tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53469929086769267572024-02-06T20:05:08.179-06:00X-ray ReflectionsThoughts and ideas from a higher energy portion of the spectrum!Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-44375111247331261202023-09-02T17:29:00.004-05:002023-09-06T06:19:41.104-05:00I'm So Not Inviting You to My ReviewTerrible. It's a terrible movie. To start, I'm not a huge fan of Adam Sandler comedy; childish and slapstick. That's the case in this film, too. The jokes, including the alleged inside Jewish jokes, just fall flat. He used every cliché in a vast Jewish repertoire; none of them new. Just not funny. The story is, of course, trivial and obvious.<div><br></div><div>My real beef lies elsewhere. Sandler, both in real life and in this film, poorly represents the tribe. Yes, there are many different kinds of Jews; less observant, more observant, Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and more. The problem is that to Sandler, in real life and on film, nothing is sacrosanct. Anything and everything can be the butt (no pun intended) of a joke.</div><div><br></div><div>Worse, still, whether out of ignorance or time pressures in the film, he trivializes the rites and rituals of Judaism. This is tragic given his stardom, popularity and reach. Many folk in his larger viewership may have little or no other contact with Judaism. It is terrible that this terrible film will be the taste of such a beautiful religion that stays in their mouth.</div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-33685404236310819032022-11-14T08:02:00.001-06:002022-11-14T08:02:07.962-06:00Fix Twitter with Two Moves<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span> </span>While we wait the decades it will take to learn <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Elon-Musk-tesla-17177067.php" target="_blank">where Elon Musk falls on the chaotic-good, chaotic-neutral, or chaotic-evil spectrum</a>, there are two things he could do, immediately, that would "fix" Twitter. By "fix", I do <i style="font-weight: bold;"><b>not</b> </i>mean solving the eternal problem that some people will always have a louder megaphone than others. By "fix", I mean, achieving the goal of turning Twitter into a useful, public "Town Square" and understanding the difference a group of people, peaceably assembled for civil discourse and mob rule.</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"> While I am not an originalist, in any sense of the term, it is, often, useful to reflect on the origin of some of the metaphors we use. The notion of a "town square" merits such reflection.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: times;">"Because of this mingling of peoples and opinions, cities became spaces for citizens to make their political voices heard. Before and during the Revolution, cities served as vital civic arenas where political ideas and aspirations were publicly expressed by people from a variety of backgrounds."(<a href="https://www.amrevmuseum.org/read-the-revolution/reading-list-the-role-of-cities-in-the-american-revolution" target="_blank">The Role of Cities in the American Revolution</a>).</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: times;"><span> </span>You could stand up in any town square and shout, at the top of your lungs, any opinion you cared to express. With this great, perhaps transformative, liberty, however, came a few caveats. Let us not fail to remember that society at this juncture was puritanical, paternalistic, misogynistic, classist and racist. