May 2015 Deal's Gap and Other Mountain Roads Trip

This year we did things a bit differently. On recommendation from Jim Ford, of http://www.ridersworkshop.com/, we left Deal's Gap two days early to meet up with Wayne Busch of http://americaridesmaps.com to explore routes 209, the Rattler, and Revere Road among others. After we parted company with Wayne, using one of his maps he kindly gave to us (Map 5) we explored more curvy roads to end up at Skyline Village Inn (http://skylinevillageinn.com) where we had one of the most impressive overlooks visible from our room. From there we rode the Diamondback, route 226A, and Devils Whip, route 80, and headed to points north on side roads. Unlike what we usually do, we chose to avoid 81 on the way home and instead took 220, went through Winchester and on up to Frederick where Duncan joined us for the last little leg home.