My ride to work

[GytRDunKat]

I was playing with Google Earth, and figured I would share my drive to work. The satellite photos don't make the curves look as fun as they are. It's about 60 miles one way for me, so I've cut out all the straights.

















Carry on I'm going ridin'

[blkpitbull]

Those curves look LONG and drawn out. Like long sweepers. Fun though huh??

[GytRDunKat]

Those curves look LONG and drawn out. Like long sweepers. Fun though huh??

Yeah, it's really fun. There's a few 25/35 mph curves in there, and a few twisties. What you can't see is the elevation changes. The whole ride is in and out of the bluffs, going down toward the Mississippi.

[mpz]

def. more exciting than my daily commute

[doubleoqueso]

That looks SWEET. Lotta cops along it?

[GytRDunKat]

That looks SWEET. Lotta cops along it?

There are sometimes, but it's far and few between. They normally sit in the straight sections, where I tend to keep out of the throttle. I've seen a few in the twisties, maybe once or twice a summer.

[atlas750]

Compare to the straight line I ride here in Houston it looks like a mountain pass!!

[doubleoqueso]

All my commuting is filled with gazillions of stoplights There are freeways, too, I suppose, but too many cars and too many cops

[the digital slacker]

Looks like that could very well be the highlight of your day. I know it would be the highlight of mine... "hey guys I gotta ride home now"

[AzCyco]

Wow, nice greenery.. and WOW, you drive 60 miles one way to work.. Dang, I thought my 1/2hr commute through the city was bad..

[LocoKat]

Nice driving commute, mine is almost 90 miles(I75 S)

[katanapr3]

Hey! you want to see my ride to work...

here you go.








home______________________________________________ ______work




takes me 5 min each way with traffic... sory I live in florida.

[AzCyco]

Hey! you want to see my ride to work...

here you go.








home______________________________________________ ______work




takes me 5 min each way with traffic... sory I live in florida.

Laughs.. Mine kinda looks like that, too.. But I have a Right, left, right, left, then work..

[katanapr3]

well I feel better now, I'm not the only one.

[JDS]

That looks like a nice ride! I don't mean to hijack the thread or anything, but here's a part of mine. My ride to work is 30 miles one way, but the first 1/3 is a great ride - it definitely wakes me up for the morning! My route goes from left to right, west to east.



Sorry for the low quality - it's a resized print screen from my GPS software. At the point directly south of "Oakdale" until you get to the end of that road on the east part of the map, there are an average of 11 curves per mile.