4.07.2008

Ride As Fast as You Can - They're Shooting to Kill

I am a lurker and infrequent poster on LA Fixed and the other day I came upon some guy named Scottie and his bicycle trip around the US.

Here is his tentative schedule...


4/1 Border Field State Park, Ca to Calexico, Ca
4/2 Calexico, Ca to Blythe, Ca
4/3 Blythe, Ca to Phoenix, Az
4/4 Phoenix, Az (loop)
4/5 Phoenix, Az to Tucson, Az
4/6 Rest Day!

4/7 Tucson, Az to Bowie, Az
4/8 Bowie, Az to Deming, Nm
4/9 Deming, Nm to El Paso, Tx
4/10 El Paso, Tx to Van Horn, Tx
4/11 Van Horn, Tx to Marathon, Tx
4/12 Marathon, Tx to Del Rio, Tx
4/13 Rest Day!

4/14 Del Rio, Tx to San Antonio, Tx
4/15 San Antonio, Tx to Austin, Tx
4/16 Austin, Tx to Houston, Tx
4/17 Houston, Tx, to Beaumont, Tx
4/18 Beaumont, Tx to Opelousas, La
4/19 Opelousas, La to New Orleans, La
4/20 Rest Day!

4/21 New Orleans, La to Mobile, Al
4/22 Mobile, Al to Pensacola, Fl
4/23 Pensacola, Fl to Panama City, Fl
4/24 Panama City, Fl to Perry, Fl
4/25 Perry, Fl to Spring Hill, Fl
4/26 Spring Hill, Fl to Fort Myers, Fl
4/27 Rest Day!

4/28 Key West, Fl to Key Largo, Fl
4/29 Key Largo, Fl to West Palm Beach, Fl
4/30 West Palm Beach, Fl to Melbourne, Fl
5/1 Melbourne, Fl to Saint Augustine, Fl
5/2 Saint Augustine, Fl to Brunswick, Ga
5/3 Brunswick, Ga to Savannah, Ga
5/4 Rest Day!


5/5 Savannah, Ga to Charleston, Sc
5/6 Charleston, Sc to Myrtle Beach, Sc
5/7 Myrtle Beach, Sc to Jacksonville, Nc
5/8 Jacksonville, Nc to Ocracoke, Nc
5/9 Ocracoke, Nc to Currituck, Nc
5/10 Currituck, Nc to Hampton, Va
5/11 Rest Day!

5/12 Hampton, Va to Crisfield, Md
5/13 Crisfield, Md to Cape May, Nj
5/14 Cape May, Nj to Toms River, Nj
5/15 Toms River, Nj to New York, Ny
5/16 New York, Ny to Montauk, Ny (1/2 Loop)
5/17 Montauk, Ny to New York, Ny (1/2 Loop)
5/18 Rest Day!

5/19 New York, Ny to New Haven, Ct
5/20 New Haven, Ct to Warwick, Ri
5/21 Warwick, Ri to Boston, Ma
5/22 Boston, Ma to Portland, Me
5/23 Portland, Me to Belfast, Me
5/24 Belfast, Me to Lubec, Me
5/25 Rest Day!

5/26 Lubec, Me to Bangor, Me
5/27 Bangor, Me to Lewiston, Me
5/28 Lewiston, Me to Lancaster, Nh
5/29 Lancaster, Nh to Burlington, Vt
5/30 Burlington, Vt to Albany, Ny
5/31 Albany, Ny to Syracuse, Ny
6/1 Rest Day!

6/2 Syracuse, Ny to Buffalo, Ny
6/3 Buffalo, Ny to Erie, Pa
6/4 Erie, Pa to Cleveland, Oh
6/5 Cleveland, Oh to Toledo, Oh
6/6 Toledo, Oh to Columbus, Oh
6/7 Columbus, Oh to Cincinnati, Oh
6/8 Rest Day!

6/9 Cincinnati, Oh to Portsmouth, Oh
6/10 Portsmouth, Oh to Charleston, Wv
6/11 Charleston, Wv to Paden City, Wv
6/12 Paden City, Wv to Pittsburgh, Pa
6/13 Pittsburgh, Pa to Cumberland, Md
6/14 Cumberland, Md to Washington, Dc
6/15 Rest Day!

6/16 Washington, Dc to Richmond, Va
6/17 Richmond, Va to Lynchburg, Va
6/18 Lynchburg, Va to Bluefield, Va
6/19 Prestonsburg, Ky to Lexington, Ky
6/20 Lexington, Ky to Bowling Green, Ky
6/21 Bowling Green, Ky to Nashville, Tn
6/22 Rest Day!

6/23 Nashville, Tn to Jackson, Tn
6/24 Jackson, Tn to Memphis, Tn
6/25 Memphis, Tn to Little Rock, Ar
6/26 Little Rock, Ar to Fort Smith, Ar
6/27 Fort Smith, Ar to Tulsa, Ok
6/28 Tulsa, Ok to Oklahoma City, Ok
6/29 Rest Day!

