Fri. Nov 21 to Lake Lure & Saluda etc
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:14 pm
Yamadog and I headed out at 0900 Friday, temps were 40'ish; took the Lake Lure Expressway to Lake Lure. We had the roads to ourselves and abused them severely. It was 55F when we arrived around 11:00. First stop was Ingles for gas and lunch. Their deli was yummy, fried chicken, squash, green beans, tater wedges.
From there we rode up White Oak Mountain. The views were easily 50 miles in all directions.
Then it was down Skyuka Rd. and up Howard Gap Rd. to Saluda; then west on Mountain Page Rd., Old US25, and looped back thru Saluda down to Columbus where we took a GPS-created "bypass" of US74 and Shelby--on the south side of 74. It merged us back into 74 just west of Kings Mtn. So, no we didn't have to go thru Shelby, which always sucks a biggun. But this time it would have been preferable. 55 miles of "proceed 1.5 miles, then turn right (or left)"--over, and over, and over--for 55 miles. Never again.
But it was a bright, sunny, WARM day!! Back home at 4:00 PM--280 miles. Yall missed a great one!
From there we rode up White Oak Mountain. The views were easily 50 miles in all directions.
Then it was down Skyuka Rd. and up Howard Gap Rd. to Saluda; then west on Mountain Page Rd., Old US25, and looped back thru Saluda down to Columbus where we took a GPS-created "bypass" of US74 and Shelby--on the south side of 74. It merged us back into 74 just west of Kings Mtn. So, no we didn't have to go thru Shelby, which always sucks a biggun. But this time it would have been preferable. 55 miles of "proceed 1.5 miles, then turn right (or left)"--over, and over, and over--for 55 miles. Never again.
But it was a bright, sunny, WARM day!! Back home at 4:00 PM--280 miles. Yall missed a great one!