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">At best, if your diatribe stirred the hearts of enough of your countrymen, it would be included in the governing documents of the society or, perhaps lead to tea being dumped in the harbor or even open revolt. At worst, however, your diatribe could lead you to a beat down by fists or rotten fruit, public humiliation, arrest, prosecution, hanging or worse. Peaceably assembled groups can quickly become mobs when affronted. Words have meaning and words have consequences. These consequences, whether imposed by the mob or civil society, <i style="font-weight: bold;"><b>moderate</b> </i>the tone and content of the speech.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span> Electronic speech in the modern age has no consequences. In fact, perhaps worse, bad behavior is often rewarded. The size of anonymous mass is too large for either civil prosecution or mob persecution to provide effective guard rails.</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><h1 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: times;">Eliminate Anonymity</span></span></h1><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"> Back in the day, there was no anonymity; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence_Dogood" rel="" target="_blank">Silence Dogood</a> pseudonyms aside. "Oh, that's Dave, the town drunk, spouting off again. He's harmless," one might hear. Or, "that's that radical lawyer, John Adams. He's dangerous," perhaps another. Everyone knew everyone; remember at the time of the revolution, Philadelphia had a population 30,000, well below some Universities today. <i style="font-weight: bold;"><b>The first thing Elon Musk should do is end anonymity.</b> </i>The initial purpose of the "blue checkmark" was to do this, albeit in an unfair way. If the gods of Twitter decided you were important in some way, they removed your anonymity and you spoke as a representative of yourself. They 'verified your authenticity'. A basic security transaction; authentication. My bank authenticates me every time I use their app. On, Twitter, the unwashed masses can and do remain anonymous or, at least, unverified.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span> Twitter, with it's new Twitter Blue service has fumbled authentication in favor of more easily implemented verification. In other words, Twitter says, for Blue, you have to say you are someone, but they don't </span>authenticate that you are who you say you are. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/11/10/middle-finger-mario-becomes-mascot-of-elon-musks-twitter-blue-verification-free-for-all/?sh=4b9bc6e725a6" rel="" target="_blank">Thus, Mario flipping off Musk.</a> <b>Twitter should insist that your username is the name on your credit card</b> (No prepaid anonymous credit/debit cards). You can change your nickname a hundred times a day, but that only changes the costume you wear, not your identity. The same with corporations and public offices and officers though there may be other paperwork involved.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span> </span>Eliminating anonymity changes user behavior. Think of the hesitation that entered your thoughts just reading the suggestion above. Are you really going to let the world know that the real you is the source of all those slightly snarky, slightly pervy Dad jokes? Not to mention your antisemitic, anti-rule-of-law, or election denying diatribe's. Your Mom's adage to "think before you speak" becomes critical. You could now be publicly shamed, sued for slander or libel, or maybe even punched in the nose for speech that goes outside of society's guardrails.