dmillikan,


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950 miles away from Daytona...is say, 450+ miles a day way to much to be doable?



No! 450 miles a day is not too much. 450 is on the border between being a mellow ride and being a moderately tough ride. Given the travel day holds no rain and you keep the spirits at bay each night!

For comparison purposes: Us Florida boys ride up to Chy & Di's place in two days. Mind you, the ride is only 550 for me (not as the bird flies, but as the back-roads lead). 550 miles on back-roads is a sunup to sundown ride. Stopping for lunch and stopping every hundred miles to stretch the legs (and fuel up). We stop in Commerce for the night as our reservations are not till the next night in the gold town. Commerce is a pleasant ride away, on the ever so twisty GA 52, into Dahlonega! No matter the spirits consumed in Commerce, the roll on 52 plants an ear to ear smile on the ole kisser. Phil (bonnyusa) rides up from the land of punks taking baseball bats to homeless people and stays the night with Lynn and I. The next morn we ride up to Ryan's and from there, we ride north to GA on the slab, then ride Georgia route 15 to Commerce.

450 miles is doable! Get your mind right, take advantage of every minute of daylight and you can ride on back roads with plenty of light to spare. Two days should be two days. Don't ride jewels to the wall on the slab. Ride laid back, on rural roads, roads that generally can be ridden 65+mph. Rolling down from OH as you are, 65 or less really helps keep the extremities from freezing!

Route suggestion: Roll down US25 to Augusta, GA. About 500 miles-Day one. Day two-about 400 miles would be US25 to Jesup, GA where US301 would be the road down to US1 at Homeland, GA. US1 to I-295 to I-95 south to Daytona.

PS: Two day ride. Lot’s of times, Lynn and I will depart in the evening the day before our scheduled ride, or at least well after noon. That gives us a time buffer and only cost us a hotel room and supper out. Maybe you could depart at T-minus 2.5 days and get 150 to 200 miles under your belt. Ride 450 the next day then the third day have a real easy roll into the sea of hardeys?

Blowing gravel off rural roads