I'm not "planning" to run the entire way to North Carolina in one day, like last time. It felt too much like running a marathon.
So........
I'm breaking this into 2 days This is the route for the first day. 9-10 hours.
Most of this ride will take us from northern industrial Ohio straight through flat farm country down into southern hilly Ohio. We'll cross into KY at Portsmouth and follow that to the city of Ashland KY, then head south again past the nuclear towers through mostly 4 lane sweeping highways into larger hills and finally mountains. The last part of this day will have us going through many old coal mining towns that are still very busy. (try not to show your purty teeth
or ya might be squealin like a pig)
I compared some area hotels in Wise and found this Best Western. The rates were lower than others and the place looked good. Do you guys want to try and book ahead for or should we just play it by ear and take whatever we find wherever we go? I'm thinking that since we don't know about weather conditions or possibilities of break downs that maybe we should just see let that play out. But I'll do whatever you guys want.
This is the second part of the trip. 4-5 hours
Now the scenery and riding get fun. We'll break from the main highway and get to some seriously twisty roads and big ass mountains. Don't be surprised to see a goat standing on someones front porch down here.
We'll make
gas stops before getting off the beaten path and ya better be awake when we get down towards Shady Valley or you might end up on the front of a north bound
Buick
).
All goes well...........we pull into Roy's around noon on Thursday June the 19th.
Just a warning ............. in case you don't know me....
.....I'll sometimes stop for no apparent reason especially if there's a "Kodak moment" or something that catches my eye ( SB&F
rigid for sale next to a barn for instance). I hate stopping for long meals when riding long distance (usually candy bars and hot dogs at the gas station). I
plan on eating dinner in Wise VA after checking in. But I'm not picky, easy to get along with and ready for whatever you guys have in mind. Oh and sorry to
be a P.I.T.A. but I might need to stop for at least 1 geocache in each state, to pad my stats and add to my map.
Any ideas or input? Fuck ya! ............................
..
Just kidding, you guys tell me what we can add or change.
Here is what the trip looks like Whitewolf made this of mostly my pics from last year.
So........
I'm breaking this into 2 days This is the route for the first day. 9-10 hours.
Most of this ride will take us from northern industrial Ohio straight through flat farm country down into southern hilly Ohio. We'll cross into KY at Portsmouth and follow that to the city of Ashland KY, then head south again past the nuclear towers through mostly 4 lane sweeping highways into larger hills and finally mountains. The last part of this day will have us going through many old coal mining towns that are still very busy. (try not to show your purty teeth
or ya might be squealin like a pig)
I compared some area hotels in Wise and found this Best Western. The rates were lower than others and the place looked good. Do you guys want to try and book ahead for or should we just play it by ear and take whatever we find wherever we go? I'm thinking that since we don't know about weather conditions or possibilities of break downs that maybe we should just see let that play out. But I'll do whatever you guys want.
This is the second part of the trip. 4-5 hours
Now the scenery and riding get fun. We'll break from the main highway and get to some seriously twisty roads and big ass mountains. Don't be surprised to see a goat standing on someones front porch down here.
We'll make
gas stops before getting off the beaten path and ya better be awake when we get down towards Shady Valley or you might end up on the front of a north bound
Buick).
All goes well...........we pull into Roy's around noon on Thursday June the 19th.
Just a warning ............. in case you don't know me....
.....I'll sometimes stop for no apparent reason especially if there's a "Kodak moment" or something that catches my eye ( SB&F
rigid for sale next to a barn for instance). I hate stopping for long meals when riding long distance (usually candy bars and hot dogs at the gas station). I
plan on eating dinner in Wise VA after checking in. But I'm not picky, easy to get along with and ready for whatever you guys have in mind. Oh and sorry to
be a P.I.T.A. but I might need to stop for at least 1 geocache in each state, to pad my stats and add to my map.
Any ideas or input? Fuck ya! ............................
..
Just kidding, you guys tell me what we can add or change.
Here is what the trip looks like Whitewolf made this of mostly my pics from last year.
