Solo travel and safety?

[Ered_Lithui]

Surlygirl, re. the ACA maps:
Thanks! Their routes look ideal for a good portion of my trip.

[DeniseGoldberg]

Surlygirl, re. the ACA maps:
Thanks! Their routes look ideal for a good portion of my trip.

Leila -
The Adventure Cycling maps are a great resource - but even if you are following one of their routes I'd recommend carrying state highway maps too. The ACA maps don't show you much outside of the official route, and I found a number of times that I preferred to take a slightly different route than the one they were recommending. I picked up maps in chunks (a couple of states at once) in AAA offices - but if I had the opportunity to pick up an official state map I did. I found that the state maps were usually better than the AAA maps. When I was done with the maps I usually mailed them home, no sense in carrying unnecessary things with me!
--- Denise