Merlin Orr Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Last week I was called to work the (terrible) damages caused by the recent tornado outbreak in Tennessee. I have a very large area I am working in that basically covers the West end of the state. I have been driving several hundred miles a day - mostly down little country back roads. The scenery is so nice I find myself tooling along at 40 mph most of the time....... Damn this is pretty country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I did the same thing when I worked for Qwest Communications before I retired. I covered about 5K square miles and loved taking the back roads. I enjoyed the scenery of rural New Mexico. met a lot of really nice folks. You know you are on the rural roads when folks wave as you pass them on the road. I soon discovered that there were two or three ways to get anywhere. Wonderful memories. Way better than being stuck in an office. CYa, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket35 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I was thinking the same thing last fall when I took some new routes to matches! Gotta take time to smell the roses- so to speak...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I've smelled the roses .... good way to get stung by a bee Too bad all we have here in the back-roads of Ohio / Indiana is CORN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Santiago Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Last week I was called to work the (terrible) damages caused by the recent tornado outbreak in Tennessee. I have a very large area I am working in that basically covers the West end of the state. I have been driving several hundred miles a day - mostly down little country back roads. The scenery is so nice I find myself tooling along at 40 mph most of the time....... Damn this is pretty country. yup. looks great on a motorcycle. I'd rather take an a$$-whipping than the highway on a motorcycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 We could arrange that. Besides ...... whats wrong with the highway on a motorcycle ... on the back-roads of Ohio ... in the middle of Very Big Bug Season ... with no helmet on ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Santiago Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 We could arrange that. Besides ...... whats wrong with the highway on a motorcycle ... on the back-roads of Ohio ... in the middle of Very Big Bug Season ... with no helmet on ? highways, interstates.... bleeehhh... boring. much nicer seeing the small towns, family-owned restaurants that you don't see from the interstate. big bugs? hmmm, the biggest would be the cicadas a couple years ago. kinda like getting hit with a cream-filled donut. southeast ohio.... hocking hills..... great riding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I used to run a course on a highway(St Rt 26) behind my house. So many turns and twists my brakes and tires would be smokin at the end. Being young and dumb I went for lower times every run. Car & Driver voted it one of the 10 best roads in the country so I was very lucky to live there. Its in Southeast OH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I've smelled the roses .... good way to get stung by a bee Too bad all we have here in the back-roads of Ohio / Indiana is CORN! When 45DV8 and I came up that way to shoot last year, we thought the whole drive was fantastic. And personally I love the gigantic corn fields there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Merlin, Thanks for bring this up. All too often we are in too big of a hurry to take the back roads. I love them. A few years ago, We decided to take the back road from Birmingham, AL to where we were camping at Lake Guntersville near Huntsville. We came across the oldest covered bridge in Alabama still in use. There's not much like rural Alabama in the Springtime. dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nesbitt Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Back roads are great. BillS, We take Rt 26 to an IDPA match at Fort Harmer. We come in from The Woodsfield end. Too bad I sold my Supra and now drive it in a 4-Runner. When we go to the Carolina Cup we take a state route across lower Virginia and across the Blue Ridge Mountains. Some of it is 4 lane but it is back road 4 lane. Little stores beside the road and stuff like that. It's a relaxing drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 This is a beautiful country! We just take if for granted sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I used to run a course on a highway(St Rt 26) behind my house. So many turns and twists my brakes and tires would be smokin at the end. Being young and dumb I went for lower times every run. Car & Driver voted it one of the 10 best roads in the country so I was very lucky to live there. Its in Southeast OH. Went right into my home town. It wasn't even the best in the area, must have been all the further C&D ever got. Backroads and nice towns are great. (Jenny gets car sick. