We started with about a 60 mile ride south, down Hwy-7. Then made a loop back north via 164 and 123. We crossed back over 7 and went east on 16. Then took 254 and 27 to Marshall, and 27 and 14 up to Yellville. From there, we went to the Bull Shoals-White River State Park. Then back to Marble Falls. It turned out to be a 286 mile long figure 8.
I'd say it was the best day of riding that I have ever had. 286 miles of 20,30, and 40 MPH corners. The scenery was fantastic! The condition of the roads were super! It was better than last years ride across northern California on highway 36. It reminded me of both California and the Black Hills of South Dakota.
We did run through some interestingly named small towns. Places like Snow, Yellville, Welcome Home, Morning Star, and Evening Star. I saw a few signs for towns we didn't drive through, Gassville, Snowball, Deer and Nail.
A few pictures from today....
A single lane bridge over Big Piney Creek... The creek's pretty dry...
I pushed my riding and really raised my confidence level. I rubbed off a bit of the strips left on the side of my tires. I never touched any hard parts though.
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Looks like some nice roads and scenery in your area. Good pics Erik.
ReplyDeleteI'd really like to have a week to ride around down here. Too bad it's 900+ miles from home!
DeleteBeautiful pics and it sounds like perfect weather.
ReplyDeleteSome people don't realize that with ATGATT it is nice to ride in sweet spot of temperatures, not cold, but not too darn hot either.
I agree on the temperature sweet spot! I'd much rather be cool than warm. The riding and weather have been perfect. So much better than the rain we had in '09 and '10.
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