Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Vagabond Route

Day one An early start and a mad dash on the Hwy to get out of FL. This is the hardest day but after a while the miles don't matter. No meeting spot yet but we'll be getting together at 6am and on the road at 7am. We all live in FL, it's long and it's flat and we're over it, lets get to Georgia. Looks like we'll be picking up some riders along the way, so we'll be making a stop in Ocala for any of you central Florida boys who want to join. We should be in ocala between noon and 1pm. Once we pick up our riders, we'll jump back on the road and make our way towards Bainbridge, Ga. They have a park that's open for camping 24/7, it's usually pretty private and works on an honor system. It's $14 and you leave it in the lock box or not, depends on how honorable you're feeling.

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Day 2 from here on it's all back roads. We pass through quite a few nice small towns on our way to the mountains such as Plains, Warm Springs and Cartersville(home of the worlds 1st outdoor Coca-Cola sign) Once we get to the Skeenah Gap Campground we'll set up camp and then hit up the Blue Ridge Brewery for some beers and grub.

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Day 3 We have a great ride right through the middle of the Chattahoochee Forest to the town of Helen and then make our way south passing through Madison, Eatonton along with a bunch of other small towns. We pass a few lakes and a river as well, so maybe we'll stop somewhere for a break and maybe a dip. We'll end up at the Kingsland GA KOA. I hate to stay here, but all the state parks require you to pay for the entire weekend, which is too expensive. you can put 2 tents on a KOA site so it's $12 per person.

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Day 4 Wake up and get back home however you want. Hope you had fun and I look forward to next year. I'm thinking Alabama
Links: Earl May Boat Basin Park: 1st night campsite
Skeenah Creek Campground
Also, anybody who plans on coming and knows any points of interests along the way, shoot me a message, I'm open to input.

2 comments:

  1. I was told we have to go to Blood Mountain in the Chattahoochee Nat'l Forest

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  2. I looked it up and it adds about 25 miles to saturdays ride, so it's doable. If things are moving along smoothly we should be able to add that, on the other hand, if we've had nothing but shit weather and roadside fixes we may just want to get moving. We'll see what the chopper Gods have in store for us.

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