Planning the routes!  We used the Adventure Cycling maps as a guide and Strava to map our daily routes.  It looks like 60 days with 50+ days of cycling with > 3,300 miles and 113,000 feet of climbing. 



The last stretch of the trip, Northern Tier Map #1, has five mountain passes!


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