02-15-2017, 07:14 AM
(02-15-2017, 07:03 AM)Nortoon_imp Wrote: These are some of the most challenging and interesting roads that I ride. The are have all the qualities that I look for in a motorcycle friendly road: little traffic, great scenery, hills, twisty corners, rivers, lakes and swamps.+1 on the turkeys. Most everything else can be managed by where and when you ride, but those turkeys can appear out of nowhere at any time.
Everybody on these rural roads drives a 4x4 pick-up truck. They know the road and ride it quickly, something like those dang bikers. I keep right going up hills or around blind corners in the bush.
The wild life is more dangerous. I had a black bear run in front of me, a few deer, and a lot of suicidal chipmunks and red squirrels. But the worst are those dumb wild turkeys. They see you coming, but don't move. I drove right up to one, stopped, and honked the horn before he would move. As I about to start up I looked in my mirrors. All I could see was the big chrome grill of a black 4x4 pick-up truck.