6/30 Oklahoma City, Ok to Ponca City, Ok
7/1 Ponca City, Ok to Wichita, Ks
7/2 Wichita, Ks to Dodge City, Ks
7/3 Dodge City, Ks to McPherson, Ks
7/4 McPherson, Ks to Topeka, Ks
7/5 Topeka, Ks to Kansas City, Ks
7/6 Rest Day!

7/7 Kansas City, Ks to , Sabetha, Ks
7/8 Sabetha, Ks to Omaha, Ne
7/9 Omaha, Ne to Des Moines, Ia
7/10 Des Moines, Ia to Kirksville, Mo
7/11 Kirksville, Mo to Columbia, Mo
7/12 Columbia, Mo to Saint Louis, Mo
7/13 Rest Day!

7/14 Saint Louis, Mo to Springfield, Il
7/15 Springfield, Il to Champaign, Il
7/16 Champaign, Il to Peoria, Il
7/17 Peoria, Il to Rockford, Il
7/18 Rockford, Il to Milwaukee, Wi
7/19 Milwaukee, Wi to Chicago, Il
7/20 Rest Day!

7/21 Chicago, Il to Lafayette, In
7/22 Lafayette, In to Bloomington, In
7/23 Bloomington, In to Indianapolis, In
7/24 Indianapolis, In (Loop)
7/25 Indianapolis, In to Fort Wayne, In
7/26 Fort Wayne, In to Gary, In
7/27 Rest Day!

7/28 Gary, In to Kalamazoo, Mi
7/29 Kalamazoo, Mi to Detroit, Mi
7/30 Detroit, Mi to Lansing, Mi
8/1 Lansing, Mi to Saginaw, Mi
8/2 Saginaw, Mi to Grand Rapids, Mi
8/3 Rest Day!

8/4 Grand Rapids, Mi to Traverse City, Mi
8/5 Traverse City, Mi to Saint Ignace, Mi
8/6 Saint Ignace, Mi to Munising, Mi
8/7 Munising, Mi to Escanaba, Mi
8/8 Escanaba, Mi to Green Bay, Wi
8/9 Green Bay, Wi (loop)
8/10 Rest Day!

8/11 Green Bay, Wi to Wausau, Wi
8/12 Wausau, Wi to Eau Claire, Wi
8/13 Eau Claire, Wi to Minneapolis, Mn
8/14 Minneapolis, Mn to Rochester, Mn
8/15 Rochester, Mn to Mankato, Mn
8/16 Mankato, Mn to Sioux Falls, Sd
8/17 Rest Day!

8/18 Sioux Falls, Sd to Sioux City, Sd (half loop)
8/19 Sioux City, Sd to Sioux Falls, Sd (half loop)
8/20 Sioux Falls, Sd to Huron, Sd
8/21 Huron, Sd to Pierre, Sd
8/22 Pierre, Sd to Mobridge, Sd
8/23 Mobridge, Sd to Bismarck, Nd
8/24 Rest Day!

8/25 Bismarck, Nd to Parshall, Nd
8/26 Parshall, Nd to Sidney, Mt
8/27 Sidney, Mt to Miles City, Mt
8/28 Miles City, Mt to Billings, Mt
8/29 Billings, Mt to Sheridan, Wy
8/30 Sheridan, Wy to Casper, Wy
8/31 Rest Day!

9/1 Casper, Wy to Rawlins, Wy
9/2 Rawlins, Wy to Craig, Co
9/3 Craig, Co to Roosevelt, Ut
9/4 Roosevelt, Ut to Provo, Ut
9/5 Provo, Ut to Salt Lake City, Ut
9/6 Salt Lake City, Ut to West Wendover, Nv
9/7 Rest Day!

9/8 West Wendover, Nv to Twin Falls, Id
9/9 Twin Falls, Id to Boise, Id
9/10 Boise, Id to Grangeville, Id
9/11 Grangeville, Id to Spokane, Wa
9/12 Spokane, Wa to Twisp, Wa
9/13 Twisp, Wa to Neah Bay, Wa
9/14 Rest Day!


9/15 Neah Bay, Wa to Quinault, Wa
9/16 Quinault, Wa to Astoria, Or
9/17 Astoria, Or Lincoln City, Or
9/18 Lincoln City, Or to Coos Bay, Or
9/19 Coos Bay, Or to Brookings, Or
9/20 Brookings, Or to Eureka, Ca
9/21 Rest Day!

9/22 Eureka, Ca to Fort Bragg, Ca
9/23 Fort Bragg, Ca to Bodega Bay, Ca
9/24 Bodega Bay, Ca to San Francisco, Ca
9/25 San Francisco, Ca to Monterey, Ca
9/26 Monterey, Ca to San Luis Obispo, Ca
9/27 San Luis Obispo, Ca to Santa Barbara, Ca
9/28 Rest Day!

9/29 Santa Barbara, Ca to Long Beach, Ca
9/30 Long Beach, Ca to Border Field State Park, Ca

MENTAL!!! Each day he is putting in about 100 miles on his bike! This is what he is taking with him.












Photo: Scottie

Anyways, he just started a blog: Ride As Fast as You Can - They're Shooting to Kill

If you want to put him up for a night during his travels, send him a message on his blog. He is currently en route to Bowie, AZ.

I have been reading his blog and his posts on LA Fixed, he seems like a cool cat.

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