I want to plan a road trip this January not sure where to go.
Requirements:
Continental 48-states
Ride in t-shirt during day
Scenic

Thinking about Fla/keys/New Orleans areas but open for anywhere to escape East Coast winter.

 

Key West ,New Orleans is still to cold. Key West in late Feburary passing through Dayatona for bike week is ideal.

 

So what's "too cold" in S. Fla in Jan/Feb?

 

AZ, great time to ride.

 

I'd recommend Southern CA. Lot's of scenic options there....Along the coast up the PCH...And heading East through the valleys and hills into AZ. Lots of beautiful sites...but you may need a light jacket.

 

Average temp in Key West is 75 as a high 60 as a low. Sounds pretty good to me. The only thing is you can not beat the riding in Az! Key West in my opinion would not compare. Not unless you enjoy flat land.

 

I'll second that about AZ. Very nice rideing and alot less blue hairs. I go there every winter to escape the cold to ride.

 

We did Key West the last week of Jan. 2008. The weather below Orlando was nice. North of there was kinda chilli. We are looking at South Texas this January, but Arizona would be nice.....but far from South Georgia. How about Southern New Mexico?

 

I'm heading for the Keys mid-Feb. Riding out of Iowa at the first window (no snow/ice on the road, temp don't matter) around 1st of Feb. Was in Ocala area in Feb 08 and it was in the 60's most of the time and then over to Daytona just before bike week and weather was great.

 

What I meant to say was New Orleans was to cold in Feb. for Tee shrits. The keys are however ideal.