Just thought I would give an update to what rides I have planned so far.
May 25, 26, 27, and 28 I will be going to Deals Gap. We will probably be leaving on the 25th in the afternoon around 4:00. We will spend the first night near Cincinnati. If someone wants to go on this one but cannot leave on Friday afternoon we could always leave on Saturday. I just like to get a little jump on things so I can arrive earlier on Saturday. Saturday and Sunday nights will be spent at the Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort. Monday we will ride the Cherohola Skyway and continue north from there and plan on spending the night near Oak Ridge, TN. Tuesday morning we will ride the “Devils Triangle” loop on TN116 and then return home.
July 20 – 29 will be another trip to Deals Gap. Once again we will start on Friday afternoon and hopefully make it to Cincinnati. The 21st through the 26th we will be staying at the Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort. Friday we will leave Deals Gap and spend Friday, Saturday, and Sunday returning home. We will ride the Blue Ridge Parkway to near Boone, NC and then take 321 up to 421 so we can ride Shady Valley. The return home is flexible and if necessary we will leave Deals Gap a day early so we can have an adventurous ride home!
September 1, 2, and 3 I also have reservations at Deals Gap, but so far I have no more specific plans for that ride.
I have a few other rides I am planning on doing but have not set dates for yet:
WV Rt. 50. This will be a great ride to see Cool Springs Park and hopefully find the Philippi Mummies of the Insane. There are some very excellent roads in this area and it should be a lot of fun. Most likely this will be a day ride, but it will be a pretty long day.
Point Pleasant WV – This will most likely be a two day ride to find the statue of the Mothman. We will also run down to Lesage to eat at Hillbilly Hot Dogs. Once again there is an awful lot of excellent riding in this area so this will be a great ride.
OH Rt. 26 – The only reason for this ride is to check out the road. It runs through Wayne National Forest and should be pretty nice. This will be a day trip.
I am kind of getting the urge to go to Texas. Maybe California. Probably only Texas because if I do it I will only have a week to do it in.
If anyone has any good ideas for a ride let me know! There is a long summer ahead of us and for me one of the hardest things is to figure out new places to visit. As usual, all are welcome to join in on the fun. Let me know if you are going to come along on a ride and I will let you know when and where we are meeting up!
Paul Neureuter
May 10, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I was searching for info on riding in Ohio and came across your site. You probably don’t remember me, but we met last fall at the gap. Anyway, I was riding a Honda RC51 and met out at the campfire for a couple nights with you and some of your buds from Ohio. Long story short, I have been unemployed since Christmas and it looks like I’ll stay this way through the summer, so I wanted to plan a bunch of riding trips while I have the time off. I was planning to visit Wayne National Forest in Ohio and ride what I think was called the Devils Triangle. How’s the riding out there? Is it worth making a long weekend of it? If you can recommend any nearby roads that would be great.
Tank
May 10, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Hi Paul! I’m sure I would remember you if I had more to go on, but right off the top of my head I can’t exactly remember!
Yes, there is some very good riding in Wayne National Forest! Virtually all the roads inside the triangle formed by 70, 77, and 7 are great! Some of my favorites are 78, 536, 255, 556, and 555.
For more information and pictures than you could ever want go to http://rideohio.org!