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><h1 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times; font-weight: normal;">Throttle the API</span></h1><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><i><span><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><i><span> </span>The second thing that Elon Musk could do to fix Twitter is limit the number of tweets per person per hour</i></b>. Humans have limits of intellectual and physical energy. You can only stand in the town square <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/16/politics/filibusters-congress-chris-murphy" target="_blank">or stand in filibuster</a> for so long. Even Ben Franklin and his press could publish only so much information in a finite amount of time. There were no APIS, AIs or bots. These electronic artifices dilute the conversation. They increase the noise without increasing the signal. Limiting the number of tweets per account per hour to something on a human scale (20 tweets an hour? 60?) would be a huge step forward. Every tweet should be written by hand or at least published at that pace.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span> </span>Media companies clearly have a role to play in modern society. As their role becomes more important to society they must weigh the common weal against their greed and fiducial responsibilities. Removing anonymity and limiting the speed of conversation to a human scale are two ways to do just that.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: times;">#Twitter #Elon Musk #FixTwitter </span></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0Binghamton, NY, USA42.098686699999988 -75.91797380000001313.788452863821142 -111.07422380000001 70.40892053617884 -40.761723800000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-68035191182914654052022-06-16T11:40:00.000-05:002022-06-16T11:40:35.782-05:00Parmigiano Reggiano at the CASEIFICIO UGOLOTTI cheese factory, Parma, ItalyOur continued wanderings around the heat of northern Italy lead us to Parma, Italy, in between Bologna and Milan. (With Modena, the capital of balsamic vinegar production and Ferrari cars between Bologna and Parma). The two primary agricultural products here are Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and Parma Ham. We opted for the cheese.<div><br /></div><div>There are 5 adjacent régions (Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Mantua and Bologna) located between the Po and Reno rivers that make up the exclusive area that produces Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. "Parmigiano Reggiano" is a controlled brand that represents a "protected domain of origin" (PDO/DOP). "The Consortium" determines the rules of the Parmigiano game and these rules have been codifed in EU law. There are many aged, salted white cheeses, but Parmigiano Reggiano only comes from here. In fact, the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium is actively involved in the process. First, and foremost, the Consortium must approve your factory, assign you a number and it is the authority that comes and inspects your product and stamps it as 1st, 2nd or 3rd quality.</div><div><br /></div><div>We toured the Caseificio (literally "casein maker") Ugolotti (the founder of the factory 40 years ago). The factory, shop and restaurant are on the outskirts of Parma, just a short city bus ride from the downtown.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZUqG9DhxV7NqvK5ey_evF-zlqSxQDARrAqqCM7lwtEG3VQzrQpxQBnusBnmkkPf9PaHaxMf2mL3SSW41grQ_xJhlky31t_mHo1gnZmFOM2pSM-j7s7M5bYSzVIhDN77CEAY6UbypHh4/s1600/1655386400663124-0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRZUqG9DhxV7NqvK5ey_evF-zlqSxQDARrAqqCM7lwtEG3VQzrQpxQBnusBnmkkPf9PaHaxMf2mL3SSW41grQ_xJhlky31t_mHo1gnZmFOM2pSM-j7s7M5bYSzVIhDN77CEAY6UbypHh4/s1600/1655386400663124-0.png" width="400" />
