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Going South ride, insearch of?????

Posted: 16 Sep 2007 21:04
by kchusky
Planning on head out Sunday going South out of Olathe, no real destination :roll: . Just want to go out scotting and see what can be found. Any interest?

Re: Going South ride, insearch of?????

Posted: 18 Sep 2007 10:06
by The Harm
I'd be interested in going this Sunday the 23rd

Re: Going South ride, insearch of?????

Posted: 18 Sep 2007 13:33
by kchusky
by The Harm on Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:06 am

I'd be interested in going this Sunday the 23rd
I was looking at satellite pics and it looked like Quivera and 319th. might be interesting? I was thinking about leaving about 9:00'ish from South Olathe.

Re: Going South ride, insearch of?????

Posted: 18 Sep 2007 15:52
by troy
Most likely, I will not be able to join you, but...

For what it's worth guys, here is a route I've been working on. It's Franklin & Miami Counties. The route is not done, but it is a mostly complete loop. It is long, though. Right now, it is 180 miles. I plan to turn it into several smaller sections that can be pieced together as time and desire warrant.

http://www.marengo-ltd.com/map2/index.php?route=1404

It hits a LOT of the minimum maintenance sections as shown on the KDOT maps. I also used the satellite imagery to confirm some spots. It has a lot of min maint dead ends to check out and possible creek crossings. It does include the abandoned Paola Bridge--which you've already seen now, kchusky.

The very northern sections are simply to get out of and back into the KC metro--you can easily change those parts to fit your starting/ending point.

Bring these maps along with you:
http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/ ... anklin.pdf
http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/ ... /miami.pdf
Or, probably better to get safiri's zip file as he has all the KS county maps and has cropped the legends out of some to allow you to easily print a larger version:
http://home.everestkc.net/malsin/Motorc ... tymaps.zip

Re: Going South ride, insearch of?????

Posted: 18 Sep 2007 20:54
by kchusky
http://home.everestkc.net/malsin/Motorc ... tymaps.zip

Tried to open the file. But it said file was damaged and wouldn't open. Anyone else try?

Re: Going South ride, insearch of?????

Posted: 18 Sep 2007 21:22
by MesaLC4
Got it, but damn! It was 170 MB. I can put it on a disk and bring it over Thursday.

Re: Going South ride, insearch of?????

Posted: 18 Sep 2007 21:33
by kchusky
That would be cool....Thanks, Maybe my GPS will be here by then?

Re: Going South ride, insearch of?????

Posted: 19 Sep 2007 13:40
by safiri
MesaLC4 wrote:Got it, but damn! It was 170 MB. I can put it on a disk and bring it over Thursday.
Well, it is ALL of the county maps for the entire state of Kansas. :D

Re: Going South ride, insearch of?????

Posted: 19 Sep 2007 20:06
by will_kc
I checked out Troy's route and way point 86 is about six miles from way point 46 of my working route. Huge water ride (Spencer's point)! My way point 40 also has a really neat forest ride.

http://www.marengo-ltd.com/map2/index.php?route=1464

We definitely have a connect the dot between Troys route and my northern section.