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So before it snowed here, it slushed. And before that it rained. So the bottom layer got PACKED into ice basically. And since apparently the town of Brookhaven doesn't believe in salt, this is what my road looks like 4 days after the storm.
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Damn dude! Nothing like our road last weekend.  
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Yep, that's a road in Florida alright, erle....straight as an arrow! Oh what fun.  (...yeah, well, at least it's nice and warm down there, huh!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Yeah, but Dwight just think, you could die in the saddle and nobody would know until you ran out of gas.
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I hate winter.  Have I mentioned that yet today? 
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erle that's a nice looking road. where you at?
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They managed to clean up my road yesterday. Lots of bucket loaders clearing shoulders and intersections today. Even had some of them there giant snow blowers clearing the sides of the LIE, now that the cars are gone 
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I really WISH we would get some snow!
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Yep, that's a road in Florida alright, erle....straight as an arrow!
Oh what fun.
(...yeah, well, at least it's nice and warm down there, huh!)
Kinda sounds like the pot callin' the kettle black here D. 
On my many trips from my old home in San Bernardino Valley to the East coast, I don't remember ANY roads being as flat, long, and straight as those around Prescott, ay dude! 
Those roads were SOOO... flat, straight, and long that the only memories are of the rippling heat waves rising up. No green, just beige and brown. 
But I guess there's OTHER roads besides W Road-1-N, W Road-2-N, W road-2-S, ...WELL, I guess THAT kinda sums it up. (EVEN the damn names don't change much.  )
Check out Bob Koenigs video "Death Valley Coyotes" for the Southwestern view. 
And as far as NC goes  , W Roosevelt, and 16 around Gastonia is nothing I'd call "Twisty". 
The ONLY non-stop twisties I've seen anywhere was watching rodents in a maze, BUT, I digress! 
Note:
There are plenty of "Twisties" ANYWHERE you go, if you search them out. Check out the OTHER pics in the "Damn Winter Weather" thread, or better yet, RIDE IT! 
OH, and YES, it was 89 today. 
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erle that's a nice looking road. where you at?
Thanks Brin.
It's W. Ozello Trail (Co. Rd. 494), which goes west off of Hwy. 19/98, half way between Homosassa Springs and Crystal River.
It goes west, through the Crystal River Preserve State Park, and dead ends into Crystal Bay, Gulf of Mexico.
We stopped for Blue Crabs (see pic in my "Damn Winter Weather" thread) @ Peck's Old Port Cove.
Speed limit was 35 mph. We hit 70+ in the "straight" sections. (though they were far and few between )
Peace.
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I really WISH we would get some snow!
There ain't NOTTIN' you can do in snow that ya can't do in water, WITH LESS CLOTHES! 
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Well erle, in regard to this idea o' yours that the Prescott and Sedona areas are "flat"...well, as that famous ol' Chinese philosopher is noted for sayin' about what a picture is worth, tell ya what! Go to Google Maps and type in the directions of: Wilhoit AZ to Prescott AZ. And then, Prescott AZ to Jerome AZ to Sedona AZ. And THEN after you see how "straight" AZ Hwys 89 and 89A are over much of that route, you report back to me, okay?! AND, while you're perusin' over THAT, keep in mind that much of this route goes through the Prescott National FOREST, one of the largest Ponderosa Pines FORESTS in the country. And so, so much for all that "brown and dry" kinda talk TOO, ol' buddy! (...oh, and btw, I'd have posted the satellite pics of that route off Google Maps for ya here, BUT I couldn't get the freakin' thing to post in this tread!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I really WISH we would get some snow!
There ain't NOTTIN' you can do in snow that ya can't do in water, WITH LESS CLOTHES!
The last time I tried to make snow angels in water, people thought I was drowning
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...I'd have posted the satellite pics of that route off Google Maps for ya here, BUT I couldn't get the freakin' thing to post in this tread!!!)
AWWWWW!
I've BEEN on 89 and 93, and they BOTH have MANY straight sections, JUUUUST LIKE HERE!
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The last time I tried to make snow angels in water, people thought I was drowning
WELL, MOST things!
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Yeah, well, Bottom Line here...y'all ain't got NOTHIN' down there in FL like the twisties we got out here.
Nope, y'alls gotta head up to them there states north and east of ya's to even come close to it.
(...though you're correct about AZ Hwy 93...THAT one IS mostly booooor-ring, alright!)
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Sorry Charlie, We'll just have to agree to disagree!
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Sorry Charlie,
We'll just have to agree to disagree!
OH, Did I mention the 89 degree day today!???
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Sorry Charlie,
We'll just have to agree to disagree!
Yeah, I suppose so. 
And besides, AT LEAST you can brag 'bout there there gators y'all got down that a way, RIGHT?!
(...otherwise known as "Moveable Twisties", as I believe you pointed out recently!)
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Good night, Dwight. (It's ALMOST 8 PM here.  )
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Sorry Charlie,
We'll just have to agree to disagree!
OH, Did I mention the 89 degree day today!???
Sounds like our Summer temps around here.
(...though of course, I'm now wonderin' what the temps and ESPECIALLY the humidity "might" be like down your way around that time o' year TOO!!!) 
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I used to live in Florida, actually not far off of 98. I'd stay on cloverleafs for 10 minutes just to make sure the bike would still lean. Santa Rosa County was nice.
In all fairness, Colorado wasn't all that great, either. East of Denver is worse than Florida. Flat as a board and little vegetation. West of Denver there are very few roads cut through the Rockies and lots of cars on them. Once you get to the high plains it's better but, if you live in or around Denver, it isn't very good.
I've lived in at least a dozen states (damned Marshall's Service). I found Florida to have decent winter weather and straight, flat roads. Didn't like the summers at all.
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...oh, and btw, I'd have posted the satellite pics of that route off Google Maps for ya here, BUT I couldn't get the freakin' thing to post in this tread!!!)
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Thanks Jim! (...now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about here!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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