Ride to Appomattox & a plane "crash"

Had a great ride out to Appomattox today with Johnny, Willie and Joe from the Steel Horse HOG chapter. We met at US 60 & 522 at 10:30 am. That was good as the time was needed today to burn the fog off as it was a VERY foggy morning. Another "warm" day in February in Virginia. Got up to around 60 today so it was very nice riding. I really has been a nice winter for motorcycle riding in Virginia this year!

Rode up Rt 522 to Rt 6 and down Rt 15 to Dillwyn. There we had lunch at the Depot Bar & Grille. It was good. Had my first "One eyed" cheeseburger, which is a cheeseburger with a fried egg on it. They do have good burgers and seems to be their specialty.

Depot Bar & Grille in Dillwyn, VA

Johnny actually had to catch up with us at Dillwyn. He was late due to having to work this morning. He caught up with us around 1:30 pm. Part of the reason he was late too was having to help rescue a dump truck driver from his overturned truck in downtown Richmond that happened right in front of Johnny as he was leaving work! Glad he made it!

We headed on west on US 60 to 45 and down to Appomattax. We all took a break at a Wendy's before starting back.

We came back on US 460 to Rt 153 to US 360. At 360 we split up and I headed back home to Powhatan after gassing up. As I turned on Rt 13 off of Rt 609 I saw a few cars along side the road and something strange. Took me a little while to see that it was a small plane sitting in the ditch blocking part of the highway! It appeared the plane had made an emergency landing in a farmer's field across the road. He had steered the plane around several poles and under a 3 phase electric distribution line and skidded across Rt 13 before coming to a "landing" in the ditch! A lot of debris was in the road (dirt/grass/scratches from the plane dragging) to ride around. The police were just arriving as I passed and several people were already there so I knew I did not need to stop. (Geez, I think I passed at least 20 police cars and emergency vehicles arriving as I headed on home.). You just never know what you are going to see and experience on a motorcycle ride!! (BTW, heard on the local news later that there were no injuries. The pilot had engine trouble and had to make an emergency landing and ended up on the highway!)

Plane "crash" on RT 13

A great day of motorcycle riding and fellowship with some good friends!! Did around 200 miles today.