Unk Greg

Warehouse and former Thomas' is now owned by same guy. Bear's Den....on my list for this summer. All I have talked with say good food. Folks are split on service...some waited and waited others no problem. Bear's Den is east of Cambridge on 40.

My yet to happen plan was ride to Bears Den 83, 209 to Cambridge, thru town to 40 and Bear's Den....head to Tom's in Zanesville for ice cream...then north back to Killbuckia central....prolee on SR60

If you are in Coshocton...there is the Yard...pasta place, but decent steaks. It is downtown near RR tracks....or Mexican at the Yucatan. Taking 541 up thru town and go straight from lite as 541 turns...you can see the Yucatan....bright colors on bldg.

...and thanks...looking for alternate routes for my visiting riders. Only got a clear shot using 36 to this area. Everything else looks like road work. So thanks for heads up on 79. Guess it'll be 16 to 586 and veer off of 541 for my traveling folks....

Enjoy the trip no matter if trailering or riding. Spring is best, for me....early and no riders (like go right now) and it's warm with greenery showing. Stay at hotel in Knoxville and easy ride to 129....or venture to my former haunts at Lake Lure....Bat Cave and Chimney Rock. All the roads are great down there. Location ? Think Asheville between it and Hendersonville. I got it down to 7 hrs with trailer rig.

I tend to think trailer as I wouldn't want to carry a broken bike home on my back. Ethanol is all I ever found down there. 2Tall mentioned Fontana(?) for real gas....check in folks, otherwise carry yer own fuel, hence the trailer thought.

But have fun.....N Ca 28 is very nice.

Seester sold her place so no free space no more...until she retires and moves back down yonder..

Mt. Vernon....ha! A scant 40 mile commute.

Ahhh, Grayling as well. Many, many trips there. Hartwick Pines. Bear Archery...but no Camp Grayling, ha, but camping. UP, not uncle punk up, Iron Mtn. And the Falls, upper and lower....and almost moved to Copper Harbor, year round population is 9....I think the snow marker there is like 25 foot, as in deep.

Just out of Grayling is Bear Lake, guy there moved on to the UP as too many people now at Bear Lake....I think it was up to 5 or 6 cabins then. Bob Seeger has ( maybe had ) a place there....Dingman's Bar....yeah....thanks for the memories

So all said and done .... Settled on civilization in Holmes County.....

; )

Thanks.....perusing in three, two, one......

SR60 is back under water. The section from Killbuck to Warsaw (Riverview High School) water over in many spots....if you use the back roads from Warsaw, CR22 and CR19, ya still get into the water over the bridge at Layland....but using CR 323 or is that Twp Rd. up over the hill and meandering out to USR62, changing road #'s at Holmes County line...same road new number after crossing jurisdictions ....you come out near the Sportsman Club...for you tourists, just by SR520.

OR......wait a few days after dry weather and it'll be back down.

Adventure bikes some really wonderful gravel roads that wander along the bottom and up into the hills...eventually you can arrive somewhere to avoid water. Most likely CR19....iffen you was heading northerly from Warsaw direction.

Enjoying. Thanks for sharing. I have missed your UP report, and will need to back track. Smiled a lot on the accounts in the Pacific Northwest.....them were the days.....super deal....great adventure.

Mike has sold his Busa as well as the Buell. The yrf something or other he had sits in a dealership in Mansfield....purportedly, no one has looked at it...the other Yamaha, something something letters....only headlite had fairing....no go down, just the style...has been sold...didn't even know about that one being available....

'99 Blackbird $3900 in Kansas, sorry can't get pics to stick.....

The stuff is out there....

CONFIRMING....SR520 reopened....they did ditch work for the portion near USR62, so just some mud and gravel along berm...'till it rains...oop, itz raining.

SR229 near Gambier, also opened .... Culvert replacement (right in the apex) on turn. Concrete patch.

The only remaing issue will be the resurfacing of USR62. From my end, Holmes County line and 22.5 miles of repave....then more sections running past Martinsburg/Utica.

I leave you now....

Early this AM...barricades are DOWN at 520 and 229. I will confirm road is actually open....vs.....Amish boys playing and moving barricades. Smiling.

Will post up Friday, so y'all can plan yer weekend.

'Tis the season, falalala...lah. They ain't messed with 36.......yet.

Glad to see y'all finally have decent riding weather, and on a weekend, no less!

Good to hear from you, peeking thru your exploits. Friends from Ariz and Texas will some times mention that they had to turn on the air conditioner at home....while I am commenting on cold and snow.

Safe travels and have an absolute great time.

Psst....last part.....itza joke son....

Rode the bike in next day 65* going in. 36* at 5AM, gloves not working, so stop at Danville and dig the ice fishing gloves out of back pack. Dug out more gear to layer up even more. Put on rain gear, not raining, but cut the wind kinda thought. More deer, this bunch moving, meaning stopped on highway as the six of 'em crossed in front of me...a parade?

Better than the time outside of Danville when one darted out in front and the SV was sliding from hard braking and then the second deer ran behind me!

Onto happier things....riding in that afternoon, wonderful day...finding more and more road closings and motorists funneled into less and less roads. Lotsa law enforcement 3 sheriffs and a statie in 20 some miles....at least the statie was friendly....she actually got out of her vehicle and stood by it and waved at me. So I waved back and continued on. Nice lady I thought .... If I wasn't running late for work, maybe I woulda stopped and talked.....as I went by, she was even more energetic with her greeting, waved both arms!

Real friendly, I thought.....

Whatever the next deal is that falls in my lap......but, thinking dual sport or Touring bike. Had looked at the big Beemers and the F800GT as well....dual sport, the BMW GS650, or the upgraded new 700.

