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[BAKRDS]

Just finished a 8,500 mile trip around the country.Came back to New York through Denver and was looking for a way to avoid the interstates.Got lucky & picked US rt 36 that starts just east of Denver.Took it all the way across Kansas & Missouri to Illinois where it's mostly buried under the interstate 72 &74.NICE ROAD.Not real exciting,but not much of the midwest is.Good surface with hardly any traffic.Kansas was mostly 2 lane & Missouri mostly 4 lane.By passed most of the small towns & mostly 65 mph speed limit.Set the cruise at 70 which was as fast as we ran on the interstates due to the fact that one of the bikes with me was a '84 FLH with 90,000 miles on it.70 was about as it's owner wanted to push it,but that's another story. Sure beat fighting the trucks on I 70.

[Buy early]

Sounds like a great trip! How about some more details?

[Ozzie]

Sounds like a good route for me to try on my round trip to TX back to NJ.  Thanks for the info.

[70_GTX]

I did that route in reverse a few years back and you are right, pretty unremarkable. If you hate truck traffic on I-70, it is a good alternative. I've found that the truck traffic from Kansas City to Denver is a lot less than Kansas City East.

[drodg]

Sounds like a nice trip.  I know driving across hwy 6 in Indiana and going east is a nice low traffic drive.  It's a two lane and can get frustrating behind a truck or whatever but overal better than the interstates.

[sfarson]

Sounds like you had a great trip.  Rode out to North Carolina last year and returned on 36 through Kansas.  For sure, a two lane highway crossing the Plains is the way to go, whether it be 24, 36, 50, 160, etc.  Stop to see the small towns, the side attractions, and it is a great ride... versus the I-70 slab.

[BAKRDS]

Sounds like a great trip! How about some more details?

  Just the hi-lites: Mackinac Bridge,Michigan Upper Peninsula,Duluth,Wall South Dakota,The Bad Lands,Sturgis (ghost town in September) Mt.Rushmore,2 days in Dead Wood,Devils Tower,Cody Wyoming & the Buffalo Bill Museum,Chief Joseph Highway.Beartooth(30 degrees 50 mph winds & snow along the road) 2 days in Yellowstone,Grand Tetons,Jackson Wy,Columbia River Valley,Coast Highway,Redwoods,2 days in SanFrancisco,Cal. rt 1 to San Luis Obispo then through Death Valley to 4 days in LasVegas for Bike Fest      ( the reason we went so late in the year & worth the 5 or 6 mornings in the20s ) Grand Canyon,Monument Valley,Denver & home to Western New York with a stop at Iron Pony Motorsports in Columbus Ohio.8,400+ miles in 29 days with a lot of sight seeing.

[BAKRDS]

Forgot,Don't miss a chance to visit Iron Pony.Great store for all kinds of gear.

[Buy early]

Sounds like a helluva trip! Thanks for sharing.