Who is at fault? Who ran into whom? It doesn\’t sound pleasant, but do you want to REALLY be at fault? For once, it can be fun. Check out this ride from Midwest Cycletouring!

Ride the Fault Line is a week-long, four-state tour, visiting Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee. As the tour\’s name indicates, the path follows the notorious New Madrid Fault.

Along the route,  birdwatchers can try to spot eagles at the Reelfoot Lake Wildlife Refuge. You\’ll have the chance to go kayaking through cypress groves. If history is your thing, you can visit important sites from the early days of the Civil War.

Here\’s the catch for someone like me: you\’ll need drive between some towns. I\’d have to team up with another rider who has a car, with enough spare room for me and my bicycle. Daily cycling mileage ranges from 29 miles to 65 miles, with a long-option 74-mile route on Day 4. Some days even have alternate gravel routes.

The terrain is mostly flat, and follows low-traffic roads. There\’s plenty to see and do along the way. This year\’s RTFL begins in mid-June; I hope it won\’t already be too hot and humid by then!

So, who is at fault? I wish I could be, in this case. RTFL is another of the rides that I think I would love to do. It would be much more fun, I think, if I could blog about it from personal experience; especially if I enjoyed myself — well — to a fault.