Afan wrote on 01/10/14 at 23:37:13:I plan to spend 3 day long Memorial Day weekend on Great River Road (Iowa) trip. All the way from New Albin on North, IA to Keokuk, IA on South. Most likely by myself, alone. I'm more and more interested in touring, rather than standing next to my bike, with bear in hand and talking about biking.
Now I'm collecting info for the trip. Points of interests, attractions, hotels... Getting ready.
So... Anybody ride Great River Road? Anybody ride 3-4 (or more) days on Savage/Boulevard?
Used to live in Quincy IL. and would ride up north to the tri-citeis, road the great river road for a bit in the late spring, was a nice ride, except there were some maybugs were out and along the river they were thick, riding through a crowd of them was nasty.
But you can ride the savage for many miles, just have to learn to time your breaks and maybe get a good gel cushion.
I rode from north florida to north Carolina, took two days, but was a blast (other than dumping it in some gravel). But don't over do your time, if your back or butt feels bad stop. Total trip was over a week, and we rode quite a bit, lotsa fun.