</a>
</div>The factory <b>must</b> (and does) receive milk twice a day from local farms. All of the milk used to produce Parmigiano Reggiano must be from the region. The diet of the cows in terms of grass, hay and corn is specified and controlled by the Consortium. <a href="https://www.parmigianoreggiano.com/consortium-specifications-and-legislation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You can read all the rules of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese making for yourself.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CAMn3D2AXLK31PjIyzg078wszIopgj14fekfLRBycdP4RX0wvrkiMd2qYX9O6Eu8NxnnQGCK8dhVc7OcQ9WqESc83RVmlzbFWBhEbEJz_gLCWZW3ORBjanJ0bhCiPqOUquKxNDPh1JSkT6tuSMihEpeFV2VvXnmahIP8IYJ7GwLCLzRj5HxCUwnS/s4032/PXL_20220610_070837205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CAMn3D2AXLK31PjIyzg078wszIopgj14fekfLRBycdP4RX0wvrkiMd2qYX9O6Eu8NxnnQGCK8dhVc7OcQ9WqESc83RVmlzbFWBhEbEJz_gLCWZW3ORBjanJ0bhCiPqOUquKxNDPh1JSkT6tuSMihEpeFV2VvXnmahIP8IYJ7GwLCLzRj5HxCUwnS/s320/PXL_20220610_070837205.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The morning milk run</div><br /><div>None of the milk is pasteurized. The evening milk is allowed to sit and separate into cream and skim milk. This skim milk from the evening before is mixed with the whole, fresh (<b>must</b> be <i>delivered</i> within two hours of milking) morning milk. Some of the whey is added back in. Rennet (only from calf's stomach!) is then added to the milk. the excess whey is sold for animal feed. Nothing is wasted.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Caseificio Ugolotti, we visited, produces 18 wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano every day (7 days a week).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRjID4jXUt0GrYsuXy85p9b5kCCeqZaDxgYRnkI8-UDp2LLKRJBvkJKVxNmLlEZxXJHRkJqdDb-lAlUhZESPSDVNNw3awD3Rl9eBnDKO0-qIwSSl3AUzL3k2fhtAVpJEMLuWRfcspY5zF4LIaYgBx-7YpsDbuhLJQXhND0bExTa9GABEycQSuuXSc/s4032/PXL_20220610_081833170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRjID4jXUt0GrYsuXy85p9b5kCCeqZaDxgYRnkI8-UDp2LLKRJBvkJKVxNmLlEZxXJHRkJqdDb-lAlUhZESPSDVNNw3awD3Rl9eBnDKO0-qIwSSl3AUzL3k2fhtAVpJEMLuWRfcspY5zF4LIaYgBx-7YpsDbuhLJQXhND0bExTa9GABEycQSuuXSc/s320/PXL_20220610_081833170.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Each vat holds 1000 liters of milk. Note that the photo is deceiving. The bottom of the vat is <i>below</i> the floor. Each vat will produce two wheels of cheese which (when dried) will weigh 40 Kg. This factory produces 2 wheels a day, thus 9 vats.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HzQ_denvHxWcS6K-_NuBR5ecL-3XvzvVDswVZoFN07c3Yod5fs2mWZjFKpbWPwKIhQXwnqw25U85X4P0TMZZ2WAh9YbuR_AH5jzPYeNPqE4-yogaaGF0_pMNPzMz1jSsDO1K5ijRGO9DPmWH88w5DVZIsFCa3-y0BVFNOQ3n5cmqkDyLJx-sQNp6/s4032/PXL_20220610_070850187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HzQ_denvHxWcS6K-_NuBR5ecL-3XvzvVDswVZoFN07c3Yod5fs2mWZjFKpbWPwKIhQXwnqw25U85X4P0TMZZ2WAh9YbuR_AH5jzPYeNPqE4-yogaaGF0_pMNPzMz1jSsDO1K5ijRGO9DPmWH88w5DVZIsFCa3-y0BVFNOQ3n5cmqkDyLJx-sQNp6/s320/PXL_20220610_070850187.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwIkZl_4uec2NIFM9EfdbH05O-SgIBdQLMrPurQS5i3fXwAVvTgI4BOCZ6IgvHis2_pohCBYAEJehZ1z_NPTw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>After the curd forms and is broken up, the cheese is cooked at a precise temperature and coagulates into granules and these settle to the bottom of the vats. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxkogLTCCpTEjc6tWR3XQZOkhM2V0ZAhEP5GZ8dl6uE2aC1cbLcdTxVMadefPV5_ujZNRAKfhQE3tdR_i3KBg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After an hour or so of settling, the cheese is pulled up by hand; a two man job.