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This year I plan to take my bicycle on vacation - I already ordered a flight case for it.
I want to ride it in nice scenery and attend at least one MLB game. Maybe also go to an NASCAR race. And I do NOT want to go to a red state.
So
my thoughts are:
Drive to Seattle, take in a game at T-Mobile then fly to Maui
Drive to Seattle, take in a game at T-Mobile then drive to Portland
Fly to San Francisco, but thats a very low choice because I went there last year. They have NASCAR but Ive already done Sonoma twice and Id like to do an oval.
Fly to Boston and do the race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway - Ive seen Fenway from the outside but havent attended a game there. Maybe stay at the hotel in Devens, which would be sorta like old home week - when that was an Army base I trained out there twice.
Fly to New York on a week there are games at both parks; Ive been to Citi Field three times but never Yankee Stadium. Id want to rent a car to get out to Pocono Raceway.
Fly to Chicago. If I leave home on July 5 - you know theres no fucking way someone who works at a newspaper will get off July 4 - I can do the Chicago Street Race. The Cubs play at home on the 6th and the White Sox play a home stand the next week, so that works.
MOMFUDSKI
(5,779 posts)GO FOR IT ALL!!! Wow. Have a blast
elleng
(131,370 posts)Chicago area 'boring,' imo, scenery-wise.
doc03
(35,442 posts)to DC if you want. You got MLB but no NASCAR.
jmowreader
(50,589 posts)The week I'm thinking of going has the Pirates playing the Cardinals. I'm not really a fan of either team, so...well, it's baseball. It also looks like getting to and from the Pittsburgh Airport is a real joy. So...no Pittsburgh, sorry.
Ohio Joe
(21,776 posts)You can take in a Rockies game and we have Colorado National Speedway. And more places to ride then you can imagine. Its great here, you wont want to leave.
jmowreader
(50,589 posts)That, or Denver. What I could do is fly into Denver on July 21, do a couple days there, Amtrak to San Francisco, take in the Saturday game at Oracle Park (which is against the Rockies) then fly out of SFO.
Ohio Joe
(21,776 posts)Being originally from the Jersey side of the GW bridge and having lived in a number of different places, one of my biggest surprises about Colorado is that you can find a lot of really good pizza here.
Tommy Carcetti
(43,227 posts)And Maryland's got oceans, farmland, mountains and cities.
cbabe
(3,552 posts)Mid July
https://cascade.org rides-events seattle-portland-2024
Seattle to Portland ride 2024 - cascade.org
Event Description. The Kaiser Permanente Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic presented by Alaska Airlines is a 206-mile
jmowreader
(50,589 posts)I could do it in five, but not two. A century is a no-shit bike trip, and they do two in two days?