Happy America Day at Citico

AKA Welcome to Citico Creek

Took advantage of the Forth of July holiday to go and explore some more roads down in Citico Creek. I've been wanting to try out Buck Highway since the last time I rode down here since I was told that Buck Highway was another good option to ride. I did some research on the Strava Heat Map to get an idea for connections to Indian Boundary, created a .gpx file and my route was ready in a few minutes (technology is pretty neat).

 Buck Highway starts off with a BANG.  It's really nicely paved and smooth, but it greets you with a pretty stout grade right off the bat (like 20% or something), kinda make you question why you left the nice river grade warm up far below.  Once you get up the ridge, and past the numerous religious retreats that really want to make their message known, you get rewarded with a meandering road that winds up and down through numerous hollers.

One of many old barns 

Rad old truck

A few miles down the road, you drop into Chestnut Valley. The hills spread out and you become  immersed into forgotten rural farm country. Plenty of sights to see, large open fields, old barns and farm houses, an awesome old truck, a bunch of hunting dogs (all chained up, lucky me) The roads vary from asphalt, to bad asphalt, to almost not asphalt to gravel...a fun mix for multi-terrain bikes. Some steep hills, a switch back or two to keep it fun.

America!

Turkey Creek Road

Long creek-side descent on Citico Creek Rd