Doc

Darn, I wish I could have. Been working tons of over time and

Saturdays to boot and thats killed my Sundays as I do those things like

Cut the woods, I mean the grass and the wife and kid like to see

me:rolleyes:

Will really try and catch one of these rides soon

With everything that went on last year (22 Events) This one was

put on the back burner. This year After the July 1-4 Great American

Birthday Bash in Cincinnati we only have 2 events to do so this

can get a ticket to ride

This has been given some really bright light last month and

a lot of details have came together and how we could do it.

Here is two ways we could do it. By no means is this the

only way. We will need lots of help to shape it into something

that we may do every year.

(This is the Grand vision)

-The event would Start and End in Columbus.

-Special event only Geocaches would be set just for the event

(which all can be logged for credit)

We would have Geocaching clubs in Ohio place these caches

that would be in the number of 300 to 500.

-The Playing field

The idea that we would Start on Friday Night at 7pm with a trip to

Toledo and an over night stay. Saturday you would ride to Cleveland

then down to Ironton with a Stay in Ironton. Sunday Morning would

be a ride to Cincinnati then Back up to Columbus to end the event.

-There can also be games in the game like a poker run.

(The small vision)

-The event would Start and End in Columbus.

-Special event only Geocaches would be set just for the event

(which all can be logged for credit) We would have a few cachers

place about 100 caches

-The event would be 10am till 6pm Saturday with no over night

stay unless you wanted to.

Also this event, no matter which one we pick will be set up with Bikes in

mind. The event caches will be set up for easy access or little walking

from your bike. We may take you on some back roads but they will be

blacktop roads The idea is not to put space between you and your

bike as the idea is to cache n ride.

We will also set it up two ways. You can just ride it and not worry about

time or you can toss your hat in and go for it. The first ones wins!

which will be set up in three (Hogs, Duros and Rockets)

These are just a few things we had in mind. We would like to

get together in Columbus the last Sunday in July to chat about

this event for anyone who would like to help out in plaining this thing

The target date would be the end of August. Not sure if we can do

it by then but would like to try.

http://geocaching.com

Official Geocaching Website

http://swogo.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=201 What is Geocaching. This is on our website.

South Western Ohio Geocachers

If you never heard of Geocaching, Just click on the link "What is Geocaching"

above and it will tell you all about it.

I myself have been a very long time Geocacher. Geocaching is a fun hobby

to get into and for the most part it's free outside of buying your GPS unit.

Over the past 9 years I have put on Geocaching events in 18 states

and have done or helped in another 189. I have done everything from

101 classes to Road Rallies. One event I have never done is a Bike event.

I have cached a lot on my R1 and I have had a blast. I have a lot of idea's

on how to put put together an event but what I need to know is if we have

the people out their who want to do an event like this.

If we do then I was thinking about a date sometime in August of this year. I

can make this a one to two day event. We will start in Columbus being it's

in the middle of the state.

If you think this is something you would like to do, please post a reply and

let me know. If you have any questions, please post them to and I will be

happy to answer them.

(What I am holding is the lid to a small lock and lock container "The Cache"

which I went out to find)

6-5-2010

My day started out on Ohio SR 125 in Amelia. This happens to be where I

start all my trips from because I live here. Leaving my road and making a

left turn onto SR 125 I head out on my two hour tour.

The first thing that happens is a chubby dude pulls up next to me on

a orange Suzuki. This kid picks a spot on SR 125 about two miles before

Bethel to want to race. As always knowing that a twist of the wrist and

my horses on my R1 I could change this kids life but! being an older rice

rocket rider, I have learned when and where to pick my speeding tickets.

This was just not one of those kodak moments where I wanted to pay the

fuzz a few hundred dollars just to make a point out of porkins next to me.

Besides I need a tank of rocket fuel and after Bethel was not to many

places between here and Georgetown for 93 octane so I stopped and fuled

up and watch the orange sunset as it went down the road looking for

another sucker.

With Bethel behind me and Georgetown coming into site, The only place

that gets you going is the cut in the hill down to the river and back up the

other side. You can sneak a quick twist of the wrist here due to the fact

you can see just about everything in front of you.

