Primarily, I used your photo because it’s a beautiful shot. Hope you don’t mind.

I also liked the contrast between the image and the post. There is a world of difference between sprawling over a folding map in the middle of the desert and clicking Google Maps as you sit at a computer.

My goal is to invoke the feeling of a big adventure like yours, but in a small and approachable way. Just as illustrations and photographs can dramatically affect the tone of a story, I have a hunch that the right map could set the mood for a bike trip.