YTD – 3878
MTD – 370
Today – 25
I thought a lot on my ride today about a post from Mr. Smith about the ambiguity of rural signage. Specifically this passage:
…we consulted the map (again) to verify cue sheet directions with random map names that we certainly find in both KY and IN. Do other states have so many random road names that don’t correspond on map sources?
It reminded me of the trip I took in May and couldn’t seem to muster the time to post about here. I traveled to Murphy, NC for business and took advantage of its prime location to take a 60 mile and 100 mile excursion. The rides had a combined total of 21,000 feet of vertical climb and the century included the well known Brasstown Bald.
The reason I bring it up is that I managed 160 miles of navigating completely unfamiliar roads armed simply with cue sheets generated at Ride With GPS. Now Ride With GPS is a nice mapping site but to have zero navigation errors in this situation is practically unheard of. What do I attribute this to? Take a look at the normal road sign just out in the sticks:
Just look at all of the information on that sign:
Colloquial Name – Beaver Dam
State Road – 1331-B
That little arrow – many times I came upon crossroads that meet at funny angles etc. This was SO helpful
I have ridden fairly extensively in Kentucky and Indiana both and never encountered such fine signage. This is how it should be done.
