Sunday morning small towns tour

[the Ferret]

Once I hit 52 at Higgensport I turned west headed back towards home. Higgensport has no traffic lights but it does have wildlife. I no sooner got up to speed and a whitetail doe sprinted across the road followed by a fawn. Had plenty of clearance so I never even slowed down, all of a sudden another one squirts out of the underbrush. Almost got this one

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anyhow, this is "downtown" Higgensport

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Like I said Rt 52 follows the Ohio river. At one time someone had a pretty nice stone house over looking the river. It has been abandoned as long as I can remember. once someone started fixing it up, cutting the grass and getting rid of the ivy and just as quickly they abandoned it again.

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not a mile down the road, this guy built this huge house that looks like a paddle wheeler

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Next town east is Chilo. No lights, one intersection... and a Dairy Isle where the guy smokes his own BBQ (see the pink pig on the left?). Pretty good too. It is only open from May to Sept or October

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Being a beautiful day and this being a scenic Byway, there are generally hordes of bikes going both east and west from Cincinnati and Portsmouth. Mostly Harleys in groups of 5 to 15. Some waved back, some didn't.

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Next town west is Neville. No lights, I post office, 1 church and a few houses

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Remember when I said there were foundations built on dry stack creek and river rock. here is one such barn

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Next town west is Moscow.. 2 claims to fame. About 2 years ago a devastating tornado went thru Moscow and destroyed about 60 % of the village. It is also home to the Zimmer Coal fired/Nuclear Power Plant.

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The next town west is the town closest to my house. New Richmond. No lights in town but there are 2 out on Rt 52 which actually bypasses the main drag now.
New Richmond's claim to fame is it's history with the underground railroad and it's mid summer celebration called River Days. About 8 years ago we got this uppity little café that served Paninis and upscale meals called the Front Street Cafe. Nobody gave this place a chance of surviving the first year. I mean it's hoity-toity for this county. It has surprised everyone by not only making it , but flourishing. Great place to eat. You should have seen how busy it was during last years floods. All the sight seerers from the city stopped to eat there. River was probably 2 feet from making it to the front steps of the café.

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These are the biggest towns for 30 miles around me. Great riding roads, very little traffic and a bunch of little farming and river towns. Probably boring for those who like "action" but we kind of like it here. Perfect for a bike like the CB 1100.

Thanks for riding along.


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