My wife & daughter will be out of town for a wedding over the July 4 weekend. So I figure to ride. Duh.
Riding Arkansas in July can be a bit of a sticky situation. Riding anywhere around these parts in July can make a guy hot in the saddle. But I'm not figuring to take enough time off to get out to Colorado and back....so....what to do?
Off-Road? Gravel adventure? I-435 loop?
One thought I have is to run a 3 or 4 day adventure that includes some riding along Glade Top and points further East to find old logging roads. I'd find motels along the way. I'd ride my F800GS. The nice thing about getting into the forest vs a KS gravel ride is that I can find more shade, low and cool valleys, and clear water creeks to cool off in along the way.
One vague plan would be head out Thur after work to at least get the boring part over as I head towards the forest. Ride all day Fri & Sat with Sun being the day to head back West for home.
If you are comfortable on your dualsport or adventure motorcycle running about 45 MPH on gravel, you can endure a long day in the saddle, and you have a bit of cash or credit to buy a few days of motel, food, and gas--this ride should be compatible with you.
Fellow adventurers welcome but not required.
I'd love to get down to Gaston's Resort at the bottom of Bull Shoals Lake for Saturday night. They have a great restaurant there and some nice lodging. We could enjoy taking the ferry across the lake, BUT...around the lakes, there really is not any way to create off-pavement routes that go anywhere. All minor roads dead-end at the lake eventually. So to make any progress, you have to stay on highway for quite a ways....still great, scenic, twisty riding, though!
So..there might be a good deal of pavement in this little adventure as well.
