Gentlemen, nice to see the traffic/response here; Mike you may have started a real monster w/ this so whatever may develop it's ur fault amigo. ::003::
Hey, how Funny that you guys have all mentioned WV-TN-AR as great places to ride. I agree and would travel there anytime, I've had some great trips to/thru there. I camped out in One of the craziest storms in WV one time coming back up from FL, I was following the Appalachian Trail on the TET on dirt and camped out on a mtn top, the thunder, rain, wind and lightning was just unreal, me in my little tent in the deep woods, in the middle of nowhere, solo. The cracks of thunder were so loud and the lightning so bright and intense I really thought I may have made my last big booboo. Booboo in my pants is what it was, man what a fright/what a night. The gully-wash beside the tent in the morning, good thing I had the K60s on the bike.
Chris, I'd love to get some time up into Canada, Quebec, NFLND... I took an awesome ride up thru the Adirondacks this summer, my first time way up there, what a treat, great roads, scenery and lots of gravel up there if u like that, included a nice little early morning ferry crossing on Champlain. I went out to Buffalo to visit an old Army buddy, took a back road route thru the finger lakes on the way out and rode as close right up along the Great Lakes as I could on the way back; got some real nice time in the Adirondacks both out and back.
Aaaanny way, would love to get out and meet you guys and any other S10 riders here in NE, share the road, trails, campfires...
Norm, unfortunately I took the ST off the road Dec 1(insurance, plate, battery...)-after the first good amt of salt they dropped all over here, didn't take it to winter down in FL this yr. I can put it back on anytime and will look for the first Spring day where there's been some decent rain to wash away the salt. Would love to get out there w/ u.
I have a ton of .gpx/.gdb files for my Garmin I can share. On any given day th mc usually seems to find a place to eat lunch and then a place to get an ice cream. Twisty tarmac always fun, and interesting gravel adventurous. It's amazing how many people still live on dirt roads all over NE, and how many miles of em there are out there. And moose, and black bear and turkeys and bald eagles...
Would love to hear where you guys like to go in NE, WV, TN, AR ... Seems there are some great traditional/favorite/annual routes/rides folks keep close.
Cheers, dean ::001::
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