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6月2日 20080601-Great US Road Trip03rd June 2008 (Tuesday) - From Middletown, Maryland to Palmerton, Pennsylvania
220 miles. Visited Gettysburg. Had lunch in Amish coutry near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Rode through Intercourse, Pennsylvania. Details later...
02nd June 2008 (Monday) - From Marlinton, West Virginia to Middletown, Maryland
334 miles.
The route north today covered some old favourites from previous G-Rallies in West Virginia. Trip started east from Old Clark Inn on US 39, then north on WV 28 past Green Bank radio telescope, which also passed Bartow (Hermitage Motel), our 2004 rally site, as well as Seneca Rocks (4-U Motel), one of the fall mini-Rally sites.
We then detoured on Smoke Hole Road, which was close to yet another previous G-Rally site. This road was as tight as I remembered, and we were finally glad to emerge at US 220. We rejoined WV 55 at Petersburg, and given the time, we made haste.
A lot of "inter-slab" riding (highways) after that just to make up the time after dallying that long in the mountains... and the wrong directions received over the phone towards the end didn't help. Luckily, I had seen the map on Mapquest earlier, so that finally got us there. 260 miles.
The day started overcast. It was a long way to go so we had to use the Interstate highways to make time.
From Slade KY, started off the (Bert Combs) Mountain Parkway to Salyersville KY, then US Route 460 (US 460) on to US Route 23 (US 23) before finally getting Interstate highway route 64 (I-64) to Charleston, WV.
From Charleston WV, I-64 and I-77 merge on to a tolled highway going southeast (I-64/I-77). We got off at West Virginia Route 612 (WV 612) to get to "Mountaineer Expressway" US Route 19 (US 19) going north before getting off at Mount Nebo to head eastwards to avoid Summersville which is known for policed speed traps.
We took the Old Nicholas Road (WV 13), which turned into a single track road - *shock* - with just enough gravel shoulder for two vehicles to pass side by side. This road was interesting, running deep through the forest, and at some points, the canopy got so thick it became dark, which sometimes makes it difficult to pick out a clean path between the gravel.
Finally got on to West Virginia Route 20 (WV 20), but luck wasn't on our side... the storm we had seen approaching in the distance had finally caught up with us. Even with the raincoats on, we got a bit of a drenching.
Ride through the Monogahela National Forest on West Virginia Route 39 was great... This route rises to over 3300 feet, and offered plenty of long winding roads with smooth fast curves though beautiful forest, and winding curves as it climbed up and down with the elevation changes..
US 219 north to Marlinton was also good and we reached the Old Clark Inn in Marlinton WV. The riding day ended with 260 miles on the clock.
Old Clark Inn is nice, homey, biker friendly, free WiFi internet access.
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