A 2000+ mile ride through the central Appalachian Mountains over 10 Days.
Jackie and I will be spending Friday and Saturday night at the Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke, Virginia. Friday and Monday riding will include our commutes from and back to home. Saturday we'll ride some of the scenic roads in the area and visit some of the best new roads we've recently mapped. Sunday we will cross through new territory in West Virginia to Wise, Virginia where we'll spend Sunday night at the Wise Inn.
I'm spending the week mapping south of Snowshoe, WV to Tazwell, VA centered on Beckley. Cell service will be rare so I'll mostly post from the bar in the evenings. I'm exploring and rating the roads for two new maps of the area.
Riding and judging roads in VA and WV
Hitting scattered roads across both new maps. I'll be running the MBM site, testing and uploading from the road.
Heading down to Roanoke on August 7th to meet the Road Runner folks.
A week in the high country
I'm heading down to Waynesville to join Wayne of Waynesville on a mapping trip into the forest roads of Northern Georgia.
Plans have changed. Now the plan is to take the DR s up to Michaux State Forest and ride a section of the MABDR which cooncidentally runs over some of the dirt we are familiar with.
This year's trip will be shorter than previous ones. We are considering a four day Virginia/West Virginia/Ohio loop ride. In a recent mapping trip with Wayne, I came across some truly nice roads only a few hours away so the thought would be to get to good roads quickly.
Mapping the unpaved roads near Suches, Helen, Blue Ridge and Clayton. Leaving from Copperhead Lodge 10:00 AM Wednesday morning. Spending Wednesday, Thursday night at Lodge. Ride all day Friday then depart.
3 nights at the Ft. Lewis Lodge, Thurs, Fri, Sat. Exploring roads Friday, Saturday.
Just a ride to do more testing of the components. No set destination