Well, no big trip this year. With Covid, hurricanes, wildfires, and a major house remodel turning into a bit of a nightmare, Don and I have put the Colorado trip on hold. Plan B was to spend a week venturing from southeastern Ohio to Virginia to North Carolina. The flooding in Haywood county NC the week before washed our beloved Blue Ridge Motorcycle Camp down Pigeon River, sadly along with a few lives in the area. Plan C was limited to Ohio and Virginia….the remnants of hurricane Ida cut our days back on that too. On to Plan D, we finally got a short trip in to southeastern Ohio.
This may not sound too exciting for most of you but that area is well known for fantastic motorcycle roads! And it’s scenic too. Heavily forested, rolling farm land, extensive rock formations, and very curvy roads with the most dramatic and constant elevation changes of any highways we’ve ever ridden. Maybe the curves aren’t quite as tight as North Carolina, but there is hardly a straight stretch to be found. But it’s the abrupt and continuous ups and downs that set the place apart. Even in the mountains, you generally go up for a while and then drop back down for a while. On Ohio’s triple nickel, highway 555, one curve will be at the top of a hill, the next at the bottom, and then right back up to the next one. An absolute roller coaster of a ride.
If the roads don’t appeal to you, and they probably don’t if you are driving a car, we did spend part of an afternoon at Hocking Hills State Park. Absolutely spectacular! Don and I did a brief hike and wished we had planned an entire day there. The few pictures I took just don’t do it justice. Just Google it for some incredible photos, especially the rock house trail. There will definitely be a return visit. Just be forewarned, the park is very popular and quite busy at times so plan a visit carefully.
Well, this is likely the last post for the year. Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. Maybe next year will be better, although I think that’s what everyone hoped for 2021. Anyway, take care and tune in next spring.
TigerTracks 
The boys and I stayed at Blue Ridge Motorcycle Campground early August. Hard to believe that river (more like a creek) caused that much devastation. Hopefully they were insured and can rebuild. Really nice people.
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Hey Dennis! Great to hear from you. Not sure how much insurance will cover, but they are planning on rebuilding and opening sometime next year, Let us know if you are ever in that area, Don and I might be able to run by for a visit.
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