Subject: Re: directions
From: blakeward@juno.com
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 03:14:52 -0400 (EDT)

Laura asked:

>> It's probably too early to ask this, but Mapquest(tm) is useless for
> >planning a motorcycle trip.  Can anyone suggest a non-highway route

> >from northern NJ to the Riders Roost in Ferguson, NC?

And Josh answered:

>spend the moderate sum to get Map-N-Go or Street Atlas by
>DeLorme. It'll let you play with routes really easily.


Well, Mr. Bill "Grasshopper" Leavitt mocked me for posing just that
question, but I've started a little mini-list for people who might be
going down from the greater Philly/Trenton areas. Shall I put your name
on?
MNG is OK as far as it goes, but Street Atlas is The Shit. It has given
me a wonderful initial route down, and it included the southern half of
the Blue Ridge Parkway without my even asking -- how considerate!
Dave Petke and I discovered on the way to Kentucky that a slab route out
to Charles Town, WVa, was a convenient way to leave all the crap behind
quickly (about 3.5 hours from my place in Langhorne) and get to the good
stuff. Interestingly, when I had it plot an all-backroads route, it
duplicated exactly my route to Camp Wetmar and went on from there.
Anyway, total trip is 626 miles in 15 hours, subject to endless
discussion and revision. From Charles Town it is based heavily on Routes
259, 42, 43 and the BRP dancing along the VA/WVa border.
BTW, if you've got a detailed enough map, the Roost is actually just
south of Ferguson in Elkville, near the junction of 268 and SR1162/Elk
Creek Road.

Blake Johnson      '92 Yamaha FJ1200     DoD #1257
blakeward@juno.com        (blake@newschoice.com)

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