Adventure Cycling US routes

"ken" wrote ...

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My wife and I are looking for a ride in the US, probably along one of
the Adventure Cycling routes, of 600-800 miles. We'd like towns every
20 miles or so (most of our rides have been done in Europe) and we'd be
staying in motels and such. Interesting scenery and towns the main
criteria.
Any suggestions?

The Pacific Coast Highway (CA State Highway 1) from Eureka as far south as
you want comes to mind. I believe this is part of an Adventure Cycling route
down the west coast of the US.
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mark

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ken said:

My wife and I are looking for a ride in the US, probably along one of
the Adventure Cycling routes, of 600-800 miles. We'd like towns every
20 miles or so (most of our rides have been done in Europe) and we'd
be staying in motels and such. Interesting scenery and towns the main
criteria. Any suggestions?

I live in St. Paul MN and would recommend riding down the Mississippi
River, say to St. Louis. You'd need two of the Northern Tier maps and a
couple of the Great Rivers maps.

The North Lakes ride could be nice (one of the starting points is
Osceola WI, about 30 miles from here) although towns might be a bit more
widely spaced. The UP of Michigan and northeastern WI are lovely.
Wisconsin has a great network of secondary roads thanks to the dairy
industry.

I've never been east of Detroit, but I'd imagine that the Green
Mountains Loop would be really a nice ride. You could easily add some
miles to that (their loop is about 375 miles, it seems).