Tour of America - Volume I

Seattle to San Diego - the first volume of Blu Acciaio's grand Tour of America has been completed. Feeling mighty confident after Tour de Danube and Passo dello Stelvio, the management of Blu Acciaio invited team members and friends to a brainstorm. The purpose was to come up with a worthy successor to those tours. The answer to that question turned out to be Tour of America - Volume I, II and III. This post is about Volume I, covering Seattle to San Diego. Later volumes will cover Anchorage to Seattle and the legendary TransAm Route.

Below is our final route. It is exact and based on GPX-files we recorded along the way. Check out our GPX-files and photos below the map.

Infographic of our gpx-data from veloviewer.com

05.09.2015 - Prologue Part 1: Seattle, WA >>> Burlington, WA (164 km) Hotel: Cocusa Motel | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/385789545

06.09.2015 - Prologue Part 2: Burlington, WA >>> Lynden, WA (79 km) Hotel: Windmill Inn Motel | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/386588092

07.09.2015 - Lynden, WA >>> Oak Harbor, WA (101 km) Hotel: Coachman Inn & Suites | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/387342580

08.09.2015 - Oak Harbor, WA >>> Bremerton, WA (113 km) Hotel: Flagship Inn | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/388090299 and https://www.strava.com/activities/388090472

09.09.2015 - Bremerton, WA >>> Aberdeen, WA (135 km) Hotel: The Abderdeen Hotel | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/388829704

10.09.2015 - Aberdeen, WA >>> Long Beach, WA (120 km) Hotel: Chautauqua Lodge | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/389558879

11.09.2015 - Aberdeen, WA >>> Seaside, OR (59 km) Hotel: Motel 6 Seaside | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/390074160

12.09.2015 - Seaside, OR >>> Tillamook, OR (79 km) Hotel: Western Royal Inn | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/390850846

13.09.2015 - Tillamook, OR >>> Newport, OR (125 km) Hotel: Rodeway Inn | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/391835660

14.09.2015 - Newport, OR >>> Florence, OR (84 km) Hotel: Villa West Motel | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/392373479

15.09.2015 - Florence, OR >>> Coos Bay, OR (81 km) Hotel: Edgewater Inn | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/393084664

16.09.2015 - Coos Bay, OR >>> Gold Beach, OR (130 km) Hotel: Wild Chinook Inn | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/393839978

17.09.2015 - Gold Beach, OR >>> Crescent City, CA (91 km) Hotel: Travelodge Crescent City | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/394463633

18.09.2015 - Crescent City, CA >>> Arcata, CA (122 km) Hotel: Red Roof Inn | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/395059571

19.09.2015 - Arcata, CA >>> Fortuna, CA (50 km) Hotel: Redwood Fortuna Riverwalk Hotel | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/395768280

20.09.2015 - Fortuna, CA >>> Garberville, CA (92 km) Hotel: Humboldt Redwoods Inn | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/396733501

21.09.2015 - Garberville, CA >>> Willits, CA (115 km) Hotel: Western Village Inn | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/397462086

22.09.2015 - Willits, CA >>> Cloverdale, CA (83 km) Hotel: Vineyard Valley Inn | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/398120980

23.09.2015 - Cloverdale, CA >>> Petaluma, CA (79 km) Hotel: Americas Best Value Inn | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/398855240

24.09.2015 - Petaluma, CA >>> San Francisco, CA (93 km) Hotel: Beach Motel | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/399558016

25.09.2015 - San Francisco, CA >>> Half Moon Bay, CA (46 km) Hotel: Americas Best Value Inn | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/400085348

26.09.2015 - Half Moon Bay, CA >>> Santa Cruz, CA (85 km) Hotel: Ocean Lodge | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/400876518

27.09.2015 - Santa Cruz, CA >>> Salinas, CA (75 km) Hotel: Inns of California Salinas | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/401790556

28.09.2015 - Salinas, CA >>> King City, CA (81 km) Hotel: Super 8 King City | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/402370555

29.09.2015 - King City, CA >>> Paso Robles, CA (123 km) Hotel: Motel 6 Paso Robles | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/403136023

30.09.2015 - Paso Robles, CA >>> San Luis Obispo, CA (50 km) Hotel: Super 8 San Luis Obispo | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/403699914

01.10.2015 - San Luis Obispo, CA >>> Santa Maria, CA (62 km) Hotel: Days Inn Santa Maria | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/404402460

02.10.2015 - Santa Maria, CA >>> Santa Barbara, CA (114 km) Hotel: Super 8 Santa Barbara | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/405059897

03.10.2015 - Santa Barbara, CA >>> Camarillo, CA (93 km) Hotel: Good Nite Inn | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/405763514

04.10.2015 - Camarillo, CA >>> Santa Monica, CA (80 km) Hotel: Days Inn Santa Monica | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/406580890

05.10.2015 - Santa Monica, CA >>> Long Beach, CA (55 km) Hotel: Travel Eagle Inn Motel | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/407118220

06.10.2015 - Long Beach, CA >>> Newport Beach, CA (47 km) Hotel: Motel 6 Newport Beach | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/407752956

07.10.2015 - Newport Beach, CA >>> San Clemente, CA (52 km) Hotel: Little Inn By The Beach | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/408428826

08.10.2015 - San Clemente, CA >>> Carlsbad, CA (44 km) Hotel: Motel 6 Carlsbad Downtown | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/409078467

09.10.2015 - Carlsbad, CA >>> Chula Vista, CA (82 km) Hotel: Big 7 Motel | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/409734120

10.10.2015 - Roundtrip Chula Vista, CA - San Ysidro, CA (28 km) Hotel: Big 7 Motel | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/410401761

11.10.2015 - Epilogue: Chula Vista, CA - San Diego, CA (21 km) Hotel: Cabrillo Inn & Suites | Track details: https://www.strava.com/activities/411138957

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