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    Quote Originally Posted by leaningright View Post
    The rain went away so I went for a short ride today. Does anyone else here ride for pleasure?

    I would like to try it someday, but I'm sure it would be considered a bad idea with all the meds I take.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    I don't see the beauty in it unless it's the simplistic austerity of next to nothingness but sky. Quite frankly I've only driven through one State more boring to drive through than OK and that's KS. I've heard the Dakotas are god awful boring to drive through too.
    The Dakotas have a lot of scenic areas, but in other parts, unless you like canola fields, you won't get too much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leaningright View Post
    Yes. About 12 miles from my house. I love my little corner of Oklahoma.
    My dad is buried outside of Lawton with a view of the Wichita Mountains. What part is your little corner?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sailor View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    I don't see the beauty in it unless it's the simplistic austerity of next to nothingness but sky. Quite frankly I've only driven through one State more boring to drive through than OK and that's KS. I've heard the Dakotas are god awful boring to drive through too.
    Ohio is much more on the boring side.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    Ohio is much more on the boring side.
    Ohio is all over the place. There are quite a few post industrial shit holes, amazing areas in the the eastern piedmont region and the river valleys like the Ohio, Mahoning and Miami Rivers and garden variety boring farmlands in the West.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    Ohio is all over the place. There are quite a few post industrial shit holes, amazing areas in the the eastern piedmont region and the river valleys like the Ohio, Mahoning and Miami Rivers and garden variety boring farmlands in the West.
    Well they are one of the leading producers of sweet corn. It's pretty tame an area, with just a bunch of flatland. I imagine you could open it up a little on off roads, if you watch out for farm vehicles. As for the Dakotas, they actually are renowned for bikes, because of Sturgis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    My dad is buried outside of Lawton with a view of the Wichita Mountains. What part is your little corner?
    I was born in Ft. Sill but live in the ridges of the SE.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leaningright View Post
    I was born in Ft. Sill but live in the ridges of the SE.
    So along Arkansas/Texas border. That's a part of the State I haven't been to.

    That's awesome; my family has a LOT of history with Ft. Sill which I cannot share on a public forum. It's a beautiful area with a fantastic wildlife preserve.

    Took my kids through there a few times.....but they found the A10s going low into the firing range more interesting than the buffalo and turkey.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jade Dragon View Post
    Well they are one of the leading producers of sweet corn. It's pretty tame an area, with just a bunch of flatland. I imagine you could open it up a little on off roads, if you watch out for farm vehicles. As for the Dakotas, they actually are renowned for bikes, because of Sturgis.
    Don’t sound to me like you’ve been to eastern Ohio. Flat it is not.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    Don’t sound to me like you’ve been to eastern Ohio. Flat it is not.
    I was talking about Western Ohio, as you mentioned in the last part of your post

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    I don't see the beauty in it unless it's the simplistic austerity of next to nothingness but sky. Quite frankly I've only driven through one State more boring to drive through than OK and that's KS. I've heard the Dakotas are god awful boring to drive through too.
    Yea...you must have driven through the “that’s what I think of when I think of Oklahoma” part of the state. There are some beautiful drives (translated ‘rides’ to the motorcycle enthusiasts) here where I live. I would not live in Western OK unless forced, and then I’d be looking for a way of escape. And yes, Kansas is pretty boring as far as scenery goes...unless there’s some part of it that I missed. But I do love the bird and deer hunting up there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jade Dragon View Post
    I was talking about Western Ohio, as you mentioned in the last part of your post
    Where I'm at in Cbus area is pretty much the eastern terminus of the corn belt. East of here and the land becomes more forested and hilly as you travel into Appalachian Piedmont country but west of here it's fairly flat farmland in a Beech-Maple climax zone. As you travel west from Ohio it gets flatter and flatter until you transition into the prairie land of central Illinois and that, as you go west past the Missouri River starts transitioning into the Great Plains. Then you're talking real flat. LOL
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    Quote Originally Posted by leaningright View Post
    Yea...you must have driven through the “that’s what I think of when I think of Oklahoma” part of the state. There are some beautiful drives (translated ‘rides’ to the motorcycle enthusiasts) here where I live. I would not live in Western OK unless forced, and then I’d be looking for a way of escape. And yes, Kansas is pretty boring as far as scenery goes...unless there’s some part of it that I missed. But I do love the bird and deer hunting up there.
    Most States have places that are crappy and others areas of awe inspiring beauty....except Michigan...Michigan sucks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
    Most States have places that are crappy and others areas of awe inspiring beauty....except Michigan...Michigan sucks.
    My family are the same way with the buckeye attitude, but actually love it up in Michigan. They visit often, in the summer, and my brother even has a big race style boat, that can go 90. You can't do anything with something like that, in Ohio's shallow mud pits. He's taken it out on Lake Michigan a few times.


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