Following the original historic Colorado mining route on Gold Camp Road from Victor, CO to the junction of High Drive + Gold Camp within Colorado Springs, CO city limits. 

Route is entirely on dirt roads which once were a highly used railroad and passes through various original mining tunnels and rock formations cut by hand and explosive devices to make way for train traffic in order to transport mined goods from Cripple Creek/Victor to the city hub of Colorado Springs. 

About 32 miles between Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach, San Diego, California and Oceanside Pier to Pier. 

The 40 mile desert was the most feared stretch of travel for the pioneers in covered wagons traveling the California Emigrant Trail, more so even than the Sierra. This waterless "Dry Drive" extended from the end of the Humbolt river at the Humbolt Sink to the sparkling waters of the Truckee River East of present day Reno. Wagon trains typically took 2-3 days to cross, carrying water, grass for their oxen, and pulling their wagons across the shrubby desert and the blindingly white salt flats.