Day 1 of the 2024 Tryon Brothers Walkabout, Sunday, June 30 through Saturday, July 6, 2024. Motorcycle destinations across Ohio with possible connections in Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
Leaving Oswego
June 30, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Electronics fun…
Yesterday, everything connected and worked flawlessly. This morning, nothing connected properly. Regardless, I pressed on to Dan’s place, figuring I’d sort it out there.
Once there, that’s when I discovered that the GPX plan for today wasn’t on either the bike nav system or the Garmin XT2. So again, not wanting to burn time sorting that all out, I ended up using the Beeline Moto device. And as simple as that device is in comparison to the other nav systems, it worked flawlessly and we never missed any turn or had to mess with it. Simple turned out to be definitely best today.
Oswego, NY
72°F and Sunny
Fuel – Montour Falls
June 30, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Quick stop for fuel and something to drink after about 90 minutes of riding. Along the way, the Cayuga lakeshore was beautiful. Trumansburg to here was also very scenic as we passed lots of farmland with open vistas of green fields.
Lots of Sunday drivers on the road keeping the speed at less than the limit. That was all fine as the goal was to enjoy the trip, not to move fast.
123 N Catherine St, Montour Falls, NY 14865
42.348420, -76.845594
78°F and Mostly Sunny
New York —> Pennsylvania
June 30, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Tapped this into the phone as we crossed from New York into Pennsylvania, just South of Elmira.
Passing through Elmira was interesting. We’ve been here before to visit the burial spot of Mark Twain, but never really got to see the town. What we saw today was very nice and will be tagged as a place that needs to be visited again when there is more time.
7035–7099 PA-328, Millerton, PA 16936
41.999443, -76.903395
79°F and Cloudy
Pennsylvania Route 6
June 30, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Recorded on the phone as we made the turn West, onto Route 6. Crossing Pennsylvania on Route 6 is one of our favorite trips. There are lots of small and interesting towns along the way.
Just prior to this turn, we traveled the length of Roseville Road. This was a really great ride! The road had many turns, plenty of hills, and the farmer fields and trees all came right to the edge of this narrow road. Quite a few blind curves made this a very interesting ride!
17999 US-6, Mansfield, PA 16933
41.803609, -77.054711
80°F and Cloudy
Wellsboro, PA
June 30, 2024 at 1:22 PM
We drove past the Wellsboro Diner. It was open, but we didn’t stop. Kim and I have stopped here many times. The photos in this post were taken from inside this diner in late 2020.
This is such a great town. I’ve been here countless times and always want to visit again.
We stopped to take a break in a town park.
3 Charles St, Wellsboro, PA 16901
41.746412, -77.302008
81°F and Cloudy
Kinzua Bridge State Park
June 30, 2024 at 3:36 PM
This is one of those odd places that isn’t near anything and surprises you once you arrive after driving down a very curvy and desolate road. But the circumstances that led to this being such a fascinating place are well worth the trip.
Kinzua Bridge State Park, 1721 Lindholm Rd, Cyclone, PA 16740
41.759481, -78.587037
70°F and Mostly Sunny
Kinzua Overlook
June 30, 2024 at 4:04 PM
This entry was recorded while standing at the end of the bridge walkway, higher off the ground than the Statue of Liberty, at the point where the tornado took out the remainder of the bridge.
Kinzua Creek Trail, Cyclone, PA 16726
41.761543, -78.588643
69°F and Mostly Sunny
Tacos, Inc.
June 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Dinner at a place called Tacos, Inc in St. Marys, PA. Absolutely exceptional dinner! Found the place based on Yelp ratings which were the highest rated of all the restaurants in the area. Place was great, staff were wonderful. It turns out they have four locations around this general area of Pennsylvania.
239 Brusselles St, St Marys, PA 15857
Holiday Inn / End of Day
June 30, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Arrived at the hotel. Done riding for the day.
Room is typical Holiday Inn – clean, just the stuff you need. Kyle at the front desk was very helpful, even suggesting some nearby elk viewing areas. Apparently, that’s a thing to do in this area of Pennsylvania.
Planning our day tomorrow seems to suggest that I screwed up and didn’t pick the proper tour time at the West Virginia Penitentiary. We have tickets for a 1 PM tour, but it turns out you can’t get there from where we are staying tonight in anything other than 5 hours and 37 minutes of travel.
Today we learned that we need to stop about every 90 minutes to let our bodies recover. That means we’d need to be leaving the hotel far earlier than we would prefer. We will leave early, but we’ll also plan on calling the Penitentiary (304/845.6200) to ask about getting into a later tour. Their website suggests there are plenty of tickets available so we are hopeful this won’t be an issue.
195 Comfort Ln, St. Marys, PA 15857
41.402968, -78.561922
63°F and Mostly Cloudy
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