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxoJIaZVTzNrwONQFiOor8I2B3N2iuTBWkKuqTbKH688wG56bIhM_UKX7ySGH82uj71-qnVsgeV5X-C4opWHw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And placed into the initial molds. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzXCi1ExxGmSXUZF-cIMP_0qLcFe95n6C882XSYL8YKtK6g_WRIeS8xrXj7I9BFg5pUcr8SgpW3JtiwaGeWiA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The cheese will sit under a weight in the milk room for 24 hours. The goal is extracting water. From there, they go to the salting room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhd0w1XBQPgI8j-q_SSABl-fydLN5rsUaeWNODq1nBRIlV_OBD-b8_zx-0YrT6RI2gX8qhdy8x4UiLZE1KK15PwgBbOd_IV9cvwSsROtq8ES3lC2egKSMw52adxBkFgJduHvvAePMqVjQQCmSNNrCCIGHyOk0naZ7YQv7D5jrTwkgJrVSdBRtvtqP/s4032/PXL_20220610_072418992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhd0w1XBQPgI8j-q_SSABl-fydLN5rsUaeWNODq1nBRIlV_OBD-b8_zx-0YrT6RI2gX8qhdy8x4UiLZE1KK15PwgBbOd_IV9cvwSsROtq8ES3lC2egKSMw52adxBkFgJduHvvAePMqVjQQCmSNNrCCIGHyOk0naZ7YQv7D5jrTwkgJrVSdBRtvtqP/s320/PXL_20220610_072418992.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIEehR-UTMfWe8dZHEBCpVrk-YPKuowO5n6NQ6V3ppGAhFYtjzqsXA-CvKgJLpIipNKLIe95eu1ahmiQTlgad5FJ_iwZx00XGnHDFf6TVQ5fR0sC4YWWkHr4Y7Xtr3eJzgKCq6ae3kYhM68Tq8QrC-raO8sefZmN3GavG_XBfs0eI_R1rAFQenJfz/s4032/PXL_20220610_072402826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIEehR-UTMfWe8dZHEBCpVrk-YPKuowO5n6NQ6V3ppGAhFYtjzqsXA-CvKgJLpIipNKLIe95eu1ahmiQTlgad5FJ_iwZx00XGnHDFf6TVQ5fR0sC4YWWkHr4Y7Xtr3eJzgKCq6ae3kYhM68Tq8QrC-raO8sefZmN3GavG_XBfs0eI_R1rAFQenJfz/s320/PXL_20220610_072402826.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_qP6hrF21HEMDJd-kKxN6c5FGko2Dj2wMKyGrPvHL6EjTxR6iln8iKxLqr_Im9_7rULrQBeyCWN__ft2cEhraKxTNWEDOwwLhHXEmO27si2_F7qx5LOebp3iN7IKmRgOgV-i_qdFimh0VFRI3RfGs3fYtnPBwEZ4SOzoHsDYKxznJReXhnXbShPL/s4032/PXL_20220610_072725317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_qP6hrF21HEMDJd-kKxN6c5FGko2Dj2wMKyGrPvHL6EjTxR6iln8iKxLqr_Im9_7rULrQBeyCWN__ft2cEhraKxTNWEDOwwLhHXEmO27si2_F7qx5LOebp3iN7IKmRgOgV-i_qdFimh0VFRI3RfGs3fYtnPBwEZ4SOzoHsDYKxznJReXhnXbShPL/s320/PXL_20220610_072725317.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The cheese wheels, now 24 hours old, will be placed in metal forms, lined with a stencil that has the all important labeling information that goes onto the cheese rind. The factory's official number. After another 24 hours they are placed in the salt baths. This is a fully saturated salt solution. they will stay here for 3 months after which the salt has penetrated 3 cm into the wheel. Each wheel is turned daily, by hand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After 3 months, the cheese wheels are moved to the aging room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcYqOXwNXSGrS7msNQlbRqCzVkTLoGpu4uAxpoGwi7Ho88P61fFTf9QXsVIPiMBYiFgwhMx2c5OxtKntu7lQLj94uw-Ly5AKUA3q1HnkEvD19gpx_fW7gdCglPUYK-HWl0IiDZYOvj9mp8jS2B11LrfZmZNVwHV_CLFlYL2a4qWTeS6si_Q4Z82gfV/s3498/PXL_20220610_073551750.PANO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1670" data-original-width="3498" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcYqOXwNXSGrS7msNQlbRqCzVkTLoGpu4uAxpoGwi7Ho88P61fFTf9QXsVIPiMBYiFgwhMx2c5OxtKntu7lQLj94uw-Ly5AKUA3q1HnkEvD19gpx_fW7gdCglPUYK-HWl0IiDZYOvj9mp8jS2B11LrfZmZNVwHV_CLFlYL2a4qWTeS6si_Q4Z82gfV/s320/PXL_20220610_073551750.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Parmigiano Reggiano <b>must</b> be aged for a minimum of 12 months. There are 12,000 wheels shown in this picture, aged from 12 months to 60 months! At a retail price of approximately €15 per kilogram, this picture represents approximately $10M of cheese!!