We went to see Bledsoe State Park and it was closed for paving. Well, the area is nice.

A few days later:

If I don't plan then I don't know exactly what I'm doing. Anyway, yesterday, after goofing off in the morning and Faye and Tracy going to a movie, I decide at 1 pm to ride some.

The weather was beautiful so I decided to run all of hwy 85. Time was going to be tight, so I burned I40 to Monterey. I took 164 north to 85, ran 85 out to127 and then 85 all the way west. 164 was OK, but not a destination road. Not a bad way to get to 85 though.

The east end of 85 has suffered some slide damage, so it can be rough and narrow in spots. There was some flooding out that way and there's a good bit of debris also.

I took a bit of a side ride on Big Sandy road at Wilder. Moderate quality blacktop. There are lots of roads that run up into the mountains that I will probably check out later.

For the most part, even on a Saturday, 85 was more or less empty. A few Harley's and locals. I'm not telling anybody about this road.

Approaching Gainesboro I was pretty sure I wouldn't get lost. I didn't, but then I went a route I haven't gone before. If you follow the signs for 85  approaching Gainesboro you will end up on Old State Route 85. This adds quite a few high quality miles to the ride. You do miss the nice climb out of Gainesboro.

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