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FALL 2016 ISSUE 02 / VOL. 01
GREAT OHIO HOMECOMING ROADS: OHIO LOOP
Main and inset: Quiet lanes through Amish farmland are one of the unique features of southeastern Ohio. Look out for slow-moving horse-drawn buggies, as well as the manure that can make the road slippery!
State Forest, where I turn north onto Ohio 664. Routes 56 and 664 take me past Ash Cave and Old Man’ s Cave, sandstone cliffs and recesses that are a short walk from the road and offer a scenic and cool escape on a hot summer day. Once on 664, especially north of the town of Logan, I enjoy some of the most relentless curves of the entire ride, the ones I skipped the day before only because I knew I’ d hit them on the way back.
After enough trips, I’ ve learned the danger spots, from the sightseeing traffic in the Hocking Hills on summer weekends to the slew of gravel always kicked across the unexpectedly sharp 90-degree turn in front of the Coonville Holiness Church. This particular route is just one of a dozen or more options to get to my destination, and there’ s something to be said for all of them. But after years of experimentation, I can safely say this one is my favorite ride.