I should have put a waypoint in the GPS at my U-turn point, then later got on Blue Creek Rd, get as close as I could to my waypoint and try to see where I had been. Had I gone another 500 feet I may have seen if / how it joined Blue Creek Rd. That's what I was trying to do, but the standing water got too intimidating so I pulled a U-turn. Another half mile and it would T right into Blue Creek Rd. If you continue west past the bridge it's pretty easy to see it goes another 1000 feet or more, then heads northwest to mimic the curve of the creek / river. Then where it crosses the creek or river you can see the bridge. The road is nearly invisible on the satellite image at this point. Continuing southwest, as I did, it's heading towards a creek or river. You may notice a pretty easy to see lane that shoots off northwest near this location, that's just a driveway. It shows that the road goes about another 500-1000 feet and then stops, but when you're riding it the road just keeps going. At that point you can go east on Combs Rd or West/Southwest staying on Elkinsville Rd. Elkinsville Rd comes from the north, through Elkinsville, continues south about 500 feet. Not sure the smartest way to tell you.but here's the long way! I can see on Mapquest Satellite image where I think I was. Advice and constructive criticism welcomed. I hope to do this ride again and get some more roads mixed in, and put together a good GPS track to utilize in the future. I grabbed a 10pm dinner at this fancy restaurant, and after a 360 mile day, I called it a night. It was dark, temps quickly dropped into the 30's, and with no winscreen and 70mph, it was getting cold. A stuck bike would have been a huge problem.ģ0 more miles of fun twisties, then I grabbed SR 37 to start my 100 mile northern bound ride home. It was near dark, I was 200 miles from home and by myself. OK, next time I won't push it quite so much. With the stress it seemed like it was one mile out from the bridge, but on the return it felt like 10 miles back. At the bottom I turned to head back to the bridge, nearly dropping the bike and nearly getting stuck several times. After a 100 yard climb that was muddy and soft I bearily made it to the top only to find it led no where.CRAP!!.back down, slipping and sliding. Figuring higher ground meant less mud I headed up. I saw a truck wide path shooting up a hill. Then there were some little puddles.then bigger ones.then ones so big I better keep up my momentum.the bike was nearly getting stuck, it was getting slick, and if I would stop I worried I couldn't get going again.I looked farther ahead and there was a section that was water for 100 isn't happening. It was great dirt 2 track the first quarter mile, surrounded by woods and next to a creek. The road switched from gravel to dirt at this point. The bridge had a half closed gate on the far side but no signage regarding trespassing or private party so I pressed on.after what happened next the next time I'm in this situation I'll error to caution. I came across a bridge, pics below, on a road that MapSource had told me went through to my next road. This place's decor shows it's support for the motorcyclists that enjoy this area and served great home made lemonade and home made pies.the Peanut Butter Pie was killer:Īfter my 4pm lunch it was back to gravel and paved twisties. Lunch was at 58 Cafe, on SR 58 a couple miles west of SR 135. Lake Monroe Area- pretty lake views, more miles of twisty hilly gravel than Lake Lemon Area but I took less pictures to not get too behind on time: Lake Lemon Area- fun gravel, pretty lake views, neat old train trussel: Fixed some neglected items, strapped on some bags, ready to go: Now, let's see if I'm smart enough to post pictures: I lucked out, riding about 40 miles of gravel, 120 miles of twisty / sweepers, and 100 miles each way of straight slab to get me down there, and back home. I put together a route using a borrowed GPS, looking for the curviest and smallest roads i could find on the map hoping that some were gravel. I rode 300 miles earlier this week with temps from 18-34 degrees, so to have a day hit the 40's was going to feel great.and it did. I've rode for almost 20 yrs on-road but just bought a dr650 a month ago to jump into some adventure riding. Plus this allowed me to not leave until 11am so I could see my son's last basketball game of the season.didn't miss one all year. I'm north of Indianapolis so heading to KY for one day didn't sound as good as doing one day in Southern IN. Was hoping to go this weekend on the Roll to the Hole II, but it was a 2 day ride in KY and day 2 was forecast to have 6-10 inches of snow so I wussed out and made my own 1 day ride. OK, first ride report ever, so bear with me.
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