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| Are you seeing a trend here? |
| I've traded my big street bike, the one below, for a lighter more agile muti-dimensioal machine. The back roads I prefer are becoming more "back". I am headed back to my love, I fear, off-road riding. It seems a trend lately. Gravel and mud are dominating the articles. |
| A busy paved road, La.3277, after crossing La.104, going north, west of Mamou, turned to gravel and has led me to a great gravel riding area along the Nezpique bayou in Allen and Evangeline Paishes. It is a land of transition between the rice fields and pine tress. The roads go and go, often crossing bayous as they travel south from their sources in the Kisatchie Highlands. |
| The bridge, which you can barely see, affords me the excuse of showing you some of beauty of the Forest Hill area. Oops, I'm off the road. I'm sliding. |
| Below: Considered a road by some off road riders, this is part of the trail system at Forest Hill, known as the Claiborne Muti-Use Trail System. It is a trail, or a real Back Back Road. The beauty along its route is breathtaking. The riding fun is breathtaking. But, I can't do it with either of my street bikes. I guess old Betsy, the Honda CR500 will get a "due" for the Spring. |
| I know Claiborne can get repititious. I knew the official trails like my backyard. That's one of the reasons I went back to road riding. There was a time when you could ride anywhere in the forest. Those times are gone. You can still ride pretty much anywhere on the rural roads. I guess that's the draw, freedom. I haven't run out of roads, though getting to unridden ones is getting harder. |
| Sometimes, though, they're right under your nose. The picture below illustrates that. How many times have I passed up lonely La.975. It is 10 miles, as the Egret flies from my house. Bet you have a La.975 near your house, too, check it out. |
| The Sun is going down. The sign says I'm home, so I guess this little ditty is over. Roads have forks in them, so we'll see. And, there's no reason both forks can't be ridden. Later Gators. |
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