This upcoming weekend I plan on doing a 150+ mile ride to a cottage and have myself some fun. Now here is where planning and logistics come into play. First I look at my moped on whether or not I can make the trip, then I look at the possible routes and choose a primary and secondary route and weather, this comes in handy if road traffic looks bad or if something unforeseen event is happening. I then look at the distance and how many stops I need to make for breaks or for gas. Lastly its looking at my pack that I carry and seeing what I need to bring and/or wear.
I plan on riding from Byron Center, MI to Crystal, MI which is approximately 75 miles away, my tank holds about .7 gallons and gets about 100mpg so I will need to either fill my tank or carry extra. After thinking it over, I'm going to do both for the OSS(Oh Shit! Scenario). This really is a problem since one I'm nearly there, its pretty much all field about 20 miles in every direction and I wish to have plenty of gas and two, again I don't want to get stuck in middle of fields. I'll probably be carrying a spare set of clothes with a spare pair of long pants and a long shirt so my load with tools will be high so I'll most likely take 2 breaks, one for gas and another for my back.
A good thing to do when figuring out a route is whether or not a map is needed, I try to keep my routes simple with as few turns as possible. Right now the plan is to travel down Byron Center Rd(84th St) and then hang a left on Alden Nash and take that. Alden Nash turns into Lincoln Lake and then turns into 19 mile/Sydney Rd which goes into Crystal, MI. The alternate route is get to Seranac and then follow the Grand River and then take the Lyons/Muir route to Crystal. My third alternate route is take 21 to Lyons/Muir and take the same route north as my 2nd route.
Overall the weather looks great and the only problem should just be the traffic...
Sorry no pics, I'll take some pictures if I remember my camera...
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