Where Does This Road Go?
You know I love exploring. Sunday was gorgeous so I got on the V-Strom to go enjoy it.
I didn’t know where I was going, and it gets tougher and tougher to figure out new places to go. I just headed south on DTC Boulevard.
I got to Orchard and thought about how I generally don’t go east on that road, so why not? Past Havana it gets into a neighborhood but comes out at Peoria, where you’re looking at Cherry Creek State Park. Go south.
Crossing Arapahoe and continuing south Peoria passes Arapahoe County Airport, bends east, and becomes Broncos Parkway. Sure I’ve been on this road before but not recently. And then when Broncos Parkway hits Parker Road, what then?
Well, at Parker Road, to keep going east means going into the Chenango development. Local streets. But I wondered, does it go through somehow and eventually end up at Smoky Hill Road? Time to find out. (The short answer is yes; the long answer follows.)
To say this road twists around a lot is an understatement. First it’s Jamison Avenue but then it bends south and you end up on Long Avenue. Wind and twist and twist and wind and after some time you end up at Ireland Way. This finally takes you out of Chenango and across E-470. I was a little turned around and thought I was heading east but the map tells me I was going more south-southeast.
Nothing to do but keep going, keep exploring and after heading a good way south I came upon Inspiration Drive. I’ve never heard of Inspiration Drive. Let’s go left, which I see for sure now is due east.
Inspiration Drive hits a T at Piney Lake Road, where I turned left–north. After hitting County Line Road it becomes Powhaton Road and pretty soon, sure enough, there’s Smoky Hill. So then it was just up Smoky Hill to Parker Road, to I-225, and home.
I knew I’d hit on some new roads when I got to all these unfamiliar streets. Also, as is often the case when I got exploring like this, I found myself several times on the edge of civilization. That is, there were large areas currently being bulldozed in preparation for new homes and schools and stores. Come back in a year and you won’t recognize the place.
Hey, did you have something better to do on this beautiful Indian summer day? I sure didn’t.
Biker Quote for Today
Weekend forecast: Motorcycle things with no chance of house cleaning or cooking.
