mi
149 thru Creede
160E at South Fork, thru Del Norte, Monte Vista, Alamosa, Muleshoe
12S thru La Veta, Stonewall to Trinidad SP
SAT 387 mi
12E to I-25S thru Raton
87E to Capulin,
325N to Capulin Monument, Folsom
72S to Des Moines
87E thru Clayton, Texline, Dalhart
87/385 to Channing
385 thru Vega, Hereford to Dimmit
86E thru Nazareth, Tulia, Silverton, Qutaque to Caprock Canyon SP (bad mosquitoes)
SUN 348 mi
86E to Turkey
70S to Matador
70/62E thru Paducah to Crowell
6S to Benjamin
82/114E thru Seymour
114E thru Olney, Loving, Jacksboro
380 to Decatur,
81/287 S to 407E thru Justin
377S to 1171 to GWB Tollway to home
Any mileage over 325 on the Speed Triple brings flashbacks of the Spanish Inquisition. I turned into a squid at times, standing on my pegs to "air out".