My wife and I have used our GPS to build a custom route consisting of many dirt roads to make a fun ride for the GS crowd. The ride starts in Prince William County then Fauquier County and Loudon County. Start to end at our place is about 125 miles.
It also has a nice water crossing on Jeb Stuart Road near Purcellville.
Here is Shannon charging through.
DSC_0028 by GSRider2011, on Flickr
Then myself, notice the Jeep SUV that got stuck. He failed to check the water depth first and put in a deep hole. I crossed it three times to get a feel for it, the driver did not appreciate a motorcycle succeeding, where a 4 wheel drive could not.
DSC_0037 by GSRider2011, on Flickr
Later on Bull Run Mountain Road, while going quite slow I drifted into some deep gravel, started fishtailing and then went down (my first). No harm to man or machine, so I carried on.
DSC_0043 by GSRider2011, on Flickr
Of course this picture was staged. Shannon was leading this section, and missed my wipeout. She came back for me to see what was taking and by that time I already had the bike back up.
Back home in one piece, tired and happy.
DSC_0045 by GSRider2011, on Flickr
Thinking about organizing a group ride, or if you would like, PM me and I can send you the custom route.
Ride well,
Greg