2014 Trip - Road To Margaritaville

In 2014 we did a cross-country bike tour covering 15 states and taking almost 5 1/2 months. The map image below shows the route of the Spokes Fighting Strokes "Road to Margaritaville" bike ride. The trip began on June 29, 2014 in Anacortes, Washington and ended at Key West in Florida.

The route made use of 7 different routes that have been put together by the Adventure Cycling Association. They are (in the order we followed them):

(You can click on the image to see a larger version of the map)

Route Map


Support vehicle We used a support van and trailer (shown in the photo to the right) that was provided by our friends at Sign Me Up Tours. The team consisted of 5 people with others invited to join us for sections of the ride.
 
 
To see exactly where we were on any given day go to our "Track My Tour" page.
 

We kept an online journal during this trip that is being hosted on the Crazy Guy On A Bike website. You can check it out by clicking here.

The table below shows the entire ride by date and location. You can click on any stage entry to see more details about that portion of the ride.

JUNE

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1
 
 
 
  		2
  		3
  		4
  		5
  		6
  		7
 
8
 
 
 
  		9
  		10
  		11
  		12
  		13
  		14
 
15
 
 
 
  		16
  		17
  		18
  		19
  		20
  		21
 
22
 
 
 
  		23
Leave Phoenix, AZ 		24
Travel day 		25
Travel day 		26
Travel day 		27
Sightseeing & preparation 		28
Sightseeing & preparation
29
Start Stage 1 - Anacortes, WA; 462 miles 		30
          

JULY

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
 
 
 
 
  		  1
 
  		2
  		3
  		4
Fourth of July break 		5
Layover day
6
Layover day
 
 
  		7
  		8
  		9
Rest day 		10
  		11
  		12
 
13
End Stage 1
  		14
Layover day 		15
Layover day 		16
Start Stage 2 - Sandpoint, ID; 342 miles 		17
  		18
  		19
 
20
 
 
 
  		21
  		22
Visit Glacier National Park 		23
Layover day 		24
Layover day 		25
Layover day 		26
Layover day
27
 
 
 
  		28
End Stage 2 		29
Side trip to Great Falls, MT 		30
Layover day 		31
Layover day 		   

AUGUST

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
 
 
 
 
  		        1
Layover day 		2
Start Stage 3 - Cutbank, MT; 544 miles
3
 
 
 
 
  		4
  		5
  		6
Rest day 		7
  		8
  		9
 
10
Rest day
 
 
 
  		11
  		12
  		13
End Stage 3 		14
Layover day 		15
Layover day 		16
Layover day
17
Start Stage 4 - Dickinson, ND; 413 miles 		18
  		19
  		20
  		21
Rest day 		22
  		23
 
24
 
 
 
  		25
End Stage 4 		26
Trip to Mt. Rushmore 		27
Layover day 		28
Layover day 		29
Layover day 		30
Start Stage 5 - Pierre, SD;
485 miles
31
 
 
 
  		           

SEPTEMBER

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
 
 
 
 
 
  		1
  		2
  		3
  		4
Rest day 		5
  		6
 
7
 
 
 
  		8
  		9
End Stage 5 		10
Layover day 		11
Layover day 		12
Layover day 		13
Start Stage 6 - Council Bluffs, IA;
559 miles
14
 
 
 
 
  		15
  		16
  		17
  		18
Rest day 		19
  		20
 
21
 
 
 
 
  		22
  		23
  		24
End Stage 6 		25
Layover day 		26
Layover day 		27
Layover day
28
Start Stage 7 - St. Louis, MO;
570 miles 		29
  		30
  		       

OCTOBER

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
 
 
 
 
 
  		    1
  		2
  		3
Rest day 		4
 
5
 
 
 
 
  		6
  		7
  		8
  		9
End Stage 7 		10
Layover day 		11
Layover day
12
Start Stage 8 - Tishomingo, MS;
454 miles 		13
  		14
  		15
  		16
Rest day 		17
  		18
 
19
 
 
 
 
  		20
  		21
End Stage 8 		22
Layover day 		23
Layover day 		24
Layover day 		25
Start Stage 9 - Mobile, AL;
570 miles
26
 
 
 
 
  		27
  		28
Rest day 		29
  		30
  		31
  		 

NOVEMBER

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
 
 
 
 
 
  		          1
Rest day
2
 
 
 
 
  		3
  		4
  		5
End Stage 9 		6
Layover day 		7
Layover day 		8
Start Stage 10 - St. Augustine, FL;
533 miles
9
 
 
 
 
  		10
  		11
  		12
  		13
Rest day 		14
  		15
 
16
 
 
 
 
  		17
  		18
  		19
End Stage 10 		20
Layover day 		21
Layover day 		22
Layover day
23
Start Stage 11 - Ft. Lauder-
dale, FL;
189 miles 		24
  		25
Rest day 		26
  		27
Rest day 		28
  		29
End Stage 11
End of ride