Beyond The Pavement
On Thursday, loaded up the bike and headed out towards Waldo.
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Fried Bologna sandwich, yum!
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On through central Ohio on the backroads
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Passed a covered bridge no longer over water…
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More backroads…
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Getting closer to Marietta
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Made it to the hotel- 5 ½ hours, 201 miles
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Met up with friends and off to dinner at Wings, Etc next door
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Friday morning, and had a lovely group of friends to go on an adventure with!
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And off we go to explore off the pavement
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The merry crew smiling after the first of many fun roads!
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Beautiful roads, beautiful trees, just tootling along, enjoying the breeze
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We contemplated crossing the river here; but we didn’t, water was too high.
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These bikes are outstanding in the field…
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Woo hoo!!!!
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The road of water crossings was, surprisingly, not as wet as I had expected or hoped.
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There were some… and they were still fun!
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Passed a covered bridge…
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GEESE!
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Yes!! Now THAT’S what I want for a water puddle!!!
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Deep enough that it rained down on me as I went through!
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My new favorite road in the area!!
Pulled over for a bit of a break.
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Had a “spicy kitty” pass behind us on the road we had just ridden
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Had a rider with a slight oops…
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And then another…
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Both riders are okay and made it home!
Some nice roads in the back country…
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Back to the hotel- 5 ½ hours and 100 miles.
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Bike was dirty, that shows a fun day of riding!
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Walked to the Mexican restaurant for dinner with friends.
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3 margaritas later… this cup made me laugh!
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Decided Saturday morning to load up and head home. The day was going to be wet, and Sunday didn’t forecast for anything better. Passed some bicentennial barns
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Stopped at the Big Musky Bucket
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Backroads were wet, but still enjoyable
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Swung through Centerburg, and found the Geographical Center of Ohio
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Was about to be intercepted by some hard rain…
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Almost home, fairly dry, and another storm in the distance
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Trying to race to the garage before the wall of water hits
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Safe in the garage- 5 hours, 215 miles
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Oh, and the day early made it so I was able to watch the Kentucky Derby Saturday evening- WOW!
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And didn't have to rush around on Sunday evening, because I had forgotten to prep and make some horseshoes before I left, and I had these horses to shoe on Monday morning...
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A wonderful, albeit short, weekend of riding and hanging out with friends. Some much needed therapy.
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