Rolled along at a nice clip and again no traffic so the road was pretty much mine. As got to open valley area of the ride I considered taking a few detours down some roads that head off to the left and wind along the valley closer to the river but on the LT didn’t feel like doing any dirt or gavel so I just stayed on the main road. I was feeling kinda blue about some changes at work, boss wise so I wasn’t feeling particularly inspired photo wise during the first part so I just road without making any of my usual stops.
When I got the split near the south end I decided to stay on Fort Valley road and head over to Rt. 11 instead of going along Camp Roosevelt Rd as I would normally do. Nice little bit of road but not as tall a climb as the other way. Got to Rt. 11 and headed south to pick up 211. As I got to the first town on 11 I saw this old barn and thought the way the windows were arranged was kinda kool, so I stopped and got my first shots of the day.
As I road along 11 my spirits starting picking up and by the time I got to 211 things were definitely looking up. Temps were now around low 60’s so after crossing the mountains I did stop a few times for photos.
Here I tried to capture how green everything has been this spring even with the lack of rain.
An odd little mound in a field near the next pictures of an old house and out building. Wonder if its some burial mound?
Right across the road from the mound was this old structure with a no hunting sign in front, don’t suppose they mean, no hunting in the house?
When I got back to Gainesville there were a few other bikes so I stopped for a cup of Joe and to shoot the sh*t for a bit. As I was hanging out three guys on Norton Commandos pulled in. All 1974 models, sweet!
And finally on the way back down 649 toward home I stopped to take this pic of a swampy area along the road.
All in all, I burned up a tank of gas, got around 200 miles of nice riding with mostly no traffic, temps mostly in the mid 50’s, and a little over 6 hours of road time.
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