The Pedalshift Project 272: Route Scouting Dayton to St. Louis

Looking ahead to the spring and some new-to-me routes that can check some 2022 goal boxes! This episode, we take a look at filling in an important part of a segment-by-segment ride across country between Dayton, OH and St. Louis, MO. Will this be the one?

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Route Scouting Dayton to St. Louis

This goes back to the before times… piecing together a cross-country ride in segments.

2019: DC to Cincinnati (passed through Xenia, OH near Dayton)

2018: Kansas City – St. Louis via the Katy Trail

The gap in between… Dayton to St. Louis will get me contiguous ride from DC to KC, which leaves a really interesting segment or two to get to the west coast. So why not make that happen?

The route

Eastern Express?

Pro’s – it’s scouted, has great cue sheets

Con’s – not the most exciting route – focuses on flat and low traffic

Another route? Google maps?

I might do this to supplement an alternate route

Logistics

Direct flights from DCA to Dayton

Tag the OTET, then turn west

Emphasis on camping (perhaps stealth)

EE route goes through some towns with roofed lodging, but not many

Bike

Definitely would use the full sized bike

Fully loaded

Camping

I’d rely a lot on the excellent work done by Frank Moritz (Pedalshift Project 079)

When I’ve gone through the cue sheets before, I’ve found some of the camping to be only so-so

I’d almost assuredly mix in some stealth camping – I’ve had good luck in parks with wooded fringes, but there’s a lot of options

Would probably try to find my way to a St Louis hotel with a shuttle to the airport to allow for a more casual pack up

Time of year

Spring seems like a better bet

Summer = muggy/hot/exposed

What this gets me

The next ride would be KC to Ft. Collins, CO

The ride after that would be Ft. Collins to Boise

The segment after that is Boise to Portland?

Maybe!

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