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hello all,
guess i should just jump in. next summer (2011) i get a one month sabbatical. it can be taken any time during the summer. i most likely will be taking it starting near the end of may (maybe the 20th). i plan on spending three weeks of it with my family. but i've already told my wife that i want a week to be able to go exploring on my bike.
i'm looking for a little advice. i'm trying to figure out where i want to go. there are so many places to see. and i probably won't have an opportunity like this again for a while. at the time of the ride i'll have a 3 year old and a 5 year old. and i'll have to be a campus minister for another 7 years before i get another sabbatical.
i've had a few thoughts on the matter. one was to start the trip with an IBA SS1000 ride. this would put me out west pretty quickly. but i'm not sure i want to start off a week long ride like that. my thought was that i could get to dallas, tx in a day. then the next day make it over to the grand canyon. then spend the next 5 days getting home. obviously this is a bit ambitious.
my hope was to make it out to the grand canyon. but it's about 2100 miles from home. that will be pretty ambitious for a week. it's possible. but the more i'm looking at it the more i'm thinking i won't make it out to the grand canyon.
so, if you lived in raleigh, nc (close to where i live) and had a week where would you go? at this point i'm almost thinking new orleans, to dallas, to kansas city and then back home.
thoughts?
guess i should just jump in. next summer (2011) i get a one month sabbatical. it can be taken any time during the summer. i most likely will be taking it starting near the end of may (maybe the 20th). i plan on spending three weeks of it with my family. but i've already told my wife that i want a week to be able to go exploring on my bike.
i'm looking for a little advice. i'm trying to figure out where i want to go. there are so many places to see. and i probably won't have an opportunity like this again for a while. at the time of the ride i'll have a 3 year old and a 5 year old. and i'll have to be a campus minister for another 7 years before i get another sabbatical.
i've had a few thoughts on the matter. one was to start the trip with an IBA SS1000 ride. this would put me out west pretty quickly. but i'm not sure i want to start off a week long ride like that. my thought was that i could get to dallas, tx in a day. then the next day make it over to the grand canyon. then spend the next 5 days getting home. obviously this is a bit ambitious.
my hope was to make it out to the grand canyon. but it's about 2100 miles from home. that will be pretty ambitious for a week. it's possible. but the more i'm looking at it the more i'm thinking i won't make it out to the grand canyon.
so, if you lived in raleigh, nc (close to where i live) and had a week where would you go? at this point i'm almost thinking new orleans, to dallas, to kansas city and then back home.
thoughts?