[29th nomad]

As riders we all have that place/road where we love to go and it seems like it is just yours almost every time you go there. Lots of twists, nature, great smells, and best of all, very few cars. I would like to hear about some of the ones that you guys like.

Here in Ft. Lauderdale, I take 595 to 75 north and hit alligator alley and turn north towards Billie swamp safari (they do airboat rides, gator tours, etc). It is the heart of Everglades like country and you can lose yourself in there for hours. I like to take that ride whenever I can, unfortunately with my wife just giving birth to our second I haven't been out there in quite a few months. I guess I just want to live vicariously through you guys for a bit. ;D

Safe riding!

 

[bekohlko]

My favorite ride is Hwy 45 South out of Fond du Lac, WI down to Kewaskum. Then take 28 East for a couple miles to the Kettle Moraine State Forest Scenic Drive. Follow that North almost to Hwy 23, but instead of taking the highway back, I take Country Rd T back into Fond du Lac. It's about a 90 minute ride straight through, but I usually stop at least once or twice in the state forest to do some hiking and go exploring.

 

[11Stryker]

I live in the heart of the Finger Lakes in NYS. there are 11 lakes here with 5 of them that make a nice daily ride. the other 6 are small and can do multiple lakes in a day.

 

[AHam]

Mine is riding Vashon Island's back roads. I can spend an entire day riding the island then stop off for great pizza before catching the ferry back. I got some cool lighthouse pics and pics of Mt. Ranier.

 

[sfcmcgan]

Mine is riding Vashon Island's back roads. I can spend an entire day riding the island then stop off for great pizza before catching the ferry back. I got some cool lighthouse pics and pics of Mt. Ranier.

Aham... how far from Vashon do you live? I am just down the road... Vashon is a nice area!

 

[toby]

Where I live I just go out my drive way and have 30 miles in any direction of mountain road that you rarely see another vehicle. And the wild life own the roads. We have everything from wild turkeys, pigs, eagles, fox, more deer than crows, black birds and turkey hawks, cows and even an occasional horse in the road. I have managed to hit only one small deer on my bike and one encounter with a bear. My favorite place is 6 miles up the hill to Grizzly Peak. And we also live 40 miles from hwy 101 and The Avenue Of The Giants, the Redwoods. Also hwy 36 Mad River and Ruth Lake are 30 miles east of us. And hwy 299 Whiskey-town Lakes. Oh ya and I might mention, I haven't seen one yet but we are only 6 miles from Six Rivers National Forest where the most resent sightings of Big Foot are. If I see one I will try to get pics and post them or just tie some beef jurkey to my bike and make him follow me home.lol.

 

[Jeremyf073]

Anywhere in northern Arkansas. Its a long way from Houston but better than any roads we have here.

 

[29th nomad]

Toby,

Gotta say that I am envious of your location. What bike were you on when you hit the deer?

 

[AHam]

Aham... how far from Vashon do you live? I am just down the road... Vashon is a nice area!

I live in Bremerton. We'll have to hit the island sometime...

 

[toby]

Toby,

Gotta say that I am envious of your location. What bike were you on when you hit the deer?

We were 2 up on the old Virago 750 2 summers ago. It was a small one maybe 3 -4 months old. In the Van Du-zen area near Mad River there is a small community of about 40 cabins. And they feed the deer so they hang around in large groups. There were deer on both sides of the road. I was going 15 or 20 mph. It was dusk. As I started to go past I didn't see the little one on the far side of it's mother. Just as I got next to the mother it ran from under her and in front of me. No time to react. Popped my front in the air balanced the bike rear tire mushed it and slammed my front end down. Stopped turned around saw it laying in the road thought, well there's dinner, but it got up and hobbled off the road. A rancher was out an said he would take care of it cause it was on his property an he already has one with a broken leg. But I think it was his dinner.

 

[toby]

Toby,

Gotta say that I am envious of your location. What bike were you on when you hit the deer?

