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When we got up this morning and started packing, it became clear that Dennis and I and maybe one other couple left over from this weekend's gospel singing were the only ones staying in the entire Breaks Interstate Lodge in Virginia. No staff were even there. The lodge restaurant is closed during the week because there is no staff available to hire. This was a bummer because I was hungry and this place is about 5 miles down the road from Bumfucktd, Egypt.

We had to ride from The Breaks to the Huddle House in St. Paul, VA just to get some food. St. Paul is over an hour away through some of the most rural, deserted and twisty back roads you have ever seen in your life.

Lots of abandoned houses in eastern Kentucky and western Virginia. Probably due to the demise of the coal industry. There really is no industry in this area at all that I can see. Still it's a beautiful area and some great remote riding. You could probably pick up some land here pretty cheap. We had about 5 deer run out in front of us on this morning's ride.

This is a uniquely designed house and I wonder what its story is. Who lived here? What did they do to have such a big house in such a poor rural area?




The corner of Frying Pan Road and Tiny Holler...




If you are just riding around and having fun it's a bike ride. If somebody breaks down and you have to take the bike apart in the Huddle House parking lot and fix it, then it is an Adventure.

We noticed a leak on Dennis' bike when we came out of the Huddle House, so we tore it all down to see where it was coming from. Fortunately I found the the leak. It was a pin hole in his radiator hose. Of course there is not going to be a Triumph Tiger 1050 radiator hose in St. Paul, but I crossed my fingers and took the hose to the local auto parts store where they let me go back in the back and poke around. I found a small hose that if I cut it just right, it could work and we made it work.




About 2 hours later we were back on the road. We had to make up the time, so we had to hop on interstate 24 a little, but we did get to drop off on highway 28 which is a super curvy road, and burned some of the chicken strips off the tires of the Kawasaki with Dennis trying to catch up.






We finally made it to the Tapoco Lodge for dinner and drinks. Our other buddy, Jeff, road all the way from Bagdad, Kentucky to meet us and ride with us for a couple of days. Jeff is a unique guy. He's the only horse dentist that I have ever met and just a super dude on top of that. We've all been riding motorcycle together for about 10 years.