I waited for the heavy early morning rain to pass by and left Pittsburgh about 9:30. I wasn't sure how fast the front to the west was moving, so my plan was to take a more or less direct shot to Marlinton. Here's looking down on Uniontown from Route 40 near the Summit Hotel:
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loginI worked my way down PA381 to WV26 to WV72 along the Cheat River and finally down to route 50. Here's a photo from the Cheat Mtn section of 50:
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loginTo be honest, I don't remember exactly where this one was taken. I think it's from Leadmine Mtn Rd near Fairfax Stone:
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loginA view from the windmills on 219 north of Parsons:
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loginI decided to check out this namesake road. It just goes back maybe a quarter mile then turns into a driveway:
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loginI was just north of Marlinton at 3pm and decided to extend my route a bunch since it was such a nice afternoon. I headed east on 66 past Snowshoe and toward Cass. This is along 66 on the way to Cass:
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loginAnd a couple photos from Cass:
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loginI thought the red barn kinda popped against the blue sky, so I stopped for this photo near Greenbank on 28:
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loginI continued out 28 north to 250 east/south and took that to Monterey (video coming). From there I headed south on 220 to 84, then took Back Creek Rd (aka 600) south to 39. Here's a photo of the lake along Back Creek Rd:
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loginI was riding solo on Saturday. My day started by taking 39 east through Washing and Jefferson Forest under heavy gray skies but no rain. It started to drizzle a bit more consistently as I approached Goshen and then on to Goshen Pass. There were signs of lots of water along the pass. Here are a couple photos of the river at the Goshen Pass overlook thing. Water was really high everywhere, nearing flood stage I suspect.
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loginFrom 39/Goshen Pass, I headed for 252, then up to Raphine Rd, over to 11, then 56 up to the BRP. It started to drizzle just before reaching Goshen. I needed to pee and figured I could check the radar before commiting to the BRP, so I stopped at the truck stop next to I-81 for a break. When I finished the break, the light rain had stopped. The views from the BRP were nice enough despite the clouds. Here are a couple waterfall shots by the "Old Logging Railroad" overlook. Followed by several more BRP overlook photos.
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loginI bailed off the BRP at route 43 and headed down to Buchanan for lunch at the bistro and gas. Cloudy going in, sunny coming out. Woot! I had a nice ride up 43 to Eagle Rock, then took Craigs Creek Rd over to New Castle where I picked up 311. 311 was in great shape and the sun was shining. I made three passes and recorded video on the last run up the mountain. Video to be posted later.
I followed 311 to its end, then slabbed to Lewisburg and took 219 north to Marlinton. I hit a couple short sun showers along the way but nothing that really qualified as rain. The weather was still an unsettled mix of showers and sun back at the hotel and I got this photo of a nice rainbow while warming up in my room with a beer.
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loginOn Sunday, Eric and I were the last to leave, just before the power was being shut off to the hotel and surrounding area to fix storm daamge. It had rained hard earlier in the morning so the roads were soaked but the radar looked promising. Despite the cold (40-ish) we decided to head north on 219 and risk lower temps at higher elevations. We had to get over the mountain to the west to get to the good route home. 219 north to Valley Head was cold and damp. 15 west over the mountain to Webster Springs was even colder (33 - 35 degrees) with snow on the ground at the upper elevations. And then there was the thick fog just to kick it all up a notch. Good times.
Once in Webster Springs, temps warmed into the 40s and the sun came out, so the ride to Flatwoods on 15 was nice. We slabbed south on I-79 for 20 miles or so to get to 16 at Big Otter. 16 north from there to Harrisville is epic. 60+ miles of continuous flowing corners. Yes, people live along the road, but it's still a great ride. We stopped about halfway up in Millstone for lunch, then continued north to Ellenboro (jct 50).
We gassed up and headed our separate ways. I decided to make time on big roads into PA (50, 119, 43, 119 again), then take back roads home. I was getting close to home on my usual route north when I ran into this road closed sign. Nope, no getting around this one. Luckily there was another good option to get home a couple miles back.
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loginAll in all, I had a great weekend. I managed 999 miles on the clock and only got rained on briefly twice, and that was more like drizzle than real rain (no rain gear required). Friday, Saturday afternoon, and most of Sunday were all blue skies and sunshine. Can't complain about that given the forecast a few days earlier.