We were 2 up on the old Virago 750 2 summers ago. It was a small one maybe 3 -4 months old. In the Van Du-zen area near Mad River there is a small community of about 40 cabins. And they feed the deer so they hang around in large groups. There were deer on both sides of the road. I was going 15 or 20 mph. It was dusk. As I started to go past I didn't see the little one on the far side of it's mother. Just as I got next to the mother it ran from under her and in front of me. No time to react. Popped my front in the air balanced the bike rear tire mushed it and slammed my front end down. Stopped turned around saw it laying in the road thought, well there's dinner, but it got up and hobbled off the road. A rancher was out an said he would take care of it cause it was on his property an he already has one with a broken leg. But I think it was his dinner.

Pictures of favorite spot near where I hit the dear.

 

[ktourville]

My favorite is Rt 100 through the Green mountains of Vermont. The road goes from Mass. to Canada through Smugglers Notch, Stowe, several State parks and weaves it's way through the mountains all the way.

 

[toby]

Another favorite place The Avenue Of The Giants. Redwoods.

 

[strykenshane]

My favorite ride is from my house (douglasville, ga) down to Warm Springs, ga, bout a 60 mile ride with lots of open road and small towns, I also like to ride over to Little River Canyon near Ft Payne, Al, it's about 90 miles all back roads

 

[sfcmcgan]

Aham... how far from Vashon do you live? I am just down the road... Vashon is a nice area!

I live in Bremerton. We'll have to hit the island sometime...

Absolutlely!

 

[straightjacket]

This is gonna sound sad but so far one of my favorite rides is comming home from work??? On my way in I just shoot down the freeway, but on a nice sunny afternoon I cut through the mountians out of Santa Rosa/Windsor, head into Calistoga, up through Cobb, around Clearlake and home. Most of the twisties, and thats ALL the way home, were repaved last year, it's like a race track! There's cars, but lost of passing lanes. Beutiful ride! Atleast three mountian passes, two to three counties, nothing but farms, wineries, redwoods(little ones)the big ones are up by Toby! and comming over the last pass and seeing the lake allways means I'll be home in 20.
The commute sucks! But when I take the bike,,,It's all golden! ;D

Toby, This spring I need to get up your way on the bike. I've allways wanted to ride through the Giants! I'm thinking up close to you, through the avenue get a pic in the drive through tree on the bike, over to the coast, down 101, and back over through boonville would be a nice little ride?

 

[toby]

This is gonna sound sad but so far one of my favorite rides is comming home from work??? On my way in I just shoot down the freeway, but on a nice sunny afternoon I cut through the mountians out of Santa Rosa/Windsor, head into Calistoga, up through Cobb, around Clearlake and home. Most of the twisties, and thats ALL the way home, were repaved last year, it's like a race track! There's cars, but lost of passing lanes. Beutiful ride! Atleast three mountian passes, two to three counties, nothing but farms, wineries, redwoods(little ones)the big ones are up by Toby! and comming over the last pass and seeing the lake allways means I'll be home in 20.
The commute sucks! But when I take the bike,,,It's all golden! ;D

Toby, This spring I need to get up your way on the bike. I've allways wanted to ride through the Giants! I'm thinking up close to you, through the avenue get a pic in the drive through tree on the bike, over to the coast, down 101, and back over through boonville would be a nice little ride?

Yes that sounds good. I say for bikers these hwys up here are paradise except for winter it gets a bit cold but you can understand why we try not to put the bikes in hibernation. I guess we will be riding those newly paved roads, race track, you are talking about because we are going to San Rafael after Upper Lake tomorrow. ;D

 

[richard3]

Oak Glen California, five minute ride and I am going in the hills filled with lots of twisties, apple orchards, and alot of cider mills still operating since the early 1900 s, and all the mountain riding I can handle, Lake Arrowhead, Big bear mountain, Idal wild, all just a five minute ride or less before it gets really fun, I am in Yucaipa Ca, a great location to be in.

 

[29th nomad]

Great posts! Always interesting to hear about the diverse places to unwind and get back to nature