2 weeks on Tour Divide 2013

[Blackhound]

Any interest in a couple of weeks on the Tour Divide 2013? Fly to Calgary, bus to Banff and head South to Butte / Lima area and fly home.

Lot of logistics such as getting away from Butte /Lima area. My thoughts are:

* Plenty of time to get passes* organised and pennies saved,
* Peeps can probably get 2 weeks leave, another couple of days would be nice though,
* I paid ~£700 for a flight to Calgary and return from Seattle in 2011,
* Travel at holiday pace rather than TD race pace,
* Start later than TD to get better weather i.e. no snow, mebbe a July start,
* Camp as much as possible,
* Departing TD route is the biggest issue as Denver / SLC are quite a good distance - not sure how to sort this out but surely not impossible. From Butte can easily get to Boise or Billings airports but would like to get a bit further.
* Do not have to start from Banff could do say a Colorado section.

Last summer I missed a lot of the Northern section because of high snowfall last winter and partly fancy perhaps doing the section I missed. My big doubt is that there is also loads more I want to do over there, if I do this I miss out some riding in Idaho I fancy or New England or etc etc.

Have a look on the ACA site they have a few trips and I am thinking of roughly combining these two but heading further South:
http://adventurecycling.org/tours/tourd ... id=310&p=1
http://adventurecycling.org/tours/tourd ... id=291&p=1

Loads to do but seeing if there is any interest in this.

Me on youtube living the dream:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGECE5Vw ... uEP3UBBCsv

* I have not yet approached Herself about this so I have no permission yet...

[Bearbonesnorm]

I really, really wish you hadn't posted this

[Taylor]

I can lend you a bear bell Stu.

[Nick]

I'll just ask my wife....

[Chew]

Would love to do something like that.

[Matt]

Oh yes

[slarge]

I like that. Big lead in, and then a final "I haven't asked permission yet..."

So it's just a dream then? (but a good one)

[Blackhound]

I should be ok for permission slarge - not married or anything. Our holidays tend to be late in the year as well. Both early retired so time not an issue and we live apart, not seen her for 3 weeks! My time and money. If it happens I need to give some decent notice and sort out other trips for 'us' though.

Flatfishy - you got a spare bike-bell then;-)

So provisionally, there looks to be some interest then?