Friends, I am preparing for a cross-country ride next March on my '15 Roadmaster. One thing that I think makes this type of ride exciting is going "off road". Not into total backcountry but on to dirt roads that may be rural, graded at times, but may be developing a little "washboard" effect...

So I hadn't intended too but I ended up riding about 15 miles on mud gravel roads through the Talladega National Forest yesterday. I planned to go there and drive through the mountain area and maybe take a few photos and have a snack on the top of a peak, but nope my GPS took me to the entrance...