My first moto-camping trip

[Norbert]

... and my first camping trip.
Hey, I'm from the suburbs, so be easy on me.

I went around George Washington National Forest.
George Washington & Jefferson National Forests

There are some awesome roads in West Virginia! As well as some very scenic towns that are like Mayberry, USA. Other towns, um, less so
The people in WV are very friendly, unless you go to a WV football game!


Here are some pictures. No cool shots of any towns, mountains, delicious BBQ or twisty roads. Sorry, we wanted to keep riding.

On our way over to the National Forest, there was a car accident.
You can see a dog wrapped in an orange blanket on the left. I'm pretty sure the dog is ok!!

Our campsite. It rained at night. We all checked the weather reports for Maryland, not West Virginia. 'Good enough', we thought! We didn't know it was going to rain. Not cool !! But it's another good camping experience to have. When I woke up in my tent, I saw about 15 "daddy long legs" (aka spiders) between my rainfly and tent. Ewww!

Here's me giving the Motorcyclist's Salute :Flip:

A funny thing about West Virginia is the speed limits. Roads that are marked 45 mph in West Virginia would certainly be marked 25 mph in Maryland.
Not like I was going the speed limit.

I just thought I'd share. These pics aren't so thrilling like some other trip reports. But it's kind of a big deal for me.
I'd like to do some more camping trips to get ready for my big trip across the USA.

 

[VEGASRIDER]

Hey, you know you have a headlight out?

 

[macem29]

thanks for sharing, looks like a great time you had...
and looking at the pic of the campsite I don't see
any signs of boozing, two big thumbs up for that :thumbup:

 

[LERecords]

thanks for sharing, but thats it for pictures??? looks like you had a blast.. :thumbup:

 

[blitzcraig]

Sweet man, I've been thinking about getting a one man tent and heading out to Skyline Drive in VA on the Fizzer. Talk about some serious twisties and incline/declines. Just thinking about it is all kindsa fun.

 

[krid80]

Looks awesome! Are those SHAD bags?

 

[spock]

Those are givi v35 cases

 

[Norbert]

thanks for sharing, but thats it for pictures??? looks like you had a blast.. :thumbup:

Yeah the other dude just wanted to keep going.
I've never been on a ride where people stop just to take pictures.
We blew by a lot of nice scenery. But it was fun.

 

[Have2BeFree]

I have the same problem with taking pics - never want to stop. Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:

 

[Motogiro]

I love camping! Thanks for sharing. Between you and Nate I'm getting the bug real bad!

 

[cap'n]

Nice work! Especially the last pic, very nice.

I've done a lot of these trips, sometimes solo and sometimes with a buddy. I find if I don't take at least one of these a year I start getting squirrely.

 

[novasquid]

nice trip report!

 

[Wh0M3]

Thanks for sharing, I've wanted to take a trip like that ever sense I got my Yammie. Some day I'll do it and make sure I get the pics to share as well.