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June 02, 2026
I am considering a motorcycle trip from home to Calgary, to Vancouver. From there I would ride to Seattle, and ship the bike back. As usual, I began haphazardly looking on the Web for known riding routes, and I found three disconnected suggestions.As I was thinking about connector routes between those points, I remembered AI. Below is my prompt to both Claude and Gemini. I provided the route fragments I had found for the realism of friends suggesting travel options. I added the Calgary to Vancouver portion prompt later, again, to test the models' flexibility, and realism of changing my mind. The results reflect that addition.
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Please design a motorcycle trip from Menlo Park, CA to Calgary,
Canada. It is OK to use freeways to get to a starting point back
East. After that, riding North, I prefer country roads. I prefer high
altitude to desert. Below are three partial routes that come recommended.
They are not must-use. But they sound nice. I am not looking for the
shortest route. I will take my time. This trip would be in July 2026.
Please put the result into a form I can browse, including maps that show
excerpts, but open to larger maps for context. This would likely be
a Web page, which I can always turn into PDF, or make local to view on
a Macbook Air on the trip.
o The Beartooth Highway
https://www.madornomad.com/the-best-motorcycle-routes-in-western-usa/
* Cooke City, Wyoming to Red Lodge, Montana along 212
* 70 miles, up to 10,500ft.
o Chief Joseph Scenic Byway
https://www.madornomad.com/the-best-motorcycle-routes-in-western-usa/
* It is Wyoming Highway 296
* Links Cody to Beartooth Highway
* Cody is a fun town.
o Lolo Pass
https://www.madornomad.com/the-best-motorcycle-routes-in-western-usa/
* Lewiston, Idaho to Missoula, Montana