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Oh...speaking of backroads...Rayner's this Sunday....shotgun on the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Ah, back roads. I used to date a tall lanky blonde who used to love driving back roads starkers. All that room in her '66 Mercedes 260. I have never looked at backroads the same way again. We even drove the back way to Vegas that way and went skinnydipping in one of those water tanks they have for the cattle they run out that way. Lucky for us we never got stopped by the CHP. Would have been a little embarrassing. Ah, back roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Payne Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 My wife and I go to the RM3G shoot in Raton NM. We take a motor home just so we can take our time, go the road less traveled, and see the different scenery. Leave a couple of days early and slow things down a little in life. Makes for a great vacation. Life gets so busy sometimes, it is nice to slow it down and learn how to be human again. Stopped to help a stranger change a flat tire for the first time in years. Felt good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Back roads are great. BillS, We take Rt 26 to an IDPA match at Fort Harmer. We come in from The Woodsfield end. Too bad I sold my Supra and now drive it in a 4-Runner. Bill The Marietta to Woodsfield run is the best. Thats where I grew up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nesbitt Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Back roads are great. BillS, We take Rt 26 to an IDPA match at Fort Harmer. We come in from The Woodsfield end. Too bad I sold my Supra and now drive it in a 4-Runner. Bill The Marietta to Woodsfield run is the best. Thats where I grew up. Bill, We live south of Barnesville in St Rt 800. We drive 26 to the new Fort Harmar range which is a few miles out of Marietta on 26. Fun drive. It used to be more fun in my Supra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 I used to spend summers on my uncles farm in The Ozarks. I learned to drive when I was 12 on those back roads. Great memories but none like JimmyZip. I would find a terrapin from time to time crossing the road and stop, get out, and paint a # on it. My uncle or one of his friends would call up the house and say, "We found # 5". Pretty fun stuff for a 12 YO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatland Shooter Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Too bad all we have here in the back-roads of Ohio / Indiana is CORN! For the history buffs, Indiana and Ohio have dozens of old covered bridges still in use. Most folks have never seen one. A nice diversion driving the back roads. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maineshootah Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 Last week I was called to work the (terrible) damages caused by the recent tornado outbreak in Tennessee. I have a very large area I am working in that basically covers the West end of the state. I have been driving several hundred miles a day - mostly down little country back roads. The scenery is so nice I find myself tooling along at 40 mph most of the time....... Damn this is pretty country. yup. looks great on a motorcycle. I'd rather take an a$$-whipping than the highway on a motorcycle. If you love the motorcycle, try a bicycle. I rode my recumbent "think lawnchair on wheels" from Canada to Key West, FL. average speed on the flats were 14 mph. Now that is a great way to see the country. So may great places, great spaces, great views.. followed by an unchained do that just wanted a big chuck out of my calf. .. GOD BLESS THE USA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Santiago Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 (edited) Too bad all we have here in the back-roads of Ohio / Indiana is CORN! For the history buffs, Indiana and Ohio have dozens of old covered bridges still in use. Most folks have never seen one. A nice diversion driving the back roads. Bill I've been on several 'covered bridge' rides that visit many of the covered bridges here in SW Ohio. Some are still in use; some aren't. One ride the wife and I took was the back roads of southern IN and into Ky. We stopped at a general store and checked out a horse and buggy that was tied up outside. When we walked out of the store the horse and buggy owners were over checking out our motorcycle. not too many horse and buggies or little country stores on the interstates. Edited February 17, 2008 by pas44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 For the history buffs, Indiana and Ohio have dozens of old covered bridges still in use. Most folks have never seen one. A nice diversion driving the back roads.Bill >>> Try this link here for covered bridges in Ohio<<< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Santiago Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 For the history buffs, Indiana and Ohio have dozens of old covered bridges still in use. Most folks have never seen one. A nice diversion driving the back roads.Bill >>> Try this link here for covered bridges in Ohio<<< Excellent Chris!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted February 17, 2008 Share Posted February 17, 2008 For the history buffs, Indiana and Ohio have dozens of old covered bridges still in use. Most folks have never seen one. A nice diversion driving the back roads.Bill >>> Try this link here for covered bridges in Ohio<<< Cool the Hills/Hildreth in Washington Co is where I used to run qualifications. See how twisty 26 is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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