He asked if I had come up with a route yet or had any strong preferences as to any 'waypoints'.
Other than seeing the Grand Canyon again, and riding our bikes down the Las Vegas Strip, I'm still pretty open to where we go.
So, Ray asked if I'd ever been to New Orleans, and what would I think about kind of retracing the Easy Rider trip from L.A. to N.O., only in reverse?
This is what that route might look like:
Well, this route adds about an additional 1,000 miles to the trip, but we end up going through some pretty cool parts of the country.
So, I figure we head south from Grand Rapids and try to make Knoxville, KY, the first day (pretty aggressive riding for the first day out, but we're going to try to ride hard the first few days. Besides, there's not much to see in Indianna until you get to the southern half. (my opinion)).
The second day we'd try to make Memphis. There are some great barbecue places - Corky's and Neelys that I'd like to stop at. Dan's mom suggested that we'd probably loose weight on this trip. My intention is to eat in every cool restaurant we can. As long as the bikes can hold us, keep bring the food.
Depending on how much time we spend in Memphis pigging out, the third or fourth day, we could make New Orleans. Kathy and I have a friend from high school that live in the big easy, I may try to track her down.
From N.O. we'd head through the Bayou towar Texas. Diagonal up toward Amarillo. There's a restaurant there called the Big Texan. They've got a 60 ounce steak and the meal is free if you can eat the whole thing. There's no way I could eat that size of steak, but just to look at is is an adventure. Plus, the rest of the food there is outstanding.
From Amarillo we'd head into northern New Mexico toward the 'four corners' area, into Arizona and head for the Grand Canyon. Next stop, Las Vegas. I'm not a big gambler, but the lights on the Strip are pretty amazing.
From Las Vegas, head south to the Mexico border then west to San Diego.
Pretty simple - right?
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