Bicycle Tour 2022 Update

Departure: 4/2/22
Route: Southern Tier of Adventure Cycling from Tempe, AZ to New Orleans, LA
1,870 miles
48 days

I have been focusing the last couple of weeks on taking some continuing education hours for my LPC. I’ve decided to reopen my counseling practice part time, but want to take 46 CEU hours before I do so that I will be HIPAA compliant. Plus, there are several other “ducks” I want to get in a row before I reopen. I am excited about the new direction I am planning on taking in the practice, as it ties into bicycling, climate change, several of my other interests, and my two books. More on this in a later post.

Part of my dilemma in this regard was, do I reopen in March, then turn around, leave my clients hanging, which is a professional no-no, or wait till I get back from the trip and open in June? After taking my first HIPAA compliance course, I found it would be very difficult to conduct counseling sessions while on the road. So to open in March, I would need to cancel my tour. I’ve decided to wait reopening in June when I return from the tour is probably the wiser choice.

Even then, the tour is still very much in the planning and replanning phase. A copy of my proposed agenda is included below. However, my original traveling companion has had to pull out due to a chronic medical issue. Meanwhile, I took out an ad in Adventure Cycling for a replacement companion. I have two inquiries so far, both from men my age. I was not gender specific in my ad, but preferred someone closer to my age so that I wouldn’t get left in the dust by some youngster.

Here is my plan as it stands:

Day	Date	Stop/Camping	Miles	Comments

0	04/02/2022	Tempe, AZ	0
1	04/03/2022	Usery Mountains Regional Park	26
2	04/04/2022	Sunflower, AZ on Sycamore Ck (USFS) 36.2 miles	36	Dispersed camping
3	04/05/2022	Pumpkin Center Lodge	32	All sevices
4	04/06/2022	Globe	51	All sevices
5	04/07/2022	Bylas	43.8	Apache Gold Hotel
6	04/08/2022	Safford	34	All sevices
7	04/09/2022	Dunkin	40	All sevices
8	04/10/2022	Lordsburg NM	36	All sevices
9	04/11/2022	Silver City NM	48	All sevices
10	04/12/2022	Kingston	49	Kingston Campground and Motel
11	04/13/2022	Hatch	47	DeSale Inn & Event Center
12	04/14/2022	Las Cruces	38	All sevices
13	04/15/2022	El Paso, TX	49	All sevices
14	04/16/2022	Faben	30	All sevices
15	04/17/2022	Esperanza	55	Camping
16	04/18/2022	Sierra Blanca (20) or Van Horn (59)	20	All sevices
17	04/19/2022	Van Horn	39	All sevices
18	04/20/2022	Valentine	39	Vallentine RV Park, (361) 648-9281, Smokey Perez
19	04/21/2022	Alpine	26	All sevices
20	04/22/2022	Marathon	55	camping
21	04/23/2022	Sanderson	54	All sevices
22	04/24/2022	Langtry	61	Wagon Wheel, Jesse owner, 432(?)-271-1074 or (431) 900-2248
23	04/25/2022	Comstock	28.5	All sevices
24	04/26/2022	Del Rio	32	All sevices
25	04/27/2022	Brackettville	30	all sevices
26	04/28/2022	Camp Wood	48	all sevices
27	04/29/2022	Vanderpool	37	Campgound and Motel
28	04/30/2022	Ingram	51	all sevices
29	05/01/2022	Johnson City	40.5	all sevices
30	05/02/2022	Austin**	47.7	Gary and Julie Stillwell’s ?
31	05/03/2022
32	05/04/2022	Bastrop/ Alt Cedar Creek (30 mi)	55.5	All services
33	05/05/2022	La Grange	32	All services
34	05/06/2022	Burton	36	All service 10 miles at Carmin off route = 26+10
35	05/07/2022	Navasota	44	All services; milage is from Carmin that morning
36	05/08/2022	New Waverly	42	All sevices
37	05/09/2022	Shepard	33	All services
38	05/10/2022	Kountze	49	All services, Big Thicket
39	05/11/2022	Kirbyville	40	All services
40	05/12/2022	DeRidder, La	42	All sevices
41	05/13/2022	Oberlin	37	All services
42	05/14/2022	Villa Platte	35	All services
43	05/15/2022	Simmsesport	30	Camping
44	05/16/2022	New Roads	34	All services; cut off for New Orleans
45	05/17/2022	Baton Rouge	36	All services
46	05/18/2022	Burnside	32	Motel
47	05/19/2022	Laplace	32	All services
48	05/20/2022	New Orleans	36	ALL SERVICES! Das Ende

Locations are taken from the Adventure Cycling maps. “All services” means that these stops have a full range of services. To find some of these stops/camping sites took some Googling, a telephone calls, and creative thinking. Luckily, there are only five 50-mile days (one is actually 49 miles). I have yet to do a fifty mile day. 32 is as far as I’ve gone. Hopefully, between now and April 2, I will get a few in. Winter weather is not very amenable, however.

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