West Virginia Sport Touring

Dave and i met up with brian today at CATHEDRAL FALLS on rt60 in gauley bridge. we talked to a few bikers from ohio then rode up rt 16 through caly county. they had
the http://www.claygoldendeliciousfestival.com/ this must be the big event of the year there. the town was packed. people were parking their cars and wlaking about a maile back into town. they had a bike show in town and a car show at the high school. it waoul have been nice to have had the time to stop. some of the cars looked pretty nice.
after making it through there " thank god we made it through when we did. they were having a parade" we ran rt4 all the way up to sutton where we hit rt15. rt 15 was a litle ruff at first but the in smoothed out for a fun little ride through some sweepers. after about 30 miles of nice smooth pavement we merged with rt20 and it is a mess. it has needed paved now for about 3-4 years.. rt 20 and rt15 splits off again in webster springs. we took rt15 over to rt219 and about half way i noticed a hinda shadow on the side of the road that had just been down. i stopped to turn around to see if the guy need help and dave just about t-boned me.. lol. i got out my trust electrical tape and some tools and got the guy back on the road. rt15 was a little nipply across the mtn tops..
we made it to rt219 and headed south to marlinton for some lunch/dinner. i think the waitress liked dave. she really went out of her way to make sure dave got warm.. lol she even gave him a york pepermint pattie as we were checking out..
we got back on the bikes ate headed back down rt219 to lewisburg whre brian stopped to get a shirt to wear under his jacket and headed back to charleston. dave and i came on back home through alderson and hinton clocking just over 310 miles..






OH BY THE WAY IF YOU EVER WANT TO FISH THE GREENBRIER IN MARLINTON I SUGGEST YOU USE FRENCH FRIES AS BAIT.. LOL

Glad you guys got a ride in. I was just too sick to risk a ride. Beng distracted by physiacl issues just isn't worth it. The day was perfect though, and I'll keep my fingers crossed that we get another day like that so we can get together for another ride.

Mike

Saturday I took a ride over the Cherohala Skyway, Deals Gap & rt 28 down to Franklin.

But I'm home now.

how was the fj rally? any good stories?

learnin4life wrote:Glad you guys got a ride in. I was just too sick to risk a ride. Beng distracted by physiacl issues just isn't worth it. The day was perfect though, and I'll keep my fingers crossed that we get another day like that so we can get together for another ride.

Mike

get better bro.. we will have plenty of good riding days before the years over..

gsxrjeffro wrote:how was the fj rally? any good stories?

It was great, as usual. Great rides, great folks. the fires not as big in Tellico but Frank brought plenty enough SERIOUS fireworks, cops had to come & shut him down (politely). he had 20 or 30 tubes set up:thumbsup

the ride down was awesome, I forgot how great 16 is thru VA. that would be a great day ride for you southern guys.. down 16 then over 58 to damascus then up rt 80! wow!!

yeah I got a story to tell you later.

i like rt59 from rt16 east to damascus.. i heve never been on rt80 that i know of..