Maybe just a Ural with side car....and hunt up a machine gun mount and hang something intimidating off of it. /: > )

As always a great read. Enjoyed it and the links....thanks.

Last nite, dinner at Lodge. Enjoyed the view of the lake....fast "Bass" boat zipping along.....squirrels and birds fighting over rites to feeders outside window.....

520 NOT GOOD....saw barricades today....closed. Right now it is closed near USR62. I ran 520 from 514 to Killbuck, turning on the short county road 62A - brings you into Killbuck and pick up SR60 at what passes for the town square.

Wife says heard replacing culverts .... So not sure if that means this one culvert or gonna go up and down the highway digging up the new, last year, pavement.

Gotta love it.

Oh, yeah SR229 closed 2 miles east of Gambier, soon if not now....saw barricades laying for it. Enjoy yer summer!

Nope! Momma was right...standing in the pkg lot and it's 33* and snowing like a son of a gun.....

More dead deer along the road coming home.....how hard do you hafta hit a deer to only have the front quarter laying in the road? AND that was on the Danville-Amity Rd.

Good thing I didn't ride the bike in, huh?

Yepsir, I think new owner will enjoy it....they seem to be motoring folks....although I cautioned them that on their next trip out West, maybe go 2 up on the BMW.....what with the wee widdle gas tank. Still looks good, didn't even wash it from last ride.

Looking at thermometer...I got 68*, but it is raining....think the wife is lying about the snow?

This weekend over....out Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Ride to dinner, breakfast, lunch things, 200 miles each outing. Weather was to be great....Friday evening, run south to old Canal Era village, restored and eateries there. Layered up as expected it to be coolish after sun goes down....wife on her new cruiser. Surprisingly, well maybe not so, the old Shadow has been sold. I barely got it pushed into back of garage and buried when someone called wife about it. Turns out several wanted to know about it. I voted for the blond, blue eyed soccer mom ; >)...itza winner. Hubby showed up on his big Beemer, and was impressed with bike...so itz gone. Thanks 2Tall for the "wholesale" price to begin with....

Friday we cruised along....momma adjusting to the new dynamic 750cc Shadow as I tooled along behind in 3rd gear on the Blackbird (60 or so). Pleasant meal and wandered back home in the twilight, ever aware of moving deer....I only saw all the dead ones....traffic has taken itz toll. Coupla roads closed due to high water, but nothing new here...what do you expect living in the low lands and having beaver building lodges. Momma likes her lites. Bike has a Harley-ish lite bar on it...side lamps to the central regular light. I just entertained myself by dropping back and zooming thru corners when gap presented itself. Can't strafe her anymore as the helmet radio is voice activated and mic picks up the motor noise and she hears me coming...maybe tole y'all about that before.

Saturday, a group outing was set, we were gonna try and catch them at the top of their loop. Never did find them, but enjoyed riding thru the state forest. Noticed I need to pay more attention. I come into turns at a steady pace and ferget she is cruiser....dutifully slowing down entering corner and picking her way thru it...so rapid closing in mid turn. Smile as I think, oooo, what if she was Rossi and I was catching him like this in turns on a race track....wish on. Saturday the state forest and scenery...lunch at a quaint town, more leisurely riding and desert at another quaint town...then cruise on with another stop for coffee. Momma enjoying her new bike with 3 and 1/2 gallon tank. The other one had a peanut tank on it. Looked nice size wise to rest of bike, but 94 miles and you would be pushing it to a driveway, or gas station. Not much range. So the new one with an easy 150 miles and still no reserve light shining. Great!

Roads we travelled in good shape. Found the occasional spring running across the pavement and some evidence of farmers being in and out of fields. Very nice weather and layers not really needed. The one small town got to chit chat with various bikers. Everyone out riding. One group was all family, the son was on the ... I bought it new in 1985, said dad .... Honda Sabre. Very clean bike.

Not sure why they stood up in the restaurant to watch us leave....town had lotsa and lotsa bikes.

Saturday was a good day riding, 1PM 'til around 7PM. Never did find the group I was looking for.

Sunday, late rising, out on the road at 10AM, thinking breakfast run. Wife says where? Looks like clouds that way, go away from them. So about 30 miles later, breakfast. We had to cope with gusting winds, clear skies, but i got pushed all around? Lean in a turn and gust straightened me right up....riding in a straight section and leaning while going straight. Wife mentioned she saw me leaning way over on the straight. Yeah, it'd be like I was up on the roof with a 4X8 sheet of plywood and the wind was blowing. I just planned on wind direction and stayed over in lane for when gust pushed me sideways. After breakfast pointed bikes home and looked for the sheltered roads to return home on...low under hills and lotsa trees between us and wind.

Arriving home...did some chores and....noticed...not so much gusty blowing...."let's go!" Off in yet another direction and warm with gear on. Road closed sign was a lie, water had gone down. Back home again (after an hour or so) and roasting in the gear....looked at thermometer and it said 84*....well no wonder!

More household duties, and then back out on the road...with less layers. Great, great weekend. I'm gonna hate it in the summer, when the lawn needs to be mowed...I'd rather be riding.

Curious phenom....the aforementioned family standing up to watch us leave...and I noticed too, every bike group we went by....like several sitting in gas station all stared as we went by. One guy on the road, turned completely around to look at us.....huh?

Wife said itz suppose to snow Monday, don't ride to work.......

Link sent via other bd....lemme know.

Jack, your mailbox full.....found a fer sale....wanted to send ya a link...

Nope guess it wasn't youse guys....you'd be at the oil patch company? ....the big beaver lodge swamp.....sorry I missed ya. And UP too, wasn't sure he was alive any more....ha!