Vacation suggestions needed.

[SAnd]

I've always wanted to go to the Cody Firearms Museum in Cody Wyoming. It might be a good stop if you're going northwest.

http://centerofthewest.org/explore/firearms/

You might check on some of the national gun forums to see if there are any shoots that might be along the way.

Have fun.

[Dave_L]

If you decide to head south, book a night at the Blue Swallow Motel. It's on the old route 66 in Tucumcari, NM and is pretty cool. We stayed there on a road trip once and the history of it is neat. Rooms are clean and you can even get a garage. You can just sit out front in the chairs at night, get your own beer and relax.

http://blueswallowmotel.com/

[brutal]

If you decide to head south, book a night at the Blue Swallow Motel. It's on the old route 66 in Tucumcari, NM and is pretty cool. We stayed there on a road trip once and the history of it is neat. Rooms are clean and you can even get a garage. You can just sit out front in the chairs at night, get your own beer and relax.

http://blueswallowmotel.com/

We frequent Conchas Dam down that way. We've only been to Tu'ncari during the day and I can't tell you how many times we've made raucous fun of that hotel name.

[Dave_L]

We frequent Conchas Dam down that way. We've only been to Tu'ncari during the day and I can't tell you how many times we've made raucous fun of that hotel name.

Haha yeah it's not a place you'd probably stop at out of the blue. But super nice people and its a funky part of route 66 history. Definitely a funny name though.

[sandman76]

A guy could spend a few days easy in the Black Hills. Then on to Yellowstone/Grand Tetons. Montana. Idaho. This is where I would go if I had the two weeks.

[brutal]

We generally went in for fuel - or parts - or groceries/beer, and almost always stopped at Lena's Cafe on Main just off 104 for lunch on our way out. Super people, ranch family with lots of history in the area. Hadn't been back to the area in 4 years until a few weeks back and then we didn't make it into Tucumcari. Sadly, the internets is reporting them as closed. The lack of water at Conchas and the general economics of that area likely contributed to their demise. The food was OK, but they were always slow being off Route 66.

[TEAMRICO]

Ask RCCrawler for some travel tips.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Ask RCCrawler for some travel tips.

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[Jer]

Bike week in Monterey CA will be the following week (17th?) of your window. If you can bump your 2 week window to this I would HIGHLY recommend planning to attend. In all of my years of riding my two weeks we spent there for that event (in 2000) and touring the coast line of California will stand out as one of the greatest times on my motorcycle in my life. When we went it was around July 4th and we even got to see the fireworks show on the Golden Gate bridge which was spectacular. Running a lap on Laguna Seca. Hurst Castle. Endless hidden canyon roads and amazing coastline twisties. Perfect weather. Hundreds of thousands of bikers descending on the area for the week. The list goes on but I can say that if you choose to do this, you likely won't regret your decision. We trucked our bikes out and put tons of miles on the bikes once there but our buddy had a Goldwing and he rode his out and came with us on all of our journeys. If you don't mind long stretches of flat-land highway it wouldn't be a bad ride but in this suggestion the destination isn't the journey. Once you get there the journey begin and you can go north one day and south another. There isn't a bad choice once you're there and you can easily fill 2 weeks with adventures especially if you're open to staying the night along the way places so you can further your destinations. Might not be what you're looking for at all but thought I'd throw my experience out there.

If you're considering riding to Key West and then riding Key West you're talking about a loooooooooong ride. We were already in Miami w/a rental car and once we realized how long of a drive it was we scratched the idea.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Alaskan Highway using the ferry system to shorten your return: http://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/motorcycling-alaska-highway