Subject: RCR Trip Report (medium version) Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 18:04:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Morris Berman Reply-To: east@dnrc.bell-labs.com To: Multiple recipients of list Left the DC area at 1800 Thursday evening. Crossed White's Ferry over the Potomac to pick up 50 West. Several wonderful twisties on 50, too bad it was dark and we're in the midst of many deer. Unfortunately we discovered that there is not a single open gas station between Romney, WV and Grafton, WV at 0100 on a Friday morning. Fortunately, we were able to just make it to Grafton and get a full tank. We then pulled out onto the slab to make Charleston that night. Found a room in Charleston for $10.00 off because it was "the weekend." Went to sleep around 0400. Left Charleston in the morning on US119. Ate at a little diner in Dingess, WV and decided to start playing a little. When asked about "this road on the map." The locals said, "Nope, no route number and no name, just hang two lefts." So we did. Between Dingess and Parsley we found an unsigned single lane tunnel about the width of a single car garage with water seeping through the roof and dripping onto us. The tunnel also sported a several inch high strip down the middle and several inch deep troughs on the sides. You could not ride down the middle as the center ridge was narrower than the tire. After successfully passing this WV test, we took US119 west to KY. US119 in KY would be a some of fun except it was loaded with truck and car traffic. We slabbed it along the KY toll roads out to RCR arriving at about midnight (I believe that makes us the latest MC arrivals this year). Greatly enjoyed all the events of the weekend. We then headed back to DC. Only allowing 1 day we chose to slab it, with the exception of East of Charleston. US60 Southeast of Charleston starts out kind of boring but quickly gets into switchbacks and twisties as it climbs and descends the river bank. A recommended road. We then slabbed it back to DC for a total of 818 miles on Sunday in 14.5 hours. After riding my friend RF900 for 1/2 hour, the GPz felt like it had highway pegs! Thanks again Martyn. -Mb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Morris Berman, mberman@capaccess.org '96 Kawasaki GPz1100 (DoD #1237), Scuba, Skiing, AMA (M/C) #446884 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No one is responsible for what I say...well, OK, maybe me. -=-=-=-=-=> PGP Key Available Upon Request, MIME Messages Accepted <=-=-=-=-=- Managers are like cats in a litter box. They're always rearranging trying to cover up what they've done. --Scott Adams