Adventure in Ohio?

[sion]

Originally Posted by mike1952

I would like to take a trip to SE Ohio to ride 555. What are some other roads to take?

heres a loop I recently put together that includes both 555 and 26:

http://g.co/maps/tpyw


and here's a list of a bunch of smaller, secondary roads in my area that I enjoy


http://g.co/maps/vvc9


but by no means are these all the fun roads in SE Ohio. theres also 664, 78, 93, 56, 374, 668, 800 and a ton more

enjoy


by the way, when are you planning this trip? If you say when, I'd be willing to bet that someone here will be free and willing to ride with you at least part of the way. that loop I posted above I have only ridden half of, so if the I'm free, I'd be happy to do the loop with ya.

[swingset]

Originally Posted by mike1952

I would like to take a trip to SE Ohio to ride 555. What are some other roads to take?

78 from McConnelsville over to the river...and in that area, 536, 255, 26, 800, 260.

Off of or near 555, 676, 377.

Just off the top of my head.

[QUICKDRAW]

I expect 60% of the "interested" parties to make the ride, so that leaves another 2 or 3 spots available still.

The Date Has Been Set for the BALD EAGLE Forest Big Bike Ride

September 30th - October 2nd

This is a free ride with friends to the Bald Eagle State Forest in central Pennsylvania. Leaving Ohio in the morning of Friday, Sept 30... Slabbing it about 6 hours (from Columbus) to the Hemlock Acres Campground in Coburn, PA. We should arrive early to mid afternoon, where we can shed some camping gear and hit some of the 180 miles of trail network that surrounds the area.

We will be camping in bear country, so if you don't know what that means , as in...smellables... PM me. The campsite does have showers and also a few nice cabins which have a beer fridge, full bath/shower, and sleep 6. The rate for the cabin is $100/night. If enough people want that option, I would need to know very soon, as I guess the campgrounds get busy during Penn State games.

Saturday Morning we can all get lost together while we re-trace some old Dual sport routes and parts of another Dual Sport ride I did a few weeks back. When we have all had enough, we will head to Doans Bones BBQ for a killer dinner.

Sunday will be a travel day, so we will get up whenever, maybe swing up and see the Grand Canyon of PA and then slab it home. We will be home in plenty of time to mow the lawn and beat the kids.

PM me if you want to go.... I will figure out the Friday meeting arrangements based on where you are.


Here is some of what we will ride

-Shawn

[flashover604]

Originally Posted by S2P

Who else felt the earthquake this afternoon? I was at the office in Cleveland and felt it ,the water in the water bottle on the table was moving.

Funny story... I work for the phone company. I was working mid-span between two poles today. Our ladders have hooks at the top to hook over the cable. When a squirrel runs down the cable, it bounces. I was working in a splice when I couldve sworn I was gonna be overrun by a herd of 'em... Nothin'. The cables were rocking pretty good, but no tree rats in sight. I thought "Well, THAT was weird..." got done, turned the truck on and heard Corby talking about the earthquake.. Ah HA! I was a block east of Parsons, and about even with Williams Rd. down by 270 and high street on the south side. It was a weird day all around.

[edhead]

Originally Posted by S2P

Who else felt the earthquake this afternoon? I was at the office in Cleveland and felt it ,the water in the water bottle on the table was moving.

Work in an office on a concrete slab. Felt the floor ripple, and turned and asked if anyone else felt the earthquake. Only a few others had noticed it. This was in North Canton. I assumed it was another earthquake centered under Lake Erie, that we get every few years. Amazing it traveled through the Appalachian mountains into Ohio.

[mike1952]

Originally Posted by sion

heres a loop I recently put together that includes both 555 and 26:

http://g.co/maps/tpyw


and here's a list of a bunch of smaller, secondary roads in my area that I enjoy


http://g.co/maps/vvc9


but by no means are these all the fun roads in SE Ohio. theres also 664, 78, 93, 56, 374, 668, 800 and a ton more

enjoy


by the way, when are you planning this trip? If you say when, I'd be willing to bet that someone here will be free and willing to ride with you at least part of the way. that loop I posted above I have only ridden half of, so if the I'm free, I'd be happy to do the loop with ya.

Thanks for the info and offer to act as a tour guide. I will let you know when things firm up schedule wise.

[mike1952]

Originally Posted by swingset

78 from McConnelsville over to the river...and in that area, 536, 255, 26, 800, 260.

Off of or near 555, 676, 377.

Just off the top of my head.

Thanks for the routes.

[ohioroadrat]

EARTHQUAKE ???

I thought it was me,I`m so awesome,I rock this world!

[Whitey1]

Originally Posted by ohioroadrat

EARTHQUAKE ???

I thought it was me,I`m so awesome,I rock this world!

Aftershocks from some good acid back in the 60's?

[Gabby]

Originally Posted by mike1952

Thanks for the routes.

I like 145 out of Lower Salem also. 564 is nice too. I guess it just depends on what direction you want to head.

I think I'm gonna start collecting toll on the "Triple Nickle" to fund my bike habit....

[swingset]

Originally Posted by Gabby

I think I'm gonna start collecting toll on the "Triple Nickle" to fund my bike habit....

Sit in a chair on a tight corner and snap pictures of the squids, sell them on the internet like Killboy, profit!

For extra fun, sprinkle some cinders to make the pics more exciting! Well, hell, it's 555 someone will do that for you.

[ohioroadrat]

Originally Posted by Herewego

mornin Larry

Hi Mike........Sorry you can`t go to Pa. with us......Hi Kay.

[Sparkster]

Originally Posted by swingset

Sit in a chair on a tight corner and snap pictures of the squids, sell them on the internet like Killboy, profit!

For extra fun, sprinkle some cinders to make the pics more exciting! Well, hell, it's 555 someone will do that for you.

Crap THAT'S what i should have been doing on my time off...

[Just GO!]

Originally Posted by swingset

Sit in a chair on a tight corner and snap pictures of the squids, sell them on the internet like Killboy, profit!

For extra fun, sprinkle some cinders to make the pics more exciting! Well, hell, it's 555 someone will do that for you.

I had to go to Atlanta for work a couple weeks ago and rode up US129 on my way home. I passed one of Killboy's photographers at one point, turned around and went back to talk with him. Interesting conversation.

He was fulltime...it's what he does for a living....taking pics of everything that passes. In the fall when leaves are on the road they will run their cars back and forth to try to blow the leaves off the road for the motorcyclists. They actually sweep the corners if there's much dirt, sand, etc..

At one point while I was talking with him a group of stripped down to the skivvies, half-naked, gay, sportbike riders came by. They were laying stretched out on their bikes, standing on the pegs, squeeling and shrieking like a bunch of girls when they passed.

One of them had nothing on but a helmet, socks, a black thong and butterfly wings strapped to his back. When he rode by he was sitting side-saddle on the bike, one leg thrown high, leaning his torso back and pinching his nipple.
















That image is now and forever scorched into the back of brain till the day I die. ..........I was traumatized.

[buildit]

Originally Posted by Just GO!

One of them had nothing on but a helmet, socks, a black thong and butterfly wings strapped to his back. When he rode by he was sitting side-saddle on the bike, one leg thrown high, leaning his torso back and pinching his nipple.

Isn't that Swingsets place every Friday night?