<div><br /></div><div>After a year of aging, the Consortium visits the factory (quarterly) and assigns a grade to each wheel. This is done, by hand, by tapping the wheel and listening for hollows. First quality has no hollows or large cracks. The Parmigiano Reggiano brand and year is then hot branded into the side of the first quality wheels. Minor hollows and cracks are assigned second quality. The second quality wheels are scored with 1 cm ridges to identify them as second quality. They can still be sold for industrial and restaurant purposes. The third quality wheels have all Parmigiano Reggiano labelling removed and are sold for industrial purposes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Interestingly, the contract of the master cheese maker (and, of course, you <b>must</b> have a master cheese maker) specifies he must produce 90% 1st quality wheels per year. If he produces more than a certain amount of 3rd quality wheels, he is <b>on the hook financially </b>for them! (I asked about malpractice assurance but they didn't understand the concept.)</div><div><br /></div><div>The storage room is kept quite warm and quite humid so some mold does form on the outside of the wheel. It's not a health risk but doesn't look good so there is, of course, an automated robot (fromt he 1950's) that moves down the rows and brushes the rims of the cheese wheels free of mold.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdcaN5tTH9m52PI45RJ6mFmo4Sav_LDd3KQ7f2zq2Xy-wCKg9m0QDaLWuItGHOa63ixr_k8Nz1mheZ-sjNjnBQSJgu9s9cmIL20pUk6eJhrulxuauSzvl8OzKZj8t22L0QtEv8Up0NToAcvMjJfoiru6ehIy4DTmUAV5yJxKDRlmtmyqu0Vc--aqV/s4032/PXL_20220610_073945737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdcaN5tTH9m52PI45RJ6mFmo4Sav_LDd3KQ7f2zq2Xy-wCKg9m0QDaLWuItGHOa63ixr_k8Nz1mheZ-sjNjnBQSJgu9s9cmIL20pUk6eJhrulxuauSzvl8OzKZj8t22L0QtEv8Up0NToAcvMjJfoiru6ehIy4DTmUAV5yJxKDRlmtmyqu0Vc--aqV/s320/PXL_20220610_073945737.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Esfoh5_43LamK8QIJzAravr6L2htQSWcYlkuLJ2kCKiLU4RYHludphBJZ3tskIAONe1KGOPTMKpx7FXm-1xj2FII-Q2t2Gk_o3sXbpeG7iZd9KKRjhlmuO15i0zBpAnQi0syFAgpS7N-B9cPYCVTvtOo3-tKEWdJjQQgMPMW7DWLnFB_s6iWcwGy/s4032/PXL_20220610_073911661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Esfoh5_43LamK8QIJzAravr6L2htQSWcYlkuLJ2kCKiLU4RYHludphBJZ3tskIAONe1KGOPTMKpx7FXm-1xj2FII-Q2t2Gk_o3sXbpeG7iZd9KKRjhlmuO15i0zBpAnQi0syFAgpS7N-B9cPYCVTvtOo3-tKEWdJjQQgMPMW7DWLnFB_s6iWcwGy/s320/PXL_20220610_073911661.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Of course, after the tour, we had a delicious tasting of 12, 24 and 36 month aged chesses. And, there is a beautiful restaurant and gift shop in which to buy further products. Overall, a great factory tour and a very interesting product.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66XESW9y-THPtWymcElhKZDDQip8fo9D_x1aliIUtPpXjv2Bn71LadrhT6Hvc5F31HiuFPl7CA_D29uKjOmTgbRLV8jV3EatPf5kAH-D623JRh7WaZjh9bw0L3Z7vAlTqUKlj_o-gsScKIGD8kQqrM9MmrDE-TpHlJxvQxlkLo8rYgB7cQI-aH1-1/s4032/PXL_20220610_065605475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh66XESW9y-THPtWymcElhKZDDQip8fo9D_x1aliIUtPpXjv2Bn71LadrhT6Hvc5F31HiuFPl7CA_D29uKjOmTgbRLV8jV3EatPf5kAH-D623JRh7WaZjh9bw0L3Z7vAlTqUKlj_o-gsScKIGD8kQqrM9MmrDE-TpHlJxvQxlkLo8rYgB7cQI-aH1-1/s320/PXL_20220610_065605475.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIuhvupPUlEBMZcPzUlfasCuENqIHoB6QtNiS3VysJXnzUHl5tYnsORkl_1GOr2JfhptfSp-oEd80cL2IWkPn9yPjmTf7E8zbu3Gq1emV3_trt7KIaEimt9opMsGDKbmk_FtkTm0t9qF-BedtcKxXgKRUxvhIkehrm-5ZjTGTKY8yiHBjiMfWcuV9/s4032/PXL_20220610_065532322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIuhvupPUlEBMZcPzUlfasCuENqIHoB6QtNiS3VysJXnzUHl5tYnsORkl_1GOr2JfhptfSp-oEd80cL2IWkPn9yPjmTf7E8zbu3Gq1emV3_trt7KIaEimt9opMsGDKbmk_FtkTm0t9qF-BedtcKxXgKRUxvhIkehrm-5ZjTGTKY8yiHBjiMfWcuV9/s320/PXL_20220610_065532322.