Quote from: Joelene9 on August 23, 2011, 09:38:39 AM
US 40 through Berthod and Rabbitears passes!
  Joelene

On my Harley, a couple of times. You really get an understanding of what Awesome really is.

Quote from: tekla on September 01, 2011, 05:33:30 PM
There are parts of West Virginia that have that Deliverance "if you hear banjo music paddle faster' feel about them.

California too...Humbolt County, and the place where the Bohemian Club has its retreats (that's spooky)...

While the retreats at the Grove might be spooky, the location is not, it's in the middle of one of the most liberal places on earth, right down the road from a huge gay resort area.

Quote from: tekla on September 01, 2011, 09:45:24 PM
While the retreats at the Grove might be spooky, the location is not, it's in the middle of one of the most liberal places on earth, right down the road from a huge gay resort area.

Yeah, and a Druid Cemetery.

Even the people who live here call it 'west Sonoma County' like it's even freakier then the rest of us.  Heck there is an old cemetery down the street from me, it's popular with joggers.

Although I live in Ontario Canada I love riding my bike in the U.S. especially through the Adirondack's in NewYork State.  My favourite route is down through Lake Placid to Lake George then north along the causeways through Lake Champlain.  The rush of riding fast through the "floor board scraping" winding mountain roads is hard to beat.  Beautiful country and great roads.

If you love awesome bike roads, the area we were talking about above, around Bohemian Grove and West Sonoma are awesome.  Levi Leipheimer trains out there, as does the team that just won the Tour de France.  They might be from Australia, but they train here.  Places like Coleman Valley Road, Bohemian Highway, Willow Creek Road, Old Cazadaro Road - all awesome bike routes.  World class.

Quote from: tekla on September 01, 2011, 11:53:46 PM
If you love awesome bike roads, the area we were talking about above, around Bohemian Grove and West Sonoma are awesome.  Levi Leipheimer trains out there, as does the team that just won the Tour de France.  They might be from Australia, but they train here.  Places like Coleman Valley Road, Bohemian Highway, Willow Creek Road, Old Cazadaro Road - all awesome bike routes.  World class.

Just checked them out and wow it's gorgeous there. 

Yeah, it's fast becoming a bike mecca.  And then there are the roads like Eastside and Westside which tragically run past all sorts of world class wineries, which might not be awesome for training, but it makes for a good time on a fun ride.

Quote from: tekla on September 02, 2011, 12:15:37 AM
Yeah, it's fast becoming a bike mecca.  And then there are the roads like Eastside and Westside which tragically run past all sorts of world class wineries, which might not be awesome for training, but it makes for a good time on a fun ride.

Ya wine has a tendency to straighten out the curves - not good

Hey there Tekla... The highway between Durango and Ouray is on my list... I love the drive, and the hot springs in Ouray (there are also some awesome ones just out of Durango).  The million dollar highway is amazing for sure, always hiking those mountains by the way.  Actually any drive between Rico and Lake City from Durango to Ouray is great!

I am definitely a southwest girl so any drive there is  great; I have a lot of roads in my mind but I don't really want to give away my area...

A great, though often treacherous drive, is between Manali, Himachal Pradesh and Leh, Kashmir in India... One of the most beautiful drives in the world by far I have experience, yet one of the closest to making you feel like you are goin' to die.

Also drive up the Eastern face of the Sierras in between Johannesburg  and Bridgeport, AMAZING fyi!

I'm about to make the trip of a lifetime in 6-8 weeks and I hope to make some posts about the drives and trip here. I am flying from Houston to Johannasburg then catching a plane to Pemba, Mozambique. After doing some business in Pemba, I will travel through (or over) Tanzania to spend some time in Uganda then over to Kenya.

I'm excited but also a bit nervous since I have never traveled to Africa and I am going to have to get used to driving on the "wrong" side of the road.....  

Quote from: Logan Bann on September 01, 2011, 01:50:58 PM
I like Iowa.  The endless cornfields, whether flat or in them rolling hills.

I also like the backwoods of Appalachia, M2.  One time I was working in southern WV and a local took us up the holla in his pickup, all the way up the mountain and back.  Little dirt road carved out of the trees with raspberries everywhere and deer, black bears, the road so rough we drove across four creeks each way.  It was amazing.  Now I'm afraid I won't be able to go back there because of being out trans now, I love it but it isn't always the safest place.

Those backwood boys will love you even more now 

Yeah, the springs are nice, as is the hiking.