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[eSONG]

A few buddies and I are doing a long weekend moto trip to WV this weekend.  This week was the longest week ever waiting for Friday to arrive.  We leave after work today.  We are planning to camp at Green Ridge Forrest in MD as our 'base camp' and then do day rides in WV during the days.  These are our planned routes.  Ride report soon to follow.



 

[Steve-H]

 
 

[Mastros2]

eSONG, you have great ride reports!  I'll be waiting! Will you be on the KTM?

[eSONG]

packed and ready to go.


we arrive at green ridge state forest


yummmm..beef jerky does a body good.


feels like home


at least one person has their priorities straight.  yuengling, don't leave home w/o it.


got some firewood - we only paid $20 for all the wood we could carry on our bikes.  sweet!


a ducati hauling firewood?  you don't see that too often..




aerostich power net is damn strong...




went out for a quick ride before dinner.


dinner is served.  chicken dogs wrapped in fresh cut bacon from the local shop.  yumm.


seneca rocks






Leaving the Midway Exxon..


Follow the keg.






Found some tight backroads




Saw plenty of 20mph advisory curves.


What a beautiful day to ride.


US219... this way for some amazing roads.




DSH's ducati monster ahead of me.


i wish the day would never end.






oops.  a close call.  road goes right, but everyone proceeds to go straight.  


time to test your emergency braking skills.


...and moving on.


typical small town we passed through.  i made sure to slow down to the posted speed limit in these areas.  


The last day of our trip.  After some Bob Evans breakfast, we head off towards home.


The bikes feel so heavy compared to yesterday's ride.


I'm not sure what area this is, but it was gorgeous.  


More nice weather, and awesome twisties.  WV does not disappoint.


Oops.  Wrong turn.  We are not crossing that...


Going up the mountain, things get pretty tight.  Here's a 10mph advisory curve.


It's hard to know when we should pull over with so many nice roads ahead of us.




typical tight, winding WV roads...  




Can't wait to go back.  WV rocks.  

[chornbe]

Ah... I recognize this post from NES! Howdy.  

[Rincewind]

Awesome pics.  Were you using a Hero wide cam for the ride shots?

[eSONG]

Ah... I recognize this post from NES! Howdy.  

 

Awesome pics.  Were you using a Hero wide cam for the ride shots?

yes.

[Mastros2]

I may head down to wv for a long fall weekend.  Very nice!  Thanks for the share eSONG!

[eSONG]

I may head down to wv for a long fall weekend.  Very nice!  Thanks for the share eSONG!

If you've never been down there, you must go.  It's well worth it.

song.

[nevinfs327]

Thanks for posting the report and pics.  I'm hoping to do a similar trip this summer.  Did you find the Green Ridge Forest to be a good home base for hitting WV twisties or would you have been better off further south/west?  Also, did you have a walk-in site or just camp in the woods.  Doesn't look like the usual state park drive in spot (no campers around - a good thing).  Also liked that you could get beer in there in quantity and in plain site.  

[ZED]

Cool.  Motards are fun.  The Keg's a nice touch.

[jfusaro]

very cool report, your priority's are straight I see

[olderigetfasteriam]

With little time to ride these days I sure enjoyed your report. Thanks.

[eSONG]

Thanks for posting the report and pics.  I'm hoping to do a similar trip this summer.  Did you find the Green Ridge Forest to be a good home base for hitting WV twisties or would you have been better off further south/west?  Also, did you have a walk-in site or just camp in the woods.  Doesn't look like the usual state park drive in spot (no campers around - a good thing).  Also liked that you could get beer in there in quantity and in plain site.  

The better roads are further SW, but since we are coming from the Philly area, getting there is doable after work on a Friday night.  Green Ridge works well for us for quick 3 day trips.  Any longer, we probably would've gone further SW into WV.  Green Ridge has designated campsites, about 100 total.  Also, park rangers make rounds at night.  The campsite we picked is accessible via a small dirt road.

[Mastros2]

The better roads are further SW, but since we are coming from the Philly area, getting there is doable after work on a Friday night.  Green Ridge works well for us for quick 3 day trips.  Any longer, we probably would've gone further SW into WV.  Green Ridge has designated campsites, about 100 total.  Also, park rangers make rounds at night.  The campsite we picked is accessible via a small dirt road.

Sounds like a plan.  Thanks for all the info!

[eSONG]

...and it's only $10 a night!  btw, if you get there late at night and the ranger station is closed, you can pick your campsite, fill out a slip and drop it with your cash into a drop box.

[1KPerDay]

Nice pics. Thanks!

[eSONG]

a nice way to spend the day...roughly 300 miles  

[eSONG]

Only 8 days left until we head south to Deal's Gap... I'm expecting about 2900 miles in about 10 days, an average of about 300 backroad twisty miles per day.  We're planning to hotel/camp roughly 50/50.  We reserved a nice cabin (with a hot tub!) in Cherokee, NC when we spend 3 nights there.  I'm hoping to try my luck at the local casino too.  And lots and lots and lots of BBQ joints along the way...  Can't wait!  



I'll be taking the KTM again. It's usually more fun in the tight twisties than my R1.

[tpierce (MP)]

Pretty sure this is the pic that is in the latest Aerostitch catalog.  Looks like lots of fun.