Quote Originally Posted by cindysue
I graduate late May 2006. Is late May a good time to start a two month (June/July) trek across the U.S.? Should I wait until September ('06)?
It really depends on what route you plan to take and which direction you plan to ride. For example, I think in late May you could still hit snow in some of the higher passes in the west - but if you're planning a more southern route you shouldn't have that problem. And by the way you could run into the same type of weather problem starting in September, again depending on where you plan to cross the high mountains that attract that white stuff (snow).

Are you limited to two months? It's certainly rideable in that amount of time, but depending on the route you choose you may want to give yourself some extra time.

I'd advise looking at some of the coast to coast journals on crazyguyonabike.com, and looking at both the routes and the time of year the journal covered. That might give you a better idea of what others have encountered from a weather standpoint. You can get direcly to the list of coast to coast journals on crazyguyonabike: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/journ...&category_id=9.

--- Denise