Route 66 trip - May/June ‘21

[ride4now_imp]

Should I ask, “I’ve gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me”?

Just get on the CB and ride4now.

Unfortunately, I don’t think it’ll be on the CB...

I did that trip in 2014 with my buddy Jnor. We called it the "Bucket List Trip" since it was on his bucket list to ride Rt 66 and it was on mine to stick a toe in the Pacific. We started in St Louis rode 66 to San Luis Obispo Cal, up the coast on PHC to San Fran across to Bonneville Salt Flats, Pikes Peak etc then back home. 5500 miles in 11 days. It was a great trip. Once in a lifetime kinda trip. We both did it the year after we retired. (Sound about right? lol..BTW checkout post #27 on my ride report below)

Here's my report on the trip I originally posted here, but thanks to Photobucket the pics are all gone.

http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....ucket+List


Pacific Ocean toe dip in Monterey Cal.


Jnor on PCH California



me on way up Pike's Peak



me at Salt Flats



Waypoints :
starting in Cincinnati Ohio
Indianapolis Indiana
St Louis Missouri
Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Amarillo Texas
Albuquerque New Mexico
Kingman Arizona
Barstow California
Bakersfield California
St Luis Obispo California
Santa Cruz California
Sacramento California
Reno Nevada
Salt Lake City Utah
Laramie Wyoming
Colorado Springs Colorado
Kansas City Kansas
St Louis Missouri
Indianapolis Indiana
Cincinnati Ohio

BTW I suppose you know that a lot of old Rt 66 is no longer rideable, but there are sections you can ride. Mostly you ride along beside it on a 4 lane and can look over and see it about 100 yards away. Doesn't make the trip any less meaningful.

Can't imagine what you do for a month other than extend the trip and ride up the coast to Oregon, and hit Crater Lake, then over thru Idaho to Glacier, then south to Yellowstone and the Tetons then east to South Dakota for the Badlands Natl park.

Mickey, I remember that post and went back and looked at it. I even posted a reply stating that (in a few years...) when I retire, I’m going to look to do a similar bucket list ride. Well, those few years have passed and here we are. You did it in 11 days??? And I’m planning 30? Guess I need to rethink my timing. I bought a Route 66 planner and they suggested 21 days to do it. I added the week to cover getting to Chicago and then back from LA. Guess I need to rethink it. The bigger issue is what to ride? It won’t be my CB... too small for my 6ft. frame for that long of a trip. It’ll either be my Harley or perhaps a new one. My Harley has been a good bike and only has 22,000 miles on it, but she’s now 17 years old... so we’ll see. But I’m going to try and make this happen.