How to See the Country Without Stopping

This trip was made possible by Eisenhower and his Interstate System...

Because this journey covers so many miles and so many days, I'm going to break it up into three sections: the Journey East, the Ride North and The Return. As usual, I've written this for myself, so if I ramble on about seemingly insignificant details its because that's what stuck out in my memory, and what I wanted to preserve. If there's too much to read you can at least enjoy the pictures or save it for another day!

I thought I'd post some stats here, as they often don't fit in well with the story and some people find them interseting. The "travel time" is from when I left in the morning to when I stopped at night, but does not neccessarily mean that I was sitting on the bike for the entire time. Rest stops, fuel stops, photo stops - they all bite into this figure.