The big ride 2020

[dan filipi]

Great read William. Enjoy the pics too.

 

[detdrbuzzard]

leaving out of Marietta i headed north on RT 60, it was an almost perfect morning, sunny and 65F and the only head wind was being created by the Mighty ST 1300. traffic? what traffic, its the holiday !! made a quick stop in Lowell and in Beverly for post office pic's. i remembered a mural on the side of a restaurant advertising Chinees and Mexican food, the mural is gone and now they are only serving Mexican food. Boy am i really enjoying my ride, maybe Jupiter aligned with Mars or maybe because i haven't had much seat time since last July, which ever it was i was digging it!

 

[detdrbuzzard]

Once up in McConnelsville i stopped at Lock and Dam #7

 

[detdrbuzzard]

i took a few more pic's at the lock and dam before heading back to RT 60. once in McConnelsville i crossed the bridge and made a right turn on River road, it runs north just like RT-60 so i followed it into Zanesville where River road ends and where the triple nickel starts only it heads south and i was heading north so i crossed the bridge and made a left turn to get back on RT-60

 

[detdrbuzzard]

RT-60 is just a two lane highway which i find very enjoyable to ride, this was my third trip on RT-60. there were a couple cars ahead of me and even though i was only doing 60mph i starting to catch up with them and then i found out why. some guy on a Harley out doing 45mph, i passed them all and made a stop in Blue Rock, Oh. for a few pic's

 

[detdrbuzzard]

one thing i like about RT-60 is in some places the road is streight, some parts have sweeping curves, some parts have hills to climb and descend, some parts have tight curves, and some have it all. after a few pic's in Duncan Falls the road gets a bit curvy, even on a wing its posable to ride it well above the speed limit an leave any cage or catch up with any cage in eyesight. i caught up with a tintop along the route but it was ok and felt good to slow my pace

 

[detdrbuzzard]

Northgate church is on one of those streight sections of the route that leads into a sweeping curve the takes you in to Warsaw, Oh.

 

[detdrbuzzard]

my next stop was the general store that i spotted in Big Prairie, too bad they were closed cause it looked like a nice place to stop for wine tasting and lunch

 

[detdrbuzzard]

well the good times were about to end as i got near Ashland, Oh. up ahead the sky was dark and gloomy so i pulled over in the driveway of the Ashland country club and put on rain gear, about 3/4 of a mile down the road it came down HARD !! i could barely see the cage in front of me so i took refuge at a gas station. the rain was coming down so hard that i just sat under the canopy that covers the pumps for awhile

 

[detdrbuzzard]

the rain slowed enough that i felt safe to get back on the road, it was still raining pretty good so i adjusted the windshield to make the wind blast the rain off the windshield so i could have a better view of the road. i picked up us-250 then us 20 going west, there was a lot of standing water on the rode in Monroeville. i hit one so hard that my left foot was swept off the peg and my right pant leg rode up my leg enough that water got in my boots. as i reached Fremont, Oh. the rain finally started to subside but there was still too much rain to stop for pic's

 

[detdrbuzzard]

by the time i reached Woodville it had stopped raining so i stopped for a few pic's

 

[detdrbuzzard]

on the west end of Woodville i picked up Oh-420 and took it over to I-280 then picked up I-75 going north. i made a stop at the Michigan welcome center for a bathroom break. while there i decided to have some lunch so i grabbed my soft side cooler out of the left side bag went over to a picnic table and had a bite to eat. while trying to close the zipper on the cooler bag i dropped the sausage i was eating, the sky still wasn't looking all that good so i took the dropped sausage as a sign to get my butt back on the road

 

[detdrbuzzard]

well i got back on I-75 only to see traffic backed up a half mile ahead of me, good thing the LaPlaisance road exit was before the back up cause thats where i exited the expressway. i headed over to Monroe, MI then took 6th street over to Dixie hwy. then merged on to us-24 heading north. i stopped along the way and got gas after 284 miles i was only showing two bars on the gauge. i picked up I-275 north took it to I-94 taking it east then m-39 north, those pesky Allen park LEO's were still out in force but i made it by without getting pulled over. at 15:40 i arrived home, a little soggy but home







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[detdrbuzzard]

dan filipi » Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:07 am[/url]":34om58dd]
Great read William. Enjoy the pics too.

glad you enjoyed it

 

[mcgovern61]

Nice ride William! Glad to see you out and getting in a long ride again! :yes: :good:

 

[detdrbuzzard]

mcgovern61 » Thu Sep 10, 2020 8:05 am[/url]":39iks22o]
Nice ride William! Glad to see you out and getting in a long ride again! :yes: :good:

thank you Gerry. it felt really good to be back on the road

 

[julimike54]

:music: k:

 

[desertrefugee]

Thanks for taking the time to detail this is William. Actually felt like I was a long for the ride. Which is just as well, as my trip to Montana got preempted this summer. Tentatively planning another trip to New Mexico 1st weekend in October. Won't be the same though.

Great pictures, great descriptions, great trip! Thanks again!

 

[detdrbuzzard]

desertrefugee » Thu Sep 10, 2020 5:27 pm[/url]":vlkm8d00]
Thanks for taking the time to detail this is William. Actually felt like I was a long for the ride. Which is just as well, as my trip to Montana got preempted this summer. Tentatively planning another trip to New Mexico 1st weekend in October. Won't be the same though.

Great pictures, great descriptions, great trip! Thanks again!

my pleasure

 

[Ansimp]

Great to see you eating up all those miles. We had to cancel our August ride due to closing borders into New South Wales. :doh: It would be great to do an overnighter but for now I have to be content with some local commuting.