Day 3 of the 2024 Tryon Brothers Walkabout, Tuesday, July 2, 2024.
Planning to start with the most famous of these rides, Ohio SR 555, aka, The Triple Nickel.
Almost Road Time
July 2, 2024 at 8:00 AM
A light breakfast at the hotel and now headed out to the bikes. We will be running the full length of the triple nickel, back down most of it, then taking a side route that puts us down the roads we took last night in the dark. It will be a full day, but taking it in a related way will be the plan.
Ohio University, 331 Richland Ave, Athens, OH 45701
39.316842, -82.106666
62°F and Sunny
Fuel / GPS Nonsense
July 2, 2024 at 9:34 AM
The Windy 9 website does a great job of providing the GPX files required to fuel our GPS systems. They kept us on the assorted roads and made planning much easier. However the starting points and ending point of these routes are at the center of the city of Athens. This created considerable confusion as we were trying to leave the area and get onto the route. The GPS took us into town, then out of town, in some cases even passing the hotel we had left just a few minutes before. Worse yet, the starting and ending areas of the routes overlapped so looking at the GPS was very confusing. It was impossible to discern which path was the one leaving town and which was the one arriving back into town later.
Dan and I have talked about this confusion quite a bit and will probably be reaching out to the people behind the Windy 9 tourism site to offer some suggestions about how this could be handled better. Clearly, this was assembled by people familiar with the area. A great deal of work was invested to assemble these guides and a few simple adjustments would make them considerably more helpful for tourists like us who are completely unfamiliar with the city of Athens.
66 Arrowhead Rd, Little Hocking, OH 45742
39.277881, -81.687535
71°F and Sunny
Triple Nickel Completed!
July 2, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Now to follow it most of the way back, with a turn (at some point) onto another of the Windy 9!
2040 S River Rd, Zanesville, OH 43701
39.908496, -82.000828
78°F and Partly Cloudy
Stop To Stretch
July 2, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Stopped at a lock, like our Erie Canal locks. Fuel next. Tip from Dan and I’m now absolutely in love with this bike.
600–684 E Riverside Dr, McConnelsville, OH 43756
39.643273, -81.846168
84°F and Sunny
Fuel
July 2, 2024 at 2:08 PM
383 W Riverside Dr, McConnelsville, OH 43756
39.649790, -81.857953
85°F and Sunny
Burr Oak State Park
July 2, 2024 at 2:40 PM
39.54388288044159, -82.03252906037291
Place looked interesting on the GPS so we pulled in.
Back At Hotel
July 2, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Beer. 91 degrees.
Unknown what’s next.
Ohio University, 331 Richland Ave, Athens, OH 45701
39.316837, -82.106479
89°F and Sunny
Coincidence?
July 2, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Dan and I are sitting at the bar getting some rehydration. As we’re paying the bill, we’re chatting about how we need to make sure we remind Dad about this site and check in on his week. As we are talking and texting Dad, the bartender comes back with our change which includes a bicentennial quarter! Crazy, right?
Ohio University, 331 Richland Ave, Athens, OH 45701
39.316827, -82.106460
89°F and Sunny
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