I took a long ride Wednesday (532 total miles) from Yorktown VA to the hills of eastern West Virginia. It was a perfect fall day--temps in the high 70s, nearly cloudless azure skies, and the trees in full color. Took 33 westbound out of Richmond to the Virginia wine country--it's harvest time so stopped to take some pics.
I continued on 33 from there all the way to the Germany Valley overlook near Seneca Rocks WV.
From there I took 28 South through the Monongahela National Forest down to where it meets Hwy 250. No real twisty sections, but the fall scenery is spectacular.
I had barely gotten started on 250 when I had to wait for about an hour while crews cleared a road block after a logging truck driver hit the guardrail and dumped his load of timbers all over the road.
Nonetheless, the 65-mile ride to Staunton, VA is amazing with an abundance of mountain twisties and hairpin turns that puts the Dragon to shame. And since it was in the middle of the week, there was virtually no traffic. I was wore out by the time I got home, but without a doubt it was the most enjoyable ride of the year.
