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John Ballard Memorial Bike Ride
coast to coast across USA
from Los Angeles, CA to Hamden, Connecticut, June 2004

Planned Itinerary

May 30 Sun - Los Angeles - home of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and PanCAN

Dep. LaGuardia 6am. Arr. LAX 11:40am.
E. on Imperial Highway to Southeast on San Timoteo Canyon Road.
[85 miles approx. to mouth of San Timoteo Canyon] May 31 Mon - California desert - home of PanCAN Team Hope California San Timoteo Canyon Road then through Banning and Cabazon, over San Gorgonio Pass to CA.62 exit, North Palm Springs.
N / E on CA.62 through Morongo Valley, Yucca Valley, Joshua Tree, to Twentynine Palms . Turn N. on Old Route 66 to Amboy.
[140 miles] June 1 Tue - California desert to Colorado River - home of PanCAN Team Hope Arizona From Amboy, turn east on Old US.66 via Essex, Goffs to US.95. Turn north on US.95 to Searchlight, AZ
Searchlight east on AZ.163 to Davis Dam / Bullhead City. Cross Colorado River.
Davis Dam east on AZ.68 (Union Pass) and US.93 (Coyote Pass) to Kingman.
[131 miles] June 2 Wed - Arizona - home of PanCAN Team Hope Arizona Kingman northeast on Old US.66 via Peach Springs and Seligman to Ash Fork.
[121 miles] June 3 Thur - Arizona - South Rim of Grand Canyon (webcam , black at night!) and home of PanCAN Team Hope Arizona East from Ash Fork on I.40 to Williams.
Williams north on AZ64 to Grand Canyon (South Rim).
Grand Canyon east on Az.64 along S. Rim to Cameron.
Cameron north on US.89, east on US.160 to Tuba City
[130 miles] June 4, Fri. - Arizona - Colorado Plateau - home of PanCAN Team Hope Arizona Tuba City east on US.160 via Marsh Pass to Kayenta, AZ and beyond.
[120 miles] June 5, Sat - Arizona to New Mexico - home of PanCAN Team Hope New Mexico via Red Mesa,AZ and Shiprock, New Mexico to Bloomfield, NM.
[114 miles] June 6 Sun - New Mexico- home of PanCAN Team Hope New Mexico Bloomfield, NM east on US.64 to Chama, NM.
[122 miles] June 7 Mon - Colorado, crossing the Rockies - home of PanCAN Team Hope Colorado over Cumbres Pass (painting) and La Manga Pass ( photo of cyclist at La Manga Pass found on the web -not Gwyn!) to Antonito, Colorado.
Via Alamosa, CO over La Veta Pass to Walsenberg, CO.
[140 miles] June 8 Tue - Colorado - home of PanCAN Team Hope Colorado Walsenburg via La Junta, CO to Granada, CO
[150 miles] June 9 Wed - Colorado to Kansas - home of PanCAN Team Hope Kansas Granada, CO via Garden City, KS to Jetmore, KS
[140 miles] June 10 Thu - Kansas - home of PanCAN Team Hope Kansas Jetmore, KS via Ellsworth, KS. to Salina, KS.
[150 miles] June 11 Fri - Kansas - home of PanCAN Team Hope Kansas Salina, KS via Manhattan, KS to Kansas City, KS
[170 miles] June 12 Sat - Kansas to Missouri - home of PanCAN Team Hope Missouri-St Louis Kansas City, KS across Missouri River to Kansas City, MO
And on to Huntsville, MO.
[150 miles] June 13 Sun - Missouri to Illinois - home of PanCAN Team Hope Illinois Huntsville MO to Mount Sterling, IL.
[123 miles] June 14 Mon - Illinois - home of PanCAN Team Hope Illinois Mt. Sterling, IL via Peoria, IL to Eureka, IL.
[110 miles] June 15 Tue - Illinois to Indiana - home of PanCAN Team Hope Indiana Eureka, IL to Monticello, IN.
[140 miles] June 16 Wed - Indiana - home of PanCAN Team Hope Indiana Monticello, Indiana to Decatur, IN.
[104 miles] June 17 Thu - Indiana to Ohio - home of PanCAN Team Hope Ohio Decatur, IN to Tiffin, OH.
[100 miles] June 18 Fri - Ohio - home of PanCAN Team Hope Ohio Tiffin, OH via Sullivan, OH to Pittsfield, OH and Shalersville, OH.
[108 miles] June 19 Sat - Ohio to Pennsylvania - home of PanCAN Team Hope Pennsylvania Shalersville, OH via Sharon, PA. and Mercer, PA to Tionesta, PA.
[105 miles] June 20 Sun - Pennsylvania - home of PanCAN Team Hope Pennsylvania Tionesta, PA via Warren, PA and Smethport to Coudersport, PA.
[100 miles] June 21 Mon - Pennsylvania - home of PanCAN Team Hope Pennsylvania Coudersport PA to Towanda PA.
[94 miles] June 22 Tue - Pennsylvania to New York State - home of PanCAN Team Hope New York Towanda, PA via Scranton, Carbondale, Honesdale to Port Jervis, NY.
[115 miles] June 23 Wed - New York State - home of PanCAN Team Hope New York Port Jervis, NY via Peekskill, NY. to Ridgefield, CT.
[80 miles] June 24 Thu - Connecticut - home of PanCAN Team Hope Connecticut Ridgefield, CT via Georgetown, CT and Westport, CT to New Haven. Streets to Hamden.
[60 miles]

TOTAL (approximate) = 3105 miles.

page last updated 11th July 2004
page first created 21st May 2004