Just as I enter Georgetown and to my Right is SR 221. This road has 32

curves to it. Six of these curves are close 90 degree turns, three right and

3 left handers. The road was repaved last year and if you like the thrill of

a possible car pull out of a side drive this is a great road. It always gets

my blood going which is why I love this road.

This road dumps out on Ohio SR 52 in Higginsport. I always watch for

coppers here. Local fuzz tends to not like our sport bikes and are always

on your butt so made sure you cover it well here. Between here and

the next big town which is Ripley, I keep my self control and go with the

flow till I am passed Ripley. I have about 7 miles where I can turn it up a

notch and air out my suit.

A few years ago they built a new bridge about 9 miles this side of

Maysville. I love this bridge. I can tell you that my best from the bridge

plate north to bridge plate south I can clear this bridge in 6 seconds flat.

And yes, to do that you have to bend the speed limit but I am not going

to tell you just how much as you can found out for yourself

This is KY 62/68 better known to the locals as Clyde T Barbour Highway.

This is going to dump you onto KY 10. I turn right at the stop sign and

get ready to rock. A few miles down this road it splits, SR9 to the right and

SR10 to the left. Your going right on the AA highway. About two miles

you will cross KY 425. A quick right and you have a few twisties to

do before you dump onto SR8.

At the stop sign, I make a left and head down SR8. Right before I get to

Augusta "Not to be confused with the name Agusta. You are not a true

rocketeer unless you know the beauty of an MV Agusta. What does this

have to do with this ride? Nothing, I am just tripping a bit. Anyway I

make a left here onto SR19 and do a little carving of this road till I get to

the top and I am making a right back onto SR9. There are many many

roads that you can carve up and down between SR9 and SR8. I kept doing

this all the way till I got to SR1019 and headed back down one more time.

This road has a few house on it so you have to stay sharp but it does

have some very nice twisties on it. This road ends in Foster and once again

SR8. I turned left on to SR8 and road this bad boy all the way back to the

I-275 bridge. KY8 is a bad little road. You can keep a good speed and

the road is anything but flat. You are tossed around like a rag doll at

times. It takes a little body English to keep up the speed and that is a

thrill sometimes.

Right before the I-275 bridge is a soft serve shack. I stopped off for a

cone and a bit of a cool off as it was raining in my suit. If you want to

skip the ice cream, the bridge is a nice stop and ogle place. This is a

pretty good size piece of steal here. It's even more impressive that they

are twins. If you ever traveled the I-275 loop the bridge going from

Kentucky into Indiana is a single bridge. It's built like the famous Sidney

Australia bridge. There I go again, Get back to the ride Doc.

From here you will go under the bridge and make a left onto River Road.

This road will take you into Fort Thomas. I hung a Left onto Fort Thomas

pike and then a right onto Alexandria Pike. This road leads you back to

I-275 and the way back to Ohio. As a note, If you go straight, this is the

start of I-471 heading into Cincinnati.

I stay on I-275 till I get to exit 65 which is SR125. Hang a right and

8 miles later, I am back home. I like to do this route once a month

and never get tired of doing it. Sometimes I skip the highway and

drop back down onto SR52 in Ohio and take that to New Richmond and

back Up SR132 to Amelia. Most of the time I do this trip on a tank of

gas and two hours of my time. Two hours of no phones no work and

a little me time, well sometimes me and the boyz time

is 29.5 hours on a bike enough?

do I qualify for iron butt?

In 2004 I road from Cincinnati to Utah to I-15 down to vegas then

4 days later Vegas to Cincinnati VIA I-40/66

Yea, You get the Iron Butt Award LOL

We did a geocaching event a few years ago. About 80% of the road you can

still drive. The things that stinks is that you you drive a 25 hunk of blacktop

and it ends. You have to go back to where you got on it again. It does that

alot.

It's good to go from L.A. to Arizona, just south of Grand Canyon

the other part of Arizona through New Mexico you will see parts of it

running with I-40.

in most places that have had lots of traffic have been made into 4 lane

roads. It's still 66 but it's not the old 2 lane road as it use to be. Most

of the exits have Historic 66 signs.

It's worth the trip. I have done it 3 times (Once on a bike) and it's

a great time.

Doc