The scenery changes quite rapidly from lush shades of green in Louisiana to barren, yellow sun bleached prairie regions on reaching the border into Texas. This tour is indeed a scorcher during the early summer months. Touring days range from rather short to demandingly long as we cross through New Mexico and Nevada in the later stages of our journey. One of the absolute highlights of this tour is cycling along through the haunting landscapes of the "Canyonlands route", this being definitely an unforgettable experience. Leaving the banks of Lake Mead and crossing up over the mighty, stunning "Hoover dam", then its all downhill into Las Vegas. Spending a day or two here in town is a must and gives you the chance to gather energy for the afore lying hard and very strenuous section of this tour through the baking hot "Death Valley" and over the high, snow covered Sierra Nevadas.
Like all tours, this one certainly has plenty of ups and downs. You'll be going from extreme heat to rather cool temps and from arid, dry flat plains to snow topped mountain passes. It gives you a great variety of landscapes and highlights along the route from New Orleans to San Francisco not to mention touring around all the spectacular National Parks underway.