Just thinking out loud - how far is 600 miles a day?

Countdown - 176 days

As I figure out my planned daily mileage, I'm just putting things in perspective for my own brain.

This trip is about 6,500 miles. I don't remember exactly, but let's just say for example that I have to average 600 miles per day to stay on track.

How far is 600 miles?
600 miles is 1,056,000 yards.
600 miles is 3,168,000 feet.
6oo miles is 38,016,000 inches.
600 miles is also 965,606.4 meters.

At 65 miles per hour, and no stopping for gas or breaks at all, I could travel 600 miles in 9.23 hours, or about 9 hours and 15 minutes.

Since I have a tendency to need to pee and occasionally re-fuel, let's assume that I spend 2.5 hours a day eating lunch, stopping for fuel and rest breaks every day. That means that I will be traveling each day for about 11.75 hours or 11 hours and 45 minutes. So:

Get up at, say 5:30am, shower, pack bike, grab something to eat, get checked out of the hotel and make a phone call or two to 'check in', and get on the road by 7am.

So that means if I hit the road at 7am, travel for roughly 11 hours & 45 minutes, I should hit the 600 mile mark at around 6:45pm. Check in the hotel, grab something to eat, something to drink, and give the bike a once over. Then I relax a bit, talk to some locals, and spend an hour or so updating the blog and answering email. Off to bed around 11:30 or midnight, and do it all over again at 5:30am!

I get the feeling these are going to be some long days! I can't wait!