I downloaded Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die by Chris Santella from the library.

It’s not nearly as good as the title might suggest. And wasn’t what I was looking for.

I want to know the best cycle touring routes with the LEAST traffic. Santella’s book is not that.

But I did add a few of their recommended cycling destinations to my life list:

• Icefields Parkway Banff Jasper
• North Rim Grand Canyon
• Natchez Trace  (Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee)
• Crater Lake, Oregon
• Mickelson Trail out of Rapid City, South Dakota
• White Rim Trail out of Moab, Utah

Texas hill country cycling out of Austin or San Antonio sounds great too.