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRLyq9scPv9PhxIv6kLHXV5VSi2lbGy30e7h2dMWqC4tZlOWQwRtJRNtZyeEo10UmGmcStAFO_HLhm8Ye8OokkufTI1Pa1TnbESCUakfhvJ1tIdv4bbNTV8jcaabK9kRMRZSdWiu1X3N9HpdTGV3VXGJtECn8_Vv4wPp2m8JsR4kPidYxIh5irBxa/s4032/PXL_20220610_065522211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiRLyq9scPv9PhxIv6kLHXV5VSi2lbGy30e7h2dMWqC4tZlOWQwRtJRNtZyeEo10UmGmcStAFO_HLhm8Ye8OokkufTI1Pa1TnbESCUakfhvJ1tIdv4bbNTV8jcaabK9kRMRZSdWiu1X3N9HpdTGV3VXGJtECn8_Vv4wPp2m8JsR4kPidYxIh5irBxa/s320/PXL_20220610_065522211.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-17761897171499110852022-06-07T08:27:00.002-05:002022-06-07T08:27:53.893-05:00 The Ducati Factory and Museum Tour, Bologna ItalyWhile meandering through the heat and crowds of northern Italy, our travels brought us to Bologna, home of the discoverer of the radio, Marconi, and the father of Italian motorcycling, Ducati.<div><br></div><div>Ducati, now owned by Audio/Volkswagen, produces their motorcycles, here in Bologna, in a 78000 m² (840,000 sq ft) factory. The factory is, of course, located on Via Antonio Cavalieri Ducati street.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwjpQpmZCMFPyzOEGGeKTukxplsETvzhSfU1KCwjKT43LJWb5796nsjPlJ3SVDEot2NalSdE_Fmbgiehyphenhyphen_c_rTDL3namfGlK2mn1pyDgaNWR8tiOXA4QGZSD952eDmExj_dhvLsGT5BM/s1600/1654606017264542-0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwjpQpmZCMFPyzOEGGeKTukxplsETvzhSfU1KCwjKT43LJWb5796nsjPlJ3SVDEot2NalSdE_Fmbgiehyphenhyphen_c_rTDL3namfGlK2mn1pyDgaNWR8tiOXA4QGZSD952eDmExj_dhvLsGT5BM/s1600/1654606017264542-0.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><br></div><div><br></div><div>They offer tours, of both a museum and the factory, in English and Italian albeit on slightly different schedules. <a href="https://tickets.ducati.com/index.php">Online réservations and tickets</a> are required. Masks and closed toe shoes are also required.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uPTnIggQCiuECpY7bGBxTim5yyUmXPiVglJKl_3CrV-4ObikP_E7UjDLfDtPWWFHQEIJWBttnZNF8vHj_NzC-yuk_dP4MJfCGJK0zEd1__HHO7gGpY260d987vM_s93H2_dP0zYMJQQ/s1600/1654606171573940-0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_uPTnIggQCiuECpY7bGBxTim5yyUmXPiVglJKl_3CrV-4ObikP_E7UjDLfDtPWWFHQEIJWBttnZNF8vHj_NzC-yuk_dP4MJfCGJK0zEd1__HHO7gGpY260d987vM_s93H2_dP0zYMJQQ/s1600/1654606171573940-0.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpWgTtAb9CmJNJlVgPAvKsnbH_PqQyfFsrHy-g5kOganxxndUEpGvHcYInnvsJ_d-a6kmdIYZ4E4hyr6iZy5A-u4nkOiMloL7P4izGTCLKg6OPS2jtTCvzG4N8DBL-TVOxHyEQ18KidE/s1600/1654606166832826-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpWgTtAb9CmJNJlVgPAvKsnbH_PqQyfFsrHy-g5kOganxxndUEpGvHcYInnvsJ_d-a6kmdIYZ4E4hyr6iZy5A-u4nkOiMloL7P4izGTCLKg6OPS2jtTCvzG4N8DBL-TVOxHyEQ18KidE/s1600/1654606166832826-1.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPssz6qZ2wKlyF8s4tluof3wnzLFR1RSW_HYJSVItGYOPxoAlWfqFV2N45STE5Y159DH78wJTOqQ1igMuoqw3wD8FkkL71iZ0z9QE4hw9l_6uPlM4CKHWurI-aJTIyo5H16MFlD4JtH0/s1600/1654606162019935-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPssz6qZ2wKlyF8s4tluof3wnzLFR1RSW_HYJSVItGYOPxoAlWfqFV2N45STE5Y159DH78wJTOqQ1igMuoqw3wD8FkkL71iZ0z9QE4hw9l_6uPlM4CKHWurI-aJTIyo5H16MFlD4JtH0/s1600/1654606162019935-2.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><br></div><div>The tour of the factory and museum costs 32€, about $35 as I write this. A bit pricey, to my mind, like their bikes.</div><div><br></div><div>After passing through security at the gate and receiving a souvenir lanyard and ID card, the group gathers in the visitor center.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcerW8pLL4Ux_H20emWS8N4C8hiiDbh-SfqT1a_UNgZRj9YMWhpcSdAC28hVyScuEma2mcJg4GCgSlifPpQZzN_u3LBOYs6qrfL4iMAy_ZWQDnI5kD-0-Cu8yEMrcQPdJJjKSQYAcgMU/s1600/1654606327785590-0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcerW8pLL4Ux_H20emWS8N4C8hiiDbh-SfqT1a_UNgZRj9YMWhpcSdAC28hVyScuEma2mcJg4GCgSlifPpQZzN_u3LBOYs6qrfL4iMAy_ZWQDnI5kD-0-Cu8yEMrcQPdJJjKSQYAcgMU/s1600/1654606327785590-0.png" width="400">
