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Originally Posted by stanleychief
I have done that route, and it was fun, until... we hit a detour, which wasn't marked until we were right next to the ferry. It took us about 50 miles out of the way! We took the long way to Eureka Springs from Branson. It was a great ride. I'm glad it wasn't super hot when we did that trip, because the ferry took about 30 mins to pick us up. Not sure if that's normal or not.
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Yeah, when we rode it, we went down for some new bike rally that popped up; Ozark Mountain Thunder Rally or something. It was only a thing for a few years. we headed out on a Saturday morning and just grabbed our phone while the bikes were warming up and looked for a curvy road. "125". Cool, let's do it. We had zero clue there was a dead end / ferry scenario lol.
We make our way across the lake with maybe 5 or so other bikes; we get to the other side, and all the workers who were working the ferry, hopped off and ran to their cars to rollup the windows. My brother goes "do they know something we don't? It was hot as hell that day; I peeled off my shirt and dunked it in the lake and put it back on. about a mile down the road, the sky absolutely opened up and absolutely poured rain. we had to find a place to pull over.
Managed to find a little spot that was likely a small tiny little gas station near the interchange off the road from the lake; but now was on someone's property.
We pulled in, and I was nervous as it had private property signs; sure enough after about 10 minutes under the little gas station roof over the old pumps, the owner pulls in; I ran out and said "hey, sorry man. we quickly pulled over and didn't notice your signs; we can move". Old guy was cool and said "nah..you're aight. you boys ride safe out there". Rain finally passed. Made for a fun day trip.