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And, of course, some are not so well kept. It'd be fun to restore these to their former glory..... er

I love the architecture of the homes in Appalachia - some really elegant homes and also the sturdy Federal style of homes. Some are really well kept and nice...

Spent yesterday riding from east central Ohio to Knoxville, Tennessee . Pretty cold day as the temp high was around 55F / 12C. Still, the Sun was out so it wasn't too bad. 475 miles on the day but a crap average...

Decomposing animals - nice! Looks like perfect weather though.

Fucker, That was in Knightstown, Indiana - near exit 109. Place was a mess.

Kick a window open and walk in. We used to go up the fire escapes when I was a kid and go in that way. They look to be boarded up now though.

Tomorrow, Saturday, is an off the bike day as we look at some real estate in the area. Might get some pics of that but won't bore you with them. Sunday I'm headed south for 500 miles to Tennessee.

Kind of a depressing place to be. Markers are all of pretty low quality, uniform in size and badly worn despite not being all that old. They'll soon fade away. Some of the large markers were placed by family members after the Asylum was closed.

And for the "patients" that didn't make it, we have a private cemetery out behind the place. No names on the markers, just numbers. The final disrespect to the mentally ill that lived here. There are 5 or 6 of these cemeteries on the grounds, located on different hills behind the Asylum...

Some of the other buildings that housed operating theaters, etc still look to be in good shape. Hard to fathom how many lobotomies were performed here....

Those iron bars and gates on the windows weren't designed to keep people out ...

This is another abandoned place that should be in the movies. It housed some seriously deranged people back when I was in college here (1977-81) but was closed in 1980 or so. We sued to go into the buildings and walk around when I was in school. It looked like the people just walked out and left all of the office and hospital stuff behind. Very weird. They are trying to turn it into an artists studio of some sort these days...

Headed down the road towards Athens and the Insane Asylum....

Dunno if they ever filmed a scary movie at this house, but they should. hate to see it at night. Gotta say though, the lawn looks magnificent!

Some abandoned farm house for @XTreme ...

Still fairly green here in Ohio, not at all like back home....

Only did a couple hundred miles today - on Route 555 south out of Zanesville. Fun road. Loads of blind curves and crests, relatively smooth road surface and not a soul out there other than me....

Shit, I was happy to have that!

I won't argue that - wasn't all that much fun. Better days ahead though!

Someone had to carry the torch onwards.

Headed down to the town that I attended college in to shoot some pics of the abandoned Insane asylum today. Fookin' spooky place even in the light of day...

Should plug me up for awhile. The trick to eating that crap is to allow half of the cheese to fall off while eating. Hard to keep it all together while you eat anyway.

Nor mine. But I had to be in Ohio by Saturday to look at some property that my wife wants to buy. Getting across the country kinda sucks at times but it has to be done. The good riding will now start and I'm not in a hurry to get back home, so will do some much shorter rides on nice 2 lane roads from here on. The fun starts now.

Just before reaching my destination, had to sit on the freeway for an hour while they cleaned up an accident . Temperature was now 85F / 30C with high humidity. I was roasting..

Another truck stop and a side stop at a Skyline Chili in Dayton, Ohio for some chili cheese coneys (hot dog, chili, cheese and a bun). Enough to kill lesser men...