</a>
</div>All kinds of Ducati swag, except for the bikes themselves are available. Again, fairly pricey but a mecca for Ducati fans.</div><div><br></div><div>The tour is quite good. There is, however, NO PHOTOGRAPHY, quite a bummer. They put stickers on the lenses of your phone!</div><div><br></div><div>In the winter, off season, the factory produces about 100 bikes a day with about 200 employees. In the summer, they produce 300 bikes a day with seasonal workers booting the rolls to 600. All of the bikes are spoken for. No dealer inventory at this time. There were lots of young adults assembling bikes, all wearing black Ducati shorts and red Ducati shirts (following the Star Trek, red shirt for engineering tradition).</div><div><br></div><div>The factory follows the Toyota Kaizen, just-in-time, manufacturing process. There is engine assembly, engine testing, engine/frame integration, whole bike testing, quality control and inspection and shipping operations. 90% of the parts of the bike are sourced in Italy. Only two parts are machined at the factory. One is the cam for the Ducati Desmodromic valve closure mechanism, of which Ducati is very proud. This arrives as a rough casts and is machined to tight tolerances on site. A full, dry, moving model of an engine with the Desmodromic system is displayed.</div><div><br></div><div>The engines (4? different models) are assembled by two person teams on 11-32 stations depending on the engine. Each station has a prefilled tray of parts for that station as well as all of the tools needed for assembly. Cordless electric drivers each with their own bits (and torque settings, I imagine) are available. No bit changing. Every engine is held in a jig that allows it to be positioned in nearly any orientation necessary for assembly.</div><div><br></div><div>The completed engines are oiled and tested by an electric motor to 2500 rpm with measurement of oil pressure.</div><div><br></div><div>The engines are then boxed, temporarily, and moved to the engine/frame integration lone by a robotic cart that follows a painted line on the floor. This was one of the only robotic machines. The bikes are essentially assembled by hand.</div><div><br></div><div>The frame/engine integration lines are four person teams that move with the bikes from station to station. Again, prefilled parts trays and every tool at every station.</div><div><br></div><div>After frame/engine integration, the bikes are fueled and started in front of large ventilation hoods. All systems tested and measured with digital connections to a handful of connectors.</div><div><br></div><div>The bikes are then taken to a Dynomometer like setup for moving tests.</div><div><br></div><div>Next comes the final inspection for cosmetics. AS THEY SAID, this is mostly done by women who they think have a better eye for imperfections. Their words.</div><div><br></div><div>Then the bikes go to shipping. Of note, the shipper does final assembly of seats, mirrors and small plastic fairing parts before delivering to dealers. You cannot pick up a bike at the factory, but there is a dealership across the street!</div><div><br></div><div>Of note, there is a separate section of the factory behind a sealed, bright red, