I built this route using Ride With GPS. I’ve tried a few different routes, but, since I am not familiar with the area, I’m just taking guesses on a lot of these. There have been attempts at a Mississippi River Bike Path, but it is not complete and has a lot of gaps.
| Date | Day | Start | Finish | Miles | |
| 04/21/19 | Sunday | 1 | Houston | Shepherd | 60.0 |
| 04/22/19 | Monday | 2 | Shepherd | Lufkin | 65.0 |
| 04/23/19 | Tuesday | 3 | Lufkin | Carthage | 70.0 |
| 04/24/19 | Wednesday | 4 | Carthage | Shreveport | 47.0 |
| 04/25/19 | Thursday | 5 | Shreveport | Shreveport | 0.0 |
| 04/26/19 | Friday | 6 | Shreveport | Homer | 48.0 |
| 04/27/19 | Saturday | 7 | Homer | Crossett | 79.0 |
| 04/28/19 | Sunday | 8 | Crossett | Greenville | 64.0 |
| 04/29/19 | Monday | 9 | Greenville | Cleveland | 40.0 |
| 04/30/19 | Tuesday | 10 | Cleveland | Tunica | 75.0 |
| 05/01/19 | Wednesday | 11 | Tunica | Memphis | 41.0 |
| 05/02/19 | Thursday | 12 | Memphis | Memphis | 0.0 |
| 05/03/19 | Friday | 13 | Memphis | Blytheville | 72.0 |
| 05/04/19 | Saturday | 14 | Blytheville | Portageville | 42.0 |
| 05/05/19 | Sunday | 15 | Portageville | Charleston | 75.0 |
| 05/06/19 | Monday | 16 | Charleston | Ste. Genevieve | 69.0 |
| 05/07/19 | Tuesday | 17 | Ste. Genevieve | St. Louis | 74.0 |
| 05/08/19 | Wednesday | 18 | St. Louis | St. Louis | 0.0 |
| 05/09/19 | Thursday | 19 | St. Louis | Litchfield | 55.0 |
| 05/10/19 | Friday | 20 | Litchfield | Springfield | 50.0 |
| 05/11/19 | Saturday | 21 | Springfield | Bloomington | 60.0 |
| 05/12/19 | Sunday | 22 | Bloomington | Braidwood | 70.0 |
| 05/13/19 | Monday | 23 | Braidwood | Chicago | 60.0 |
| 05/14/19 | Tuesday | 24 | Chicago | Chicago | 0.0 |
| 05/15/19 | Wednesday | 25 | Chicago | Chicago | 0.0 |
| 05/16/19 | Thursday | 26 | Chicago | Houston | 0.0 |
| 1216.0 |
If you are familiar with any areas along our route, or have ridden it and have ideas, we would love to hear your suggestions. We are looking to minimize hills (because we do not particularly care to ride on them) and to ride about 60 miles a day. Because we are planning on staying in motels (looking for sponsors!), this has of necessity ruled out certain routes that might be shorter overall and flatter, but no lodging options available.