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After the 11 or 13 miles of "The Rim Of the World" section of 78 past Burr Oak State Park (Glouster to 555 basically), 78 is just a "decent" road to McConnelsville. After McConnelsville, 78 is a total bore for a while, but gets better near the Big Muskie bucket/miners' memorial until Caldwell. After Caldwell, it's better than the east of McConnelsville stretch, but you will be much better off taking 260 S or just before that the state route that is also called Frostyville Rd. Then at least catch 26 to Woodsfield. 565 & 537 linked together by a short jog on 260 are great as well, and you can skip a not as twisty stretch of 26 that way, but then you miss 260 between 537 and 26, which is also great. I'd either cruise through the flat/straighter McConnelsville section to get to Big Muskie/Caldwell, and then head south on 260 or Frostyville Rd and then to 26 (northeast) to Woodsfield, or else I'd dip south on 555 (many sharp turns and hills, but lots of farms and farm debris - dirt and gravel in the road in places) or 377 (maybe bigger hills if I remember, lots of winding fast smooth sweepers on new pavement through farmland. If 555, take it to 676E and you will hit one of the best stretches of road around for the first bit, then flat farmland until near Marietta where it gets more wooded and curvey again, then you can catch 26 on the other side of Marietta, which I would highly recommend taking 26-260N-537E-26-> Woodsfield If you prefer smoother/newer flowing sweepers road and less very sharp turns, take 78E to 377S, catch 555 for a shorter and less tight stretch, and then 676 east to Marietta. If you want to go some extra miles for a really flowing section of super fun road, take 377 south to 550 east for a really nice blast, and then catch 555 north to 676 east to the 26/260/537/26 route. Loop 255 south 7 east and then 536 north. whichever route you picked of my recommendations on the way there, you can take the other one back if you've got the time, or if you're worried about being out near dusk, express route back on 78 to make time and avoid deer o'clock. Get started early so you have plenty of daylight for last hurrah. I've gathered that there is one especially dangerous decreasing radius turn southbound on 536, so it is better maybe run north. If you are coming south near the top of 536, you come to a stop sign and directly forward is Sykes Ridge Rd, and staying on 536 is 90 degree right turn at the intersection. A few curves later within a few minutes you come on a blind right hand turn with the uphill on the right, and a downhill on the left. I believe it is marked as a 15mph curve. I'd recommend 12-16mph on this, as it drops off slightly at the apex and is decreasing radius around the blind curve, and many riders have puckered up on this one and lost traction and slid across the oncoming lane and into the farm field there... The dangerous thing about 536 is that there are TONS of medium and higher speed turns on this road, and you think you are in a rhythm and know what's coming, and then it will throw a handful of decreasing radius or otherwise tricky technical turns at you that could easily ruin your day, or months to come... take 536 more cautiously than the other roads for this reason, and ride cautiously everywhere, as it is the start of rut season, big bucks are running around the woods like crazed maniacs starting now, especially near sunrise and sunset. I hit one the first week or two of November last year, 57 mph, ouch.

Moved to South Carolina for a few years. Now living in the Cincinnati area.

Agreed. I can't even hear them.

Maybe next time.

Thanks Kari and you're welcome. It's an awesome song. We got most everything moved. Big shout out to Bowdog for the righteous truck loan. It occurred to me tonight that I went from biggest redneck in my neighborhood to biggest yuppie in my neighborhood in one move. Love it here and have lots of work ahead. Pics and project threads forthcoming!

What's that there above the steamer? Looks like a 12 volt adapter.... Helmet crapping rules.