pyoungbl
Cruisin' Guzzisti
This past weekend I explored the twists and turns in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. My 2013 V7 Special just had her 600 mile service so this trip was a break-in for the bike and a chance to really get to know how I will relate after so many years on 100 hp machines. To make life easy we stayed at the Old Clark Inn (http://www.oldclarkinn.com)
Pocahontas County makes a real effort to promote motorcycle tourists. They even have a tankbag sized map with eight riding loops that include many of the best roads and attractions. http://www.pocahontascountywv.com/motorcycle_touring.aspx I'll show a couple:
Route 150, aka the Scenic Highway, is a 25 mile loop through a national forest...it is on Federal land and has very light traffic but the road is beautiful, with sweeping turns and great sight lines. Now, I'm not going to encourage anyone to exceed the speed limit but.....
NARO is a must do stop. The one hour tour is a fascinating look at deep space exploration by radio telescope. They have a couple dozen telescopes, including the largest of its type in the world.
Cass, WV, was a company owned logging town around the mid 1900s. When the company folded the state of West Virginia took over the town and railroad as a state park. You can rent vacation houses there and the historic railroad operates two and four hour trips daily. Once again, it's a must-do stop. More info here: http://www.cassrailroad.com/
Of course I never take enough photos to do justice to the trip. Suffice to say that I'll be going back!
Peter Y.
Pocahontas County makes a real effort to promote motorcycle tourists. They even have a tankbag sized map with eight riding loops that include many of the best roads and attractions. http://www.pocahontascountywv.com/motorcycle_touring.aspx I'll show a couple:
NARO is a must do stop. The one hour tour is a fascinating look at deep space exploration by radio telescope. They have a couple dozen telescopes, including the largest of its type in the world.
Cass, WV, was a company owned logging town around the mid 1900s. When the company folded the state of West Virginia took over the town and railroad as a state park. You can rent vacation houses there and the historic railroad operates two and four hour trips daily. Once again, it's a must-do stop. More info here: http://www.cassrailroad.com/
Of course I never take enough photos to do justice to the trip. Suffice to say that I'll be going back!
Peter Y.