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A steamy Aug Sunday morning jaunt Was out early and had some time to kill while waiting for the high ground fog to lift. So I paused in front of the liar’s bench in the megalopolis of Williamsburg, WV 81*F at 8:30 a.m. It was going to be a warm one. High ground still socked in but I...

A glorious early morning along WVs Allegheny Front The Front's old economy, mountain top removal mining, gasping last breaths The new economy... looking east by northeast looking west Who gives a frack! Spanky new Marcellus Shale natural gas well operating this morning. None of these...

Nike it!! You know you wanna.

Snowflake at home Indian Paintbrush nearing mission completion My only company over the ~100 mile loop A "new" track started out looking innocent enough After a coupla miles those puddles turned to lakes and discretion became the better part valor Treated to nice views coming back out...

You've stepped in it now!!

Thanks Wheatie. I have an end game in mind once testing is complete. But REI can take a hike! Anti-hunting, anti-offroading SOBs. Stump speech stowed away now.

Before: After: Mo' tighter. Mo' righter. A little bit lighter. Weight better distributed between the axles. Front knob WAY less squirrelly. Mid-ship panniers and tank bag are beta test versions. Passed off-road test with flying colors. Improvements pending now that I know they work...

How about his native west virginian boss who taught him everything he knows? Arvind was one cog in a team of emmissions engineers hotdog. https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2016/04/21/wvu-s-dan-carder-among-time-s-100-most-influential-people-in-the-world Team members names...

Who'da thunk it... https://www.npr.org/2015/09/24/443053672/how-a-little-lab-in-west-virginia-caught-volkswagens-big-cheat

See what ya think... https://trips.furkot.com/ts/vbuQQY Double clicky to zoom and hold mouse to pan For the sake of simplicity I plotted it from Tellico Plains, TN. I'll let you figure out your best way from Franklin to Tellico Plains (~200 miles). First stopover night at Maggie Valley Inn...

I'll see what I can do.

Nearly 400 miles by interstate. Two day journey off-highway but has the potential to be outstanding. Lemme know.

Heidi, it is exactly the same issue with wind moving underneath added on. Wool is my go to insulation underneath on my bunk at the mountain camp and agree it does work well. Too much bulk to haul on a dual sport. My cheap by hammock quilt standards Snugpak purpose built quilts compress well...

Hammock camping is inherently colder than tent camping. It is necessary to combat cool air under a bridge effect. Sleeping bag is not the first choice in a hammock rather a top quilt over you and a bottom quilt under the hammock. Compression of the insulation under you renders the sleeping...

Until your next trip to WV you mean!! I'm shooting for Wytheville area the next go round. Got some scoutin' to do so that blasted marine won't get me in over my head n Sept! You'll find it humorous that Shadow was on the porch waiting on me to come home the first night and made me drive the...

I got that same look from Pap when I told him I had camped on the hill for two nights at Sunday brunch. I took him to the place where he grew up this morning to clean off the family cemetery. Of course he couldn't sit still and had to force around an old push mower a while just because...

As you likely know there are tons of quilt choices. I lust after some good ones but b/c I a cheap bastage I went with Snugpak. Heavy and bulky, but serviceable and warm. I'd have to camp a whole bunch more to splurge on good ones.

Touring on a dual sport is definitely different from touring on a feej, fun but different. Hammock camping saves nothing over a small tent but sure beats crawling in the dirt! There is a learning curve to both aspects and I'm still learning.

I'll meet you in Wytheville during test run 2 !

I have base camping and riding loops down; but my goal to pack a dual sport for travel from place to place camping along the way is a whole other ball of wax. A recent rainy weekend camping put me past the tipping point for some gear purchases that had been on hold for a while. Not only was...