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sadly i have tried all morning to rework my days off and the best i could do was get an extra day which does squat  such is the life of a network engineer in television; but i am truely bummed to be so close, yet so far...HOWEVER...i am keeping the extra day (and i WILL make it to that event sometime in the near future)
so with that extra day (and the input of you guys) i have reworked my map(s) to encompass the 101 on the west coast, a little bit of Vancouver, and some of Ontario. i have also modified my route through Montana and North Dakota to keep me out in the sticks (@FJ and anyone else who would know, is that a good move? from what i can see from arial photos it looks like pretty country.)
http://g.co/maps/qk3zz (june 5th with highways)
http://g.co/maps/tzcx6 (june 5th without highways)
http://g.co/maps/whcak (june 4th with highways)
http://g.co/maps/m87eg (june 4th without highways)
@pipedr, would you still be up for that tail end tag along if i pull us down through ON, and NY?
11 days? You'll be in the saddle sunup to sundown! One of your routes is 7600 miles. That 690 miles/day. You can do it, but your mind will be a week behind. 
NOTE: If you don't have a gps device that shows you gas stations along the way, fill up at the 60 miles mark when out West. Unlike the Eastern Seaboard, gas stations are like hen's teeth. (or so it seems).
And you'd be best advised to keep at least one day in your hip pocket. 
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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