The route that I have chosen follows the Transamerica Trail from Fredericksburg, VA to Pueblo, CO. This is a route which was established in 1976 by the Adventure Cycling Association to celebrate America's bicentennial. At Pueblo, CO I will leave the Transamerica trail and will follow the Western Express to Grand Junction, UT. From there on, I will be cycling along highways 191, 163 and 160 on the so-called Grand Canyon Connector to the south gate of the Gran Canyon National Park, AZ which is my final destination. The whole route is over 2,800 miles long and it crosses 8 states.
It is a tentative outline as I am sure my course will be slighlty compromised by contigencies such as scenery attractions, traffic, weather, puntcures, stray dogs, and personal injuries and probably more. If I can put in between 80 and 100 miles per day I should be able to get to the Grand Canyon in just over 30 days. I reckon that the first 5 or 6 days are gonna be the most difficult as I will hit some tough climbs in the Appalachians early on in the trip. I am hoping to make up for that on the Great Plains of Kansas where the road is flat and riding should be smooth. In journals which I perused on this website people often hail the first part of the trip as the toughest one.
