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Vancouver to Palm Springs to Calgary (~3 weeks in May)
Hello all, I was hoping for some feedback on my prospective route down the west coast and back up to Calgary in May.
I have 3 weeks budgeted, but will be meeting some friends in Palm Springs, so 3 rest days are planned there, along with another rest day on the northbound leg, making for 17 riding days total, mas o menos.
I'm hoping for general advice, good diversions, and campground/motel recommendations roughly along the route. I've been riding for two years and mostly stuck to two or three day trips, so this will be a challenge of a lifetime so far. I'm open to any and all advice from more experienced HUBBers. Much of this route was planned with the help of Dale Coyner's Motorcycle Journeys Through North America.
The rough itinerary is as follows:
- Vancouver, BC to Port Angeles, WA (~328 km w/ border & ferry)
- Port Angeles, WA to area of Fort Stevens State Park/Hammond, OR (~418 km)
- Hammond, OR to area of Coos Bay/Sunset Bay State Park, OR (~407 km)
- Coos Bay, OR to area of Myers Flat, CA (~438 km)
- Myers Flat, CA to area north of San Francisco, CA (~378 km)
- San Francisco, CA to area of Santa Maria, CA (~489 km)
- Santa Maria, CA to Palm Springs, CA (~468 km)
- Rest Day
- Rest Day
- Rest Day
- Palm Springs, CA to Prescott/Watson Lake Park, AZ (~457 km)
- Prescott, AZ to area of Grand Canyon Camper Village, AZ (~200 km)
- Grand Canyon, AZ to area of Springdale/Zion Park, UT (~403 km)
- Springdale, UT to area of Green River/Goblin Valley State Park, UT via Hwy 12 (~410 km)
- Green River, UT to area of Durango, CO (~459 km)
- Rest Day
- Durango, CO to area of Jensen/Dinosaur National Monument, UT (~485 km)
- Jensen, UT to area of Kelly/Grand Teton National Park, WY (~521 km)
- Kelly, WY to Cody/Ponderosa Campground, WY via Hwy 212 (~389 km)
- Cody, WY to area of Great Falls, MT (~645 km)
- Great Falls, MT to Okotoks, AB (~501 km w/ border)
Note: Big Sur is closed due to landslide and I'm not expecting it to be open by mid-May.
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