Appalachian Backroads
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From: Michigan
Just got back home from Beckley, WV.
We had to cancel this trip TWICE!!!!
Last time it was due to medical issues (with the folks coming from TN) and this time it was due to the weather (Ida).
I got to Beckley, WV on Saturday and was visiting with some relatives and the weather forecast just didn't look appetizing to me so we "pulled the plug" in time to cancel our hotel reservations.
Beckley had a thunderstorm this morning just after I got the bike loaded and had put on my "wet suit".
Just as I sat down on the bike the rain started slowing down a bit and I wasn't too far out of Beckley (heading for home) when he rain stopped and I didn't have a single drop by the time I got home!
A pleasant ride both ways so I'm happy for that and I also got to my twin great-great nephews
We had to cancel this trip TWICE!!!!
Last time it was due to medical issues (with the folks coming from TN) and this time it was due to the weather (Ida).
I got to Beckley, WV on Saturday and was visiting with some relatives and the weather forecast just didn't look appetizing to me so we "pulled the plug" in time to cancel our hotel reservations.
Beckley had a thunderstorm this morning just after I got the bike loaded and had put on my "wet suit".
Just as I sat down on the bike the rain started slowing down a bit and I wasn't too far out of Beckley (heading for home) when he rain stopped and I didn't have a single drop by the time I got home!
A pleasant ride both ways so I'm happy for that and I also got to my twin great-great nephews
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From: South Florida
I was thinking of some steep rides Ive made between Banner Elk NC and Blowing Rock up/down Schulls Mill Rd, and Greenville SC/Travelers Rest to Brevard on 276 that are
steep climbs/descents.
I looked up a topo map yesterday and saw what looked like much less elevation change between Tazewell and Marion.
Im just trying to decide now where to stay for a night during the week sometime late September.
steep climbs/descents.
I looked up a topo map yesterday and saw what looked like much less elevation change between Tazewell and Marion.
Im just trying to decide now where to stay for a night during the week sometime late September.
I may have missed it but is there a city/town or a close surrounds where you would like to stay the night? (I am not sure if the above locations would qualify for you.)
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He sent me a pic of the old country store near the base of the lookout tower on 52, and likes to stay at the Big Walker Motel in Bland. No reservations. First come, first serve. I probably won’t stay there because I like to know there is a room waiting for me, but you park in front of your room. Perfect for bikes. He also mailed me this marked up map of the area. So yea, I might be shopping old school scramblers (not THAT old school like the pic) this winter once I pay off the wife’s 60th birthday gift I bought this week.
Last edited by gonemad; Sep 2, 2021 at 07:21 AM.
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From: Southern WV
Im thinking either Marion on one end of the Back of the Dragon, Tazewell on the other, or in and around Burkes Garden. Ive got an old friend who loves to take old school scramblers up to Burkes Garden and ride both the paved and gravel one lane roads. This will not be a job for the Red Pig (my FLHX), but better suited for a scrambler, which will solve my other problem mentioned in another thread, hauling a bike in the back of a short bed pick-up.
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