It is funny how geographical gaps can get established in patterns of travel, even when travelers fancy themselves as having enormous freedom of choice. And these gaps can stubbornly persist for years.
One of the mistakes I tend to make every migration season is to try to visit every place along a certain seasonal loop. But one spot is low, while the next spot down the road is 2000 feet higher. This spring, I am going to switch to low-altitude spots only. This will send me north earlier, of course.
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That rut got partially kicked to pieces last spring by my eye injury in late August and the route changes that caused were a great event. So I definitely recommend your plan even if the "normal" route was fun. To all the new folks I now recommend a new general route at least every two to three years. IE swap from SW to NW and chase the new adventures.
So I started wondering about the same approach, toward geography.