I'm thinking of heading up into Tennessee tomorrow to do some exploring. It will most likely be mostly paved goat trails with a little dirt thrown in. I don't have a definite plan and probably will get lost. Anyone interested?
Interested.
Quote from: TN_twowheeladdict on September 18, 2020, 08:37:28 AM
Interested.
OK, Let's meet at the Shell station in Ardmore at 9. On the road around 9:15.
KLX250?
let me see if the DR will fire up
I'm out of town on Saturday. Have fun.
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I've got to aviate tomorrow. This would be epic!! Sorry to miss it. :'(
It cranked !! I will meet truck it up to the Taco Hell across the street
I see ya'll tomorrow. A couple of people also replied no ADV so there should be at least 5 of us. There will be some dirt but I doubt we will find anything really hard. I be sure to make plenty of gas stops. Lunch will probably be at the 31BBQ where we ate last time.
We are headed more Westward in the morning than usual and looping our way back. Ya'll have a ball, lost is good, that means you haven't been there before!
Good ride today. Thanks to all who showed up. I'll post some pics later.
Thanks for the lead Win. Goat trails for sure! It was fun. Sorry I missed the last part of the day. Adulting.
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Quote from: Sweeper on September 19, 2020, 07:55:54 PM
Thanks for the lead Win. Goat trails for sure! It was fun. Sorry I missed the last part of the day. Adulting.
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While the roads after lunch were fun, the best part of the ride was before lunch. Thanks for coming along.
Some pics:
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We had five in Ardmore but only 4 went on the ride.
Although we did ride some dirt roads, most of our time was spent on paved country roads like these:
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We must of seen a dozen deer on Ebenezer road.
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We stopped and took a break on the side of the road.
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So why not stop at a gas station or other suitable place with facilities?
Because there were none on our route. Our ride was a round 120 miles. I only remember passing one gas station and that was near our lunch stop. I think we were stopped here for 20-30 minutes and not one vehicle came by.
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We rode Snake Creek Rd again.
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We rarely got stuck behind traffic because there wasn't much. This was an exception.
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Nice area I had never ridden Thanks Win
This forum is strange with the like button at the top. Read the post, then have to scroll back to top to click like. ???
Glad you all had a good ride. I had my own adventure planning a route for a future ride. Took me 8 hours to cover about 160 miles with all the stopping. :o
Quote from: TN_twowheeladdict on September 20, 2020, 08:12:00 AM
This forum is strange with the like button at the top. Read the post, then have to scroll back to top to click like. ???
Glad you all had a good ride. I had my own adventure planning a route for a future ride. Took me 8 hours to cover about 160 miles with all the stopping. :o
The like button on the top is a bit of a PITA. It could be worse. One forum I'm on has no like button. Another has a "thank you" instead of a like button ::)
Glad you had a good ride as well.
A few more pics to finish this off.
We took another break on the side of the road. Again, no traffic came by.
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Lunch was at the 31 BBQ again.
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After Lunch Randy took off for home leaving three of us on the ride.
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As promised, I got us lost several times. This was one of our stops to consult the GPS and figure out where to go. Keep in mind I had no plan for after lunch. I was just winging it.
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We eventually made it back to Ardmore and then headed home. It ended up being a short ride of only around 210 miles for me.
The group size was just right for a ride like this. We often got lost or took a wrong turn and did a lot of u turns. This is fine with a small group but would have been a PITA with a group of 10 or so. With a bigger group I prefer to have a route set up in advance.
Quote from: Johnny Tobyone on September 20, 2020, 07:31:06 AM
Nice area I had never ridden Thanks Win
Thanks for coming along. There is a lot of great riding in that area. I have been riding and exploring that area for over a year now and still haven't ridden a lot of the roads.