Men's Fall Trip 2016 Ohio

[the Ferret]

Day 6 we had the Blue loop left to do. This loop took us into the northwest corner of West Virginia. This loop basically centered around 3 roads, a ferry and a restaurant. Two of these roads I have ridden several times, a third I had partially ridden but riding it end to end was a great surprise.

From the hotel we only had to go about ½ mile to pick up I 77south and take I -77 down about 12 miles I think to exit #174 Route 47. We would follow 47 south to Linn. Take 33/118 west to Rt 16 and Rt 16 north to Rt 2. Rt 2 we would take to Sistersville W. Va take the Sistersville Ferry across the Ohio River to Fly, ohio, eat at the Riverview restaurant then take Rt 7 back to the hotel.

Rt 47 in W. Va has been one of my favorite roads for years as has 33/119, both just great riding roads with plenty of curves and some surprising downhill U turn type turns. 33/119 just a nice sweeper road. The big surprise turned out to be Rt 16 which was an awesome sweeper back and forth ribbon of a road for about 80 miles. A great “rhythm” road ... lean left, pivot on axis, lean right, pivot on axis and repeat continuously for 2 hours straight. Everyone just loved this road. It is one of the top 4 or 5 roads I have ridden in this country. That’s saying a lot. It was disappointing when it dead ended into Rt 2. The ride on 2 was just a straight road up one side of the river where we caught the Ferry across to Fly.

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At the top of the ferry landing on the opposite side is a cool little restaurant that serves great diner food called the River View Restaurant. That’s where we had a late lunch and watch river traffic out the windows facing the water.

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After lunch it was a 35 mile ride down Rt 7 to Marietta and the hotel.

Total mileage for today 220 miles

Dinner was again at the Wings place (This time I actually had wings lol)

Here are some misc riding pictures from the trip

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Tomorrow we would start for home and I had a special side trip planned. One more day to go

stay tuned