Might as well post this now. Two weeks from today, I'm embarking on my first trip back to Minnesota in 3 years. Primarily to handle family business (we had a number of deaths in the family last year), but I'm also taking full advantage to make a decent roadtrip out of it.
I've already got my preliminary itinerary and routing set. I'm intending to capture as much unclinched mileage as I can...as a result I won't have much travel on Interstates or other freeways except or unless I need to make up some time. Not intending to make any stops to do touristy stuff (though I will have my bicycle with me). But any information on road closures would be useful. My itinerary is too detailed to fully list out but here's a generalization:
Day 1: Vermont, Utica (via NY 8, one of my few remaining Adirondack routes), Syracuse (to visit a college friend), Geneva, Dansville, Salamanca (NY).
Day 2: Salamanca, Jamestown (NY), Meadville (PA), Jamestown (PA), Warren (OH), Ravenna, Akron, Lodi, US 224 to Huntington (IN).
Day 3: IN 16 across Indiana, Kankakee (IL), Streator, Princeton, IL 26 to Freeport, US 20 to Dubuque, Allison (IA), Charles City, Osage, Northwood (IA), Albert Lea (MN).
On the return:
Day 1: MN/IA 60 to Sioux City (have not taken it since it was 4-laned and the bypasses in Iowa built), US 20 to Waterloo.
Day 2: Waterloo (IA), Cedar Rapids, Amana Colonies, Old US 6 to Quad Cities, Kewanee (IL), Peoria, US 24 to Forrest, Rantoul (IL), Lafayette (IN).
Day 3: Lafayette to Indianapolis (visit friends and my wife's aunt)
Day 4: Indianapolis (IN), Pendleton, Greenville (OH), Minster, Russels Point, Ada, Upper Sandusky, US 30 (generally) to Lisbon, East Palestine (OH), New Castle (PA), Barkeyville (PA).
Day 5: Barkeyville (PA), Shippenville, US 322 to Clearfield, Karthaus, Bellefonte, lunch in State College with alumni, Mill Hall, Montoursville, Dushore, Tunkhannock, Lenox, Lanesboro (PA), McClure (NY), Afton, Albany (NY).
