[WPTA] Summer Tour / Trip

[abcoz at hky.com]

Work permitting, I hope to be able to join you.

 

That area of Ohio is very familiar to me and I’ve spent a LOT of time around there over the past 40 years.

 

So, I have to suggest/recommend Marietta as the overnight stop.  Smaller town, but still a college town.  Stay at the Lafayette Hotel and be with easy walking distance of a micro-brewery & restaurant, as well as several other bars & restaurants.  Plenty of great roads in very close proximity to Marietta and pretty much zero traffic to contend with to get to them.

 

We could run 555 from Zanesville to it’s end, at route 7.  Then, west on 7 for a few miles, to Tuppers Plains.  From there, 639(?) twists and plunges down to the (Ohio) river, then we could run rt. 124 back up almost to Marietta.  I need to dig my DeLorme Atlas of Ohio out to be sure of all the route numbers.

 

Athens is a bit too “busy” and “woke” for me.   Marietta is still a small “river town” and seems to run at a more relaxed pace.  And there is a lot to be said for being able to walk between our hotel and a brewery, bars, restaurants, etc. rather than try to drive in an unfamiliar town.

 

Whatever you guys decide to do, I’m sure it will be great fun and I hope my work schedule will let me join you.

 

Thanks,

Bud

 

 

 

From: Jerry Van Vlack <jerryvv at roadrunner.com> 
Sent: Sunday, August 1, 2021 2:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [WPTA] Summer Tour / Trip

 

All

 

You have not heard much from me about a planned WPTA Summer trip to WV and VA. I’m writing to those who responded and our those who may be interested. And if I have left someone out please forward this and include them if you think they may be interested.

 

I could not bring the WV and VA trip together for a lot of reasons but I’ve planned an alternative for August 18 and 19 much closer to home and one overnight stay.

 

Ohio has Ohio 555 from Zanesville, OH south to the Ohio river and I’ve heard it’s a favorite of the Motorcycle crowd. Google Ohio 555 and you’ll find some good information about the Triple Nickel.

 

Here’s my plan. We can all meet in Zanesville at 11:00 am on the 18th and run 555 as far south as we want. I need to study the map a bit closer. Maybe Mapman aka Bruce can look at the route in detail with any suggestions as we will stay in Athens, OH overnight. Athens is a college town so it must have some decent bars for our after run Beer and Bull on the 18th. 555 does not go into Athens but we can cut off and go through the Wayne National Forest to Athens.

 

On the 19th we can run north again using back roads of our choosing to get home. Likely some good routes north or run 555 for return. That will get planned.

 

As for accommodations; there are several Motels in Athens and I’ll do more research on those once a participation count is firmed up.

 

So let me know your intentions ASAP and pick a roomie and we can go from there.

 

JVV

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