evening ride with the girls after moving day
http://i387.photobucket.com/albums/o...l/IMG_0708.jpg

From yesterday...I let my garmin make my route and it was like, "let's find dirt roads!"

https://instagram.fphx1-1.fna.fbcdn....NjU3NA%3D%3D.2

Damn cobbles but it is always empty, being closed to traffic

http://www.gallery.peter.unitra.eu.o...C/IMAG0426.jpg

On the way up to Canillas de Aceituno.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Wy...20-h1080-rw-no

This was just past the half way point on a solo metric century. Looking towards Bend Oregon and the Sister Mountains.

Picture won't post, here is a link

https://www.flickr.com/photos/128417...posted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/128417...posted-public/

How about empty bridge, High Bridge State Park VA

Hard to believe I can find any empty roads close to my end of dfw, but I have found several recently.

http://i347.photobucket.com/albums/p...pskfvnxzrt.jpg

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...v.jpg~original

La Route Verte just outside of Montreal on the way to Chambly.

Near Eganville, Ontario

https://c8.staticflickr.com/9/8600/2...244800df_b.jpg

[IMG]https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7570/2...345d5ee0_c.jpg20160717_101516 by Kett-Man, on Flickr[/IMG]

God I love burn zones.

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8453/...3e9cf7_o_d.jpg

I want to ride my bike on this road, right now!

If you ever make it to WA, I'll ride with you or send you directions. :)

What about Empty MUP Ahead?

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1513/...dbac60_o_d.jpg

This is possible, I have friends in Seattle!

The MUP photo is also gorgeous.

I love this thread.

You say this in jest.... right?

No, absolutely not. Burn zones are wonderful places to be. You'd think they're big swaths of death, but get to one and you find the place teeming with life. All kinds of understory plants that are shaded out and don't exist in an established forest take hold in a burn zone. The light of day reaches the ground, you can see the views around you, the wind howls through the trees like masts on sail boats. Burns are stark and lovely reminders of the cycle of life, and a welcome escape from the rainforest.

As photos go this one isn't terribly good. Has some nostalgic value for me, though. This is the Mountain Loop Highway, on the Darrington side. Turns to dirt not long after this. Was a really nice ride this spring.

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1490/...fa4442_o_d.jpg