| Day 1-2 | May 13-14 | Santa Rosa to Sacamento CA |
| Day 3-4 | May 15-16 | Sacamento to Plymouth CA |
| Day 5-6 | May 17-18 | Plymouth to Kirkwood CA |
| Day 7-12 | May 19-24 | Kirkwood CA to Eureka NV |
| Day 13-15 | May 25-27 | Eureka to Baker NV |
| Day 16-18 | May 28-30 | Baker NV to Cedar City UT |
| Day 19-21 | May 31-June 2 | Cedar City to Escalante UT |
| Day 22-26 | June 3-7 | Escalante to Blanding UT |
| Day 27-33 | June 8-14 | Blanding UT to Salida CO |
| Day 34-39 | June 15-20 | Salida to Eads CO |
| Day 40-45 | June 21-26 | Eads CO to Newton KS |
| Day 46-51 | June 27-July 2 | Newton KS to Ash Grove MO |
| Day 52-58 | July 3-9 | Ash Grove to Farmington MO |
| Day 59-64 | July 10-15 | Farmington MO to Morganfield KY |
| Day 65-72 | July 16-23 | Morganfield to Louisville KY |
| Day 73-80 | July 24-31 | Louisville KY to Xenia OH |
| Day 81-86 | August 1-6 | Xenia OH to Wheeling WV |
| Day 87-95 | August 7-15 | Wheeling WV to Gettysburg PA |
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I was born and raised in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This is the 50th anniversary of my high school graduation so I decided to travel back to the reunion by bicycle.
This trip is something of a reprise of my first long-distance, self-supported bicycle tour back in 1996. The end points are the same (my home in Santa Rosa, California to Gettysburg) but the route is different. This time, the entire route is based on maps from Adventure Cycling. I'm taking their Western Express route from near San Francisco to Pueblo Colorado, then the famous TransAmerica Trail to Cave-in-Rock IL, then I switch to the Underground Railroad north to Xenia Ohio, then finally I follow the Chicago to New York City route to Gettysburg (using the Philadelphia alternate).
Last updated November 23, 2021