Sea-to-Shining Sea

From June 5, 2010 through August 1, 2010 I will be biking from Neah Bay, Washington to Bar Harbor, Maine, a distance of 3,819 miles (this trip is a once in a lifetime opportunity and the first item on my bucket list).  Here are some details from Timber Tours about the ride.

And so, in the year ahead, in the context of Odyssey 2010, the time has come to ride from Sea to Shining Sea. From the northwesterly-most point in the lower 48 at Neah Bay, WA, to Bar Harbor, ME, we’ll ride just shy of 4,000 miles across the North American Continent in a 58-day life-defining (forgive a bit of hyperbole?), but, for sure, a never-to-be-forgotten adventure of a lifetime.

We’ve chosen a route that is neither the shortest nor the easiest of the alternatives out there to cross the continent. But the scenic quality, along with the quality of cycling and utter absence of urban chaos from beginning to end of our route, are without equal among those many alternative choices. Grab a map and trace our course through Washington on remarkable State Highway 20, Glacier Park and Montana’s Highline, the wild beauty of northern North Dakota, the lake country of Minnesota and Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Mackinac Island, the rolling rural countryside of Ontario, Stratford’s Shakespearian Festival, a touch of French Quebec and a layover day to cross the St. Lawrence and play tourist in Montreal, New York’s Lake Champlain, northern Vermont and New Hampshire, our lobster feast in Belfast, ME, preceding our heroic ride into beautiful Bar Harbor, and a tour of Acadia National Park on our final day—this is the essence of Odyssey 2010. And, more than anything, we hope that we’ve conveyed our commitment that this is definitely not a “put-your-head-down-and-crank-out-the-miles” experience.

If you would like to see the complete itinerary go to http://www.timbertours.com  and click on Odyssey Series and then Itinerary.