ecbaatz--- Very impressive story AND pix. Wish you were along LAST weekend! Thanks for an excellent presentation. You 'da man!

 

Been there.. done that..

Had a damn good time.. will do it again.

HOWEVER.. it's not for the faint or weak of heart. You WILL go up and down mountains. You WILL ride on switchbacks up the side of mountains that will pucker your ***.

Not trying to scare anyone, but it can be a real challenge at times, with not a lot of room for error. Several hundred feet 70 to 80 degree down angles on one or both sides of the trail are VERY common. No Picture can even begin to do it justice. Try riding up the side of a mountain, going up over 1400 vertical feet. It's a good 10 minute ride where you do nothing but go up up up.

The animal wild life is awesome, just try not to run into a black bear as I damn near almost did, scared me and the bear to half to death. We saw wild boar, lots of deer, snakes of all kinds, owls, and all kinds of other fury woodland creatures.

I hope to do the trip at least once a year... I would drive 8 hours or more, but thankfully I can do it from cincy in less than 4.

Brad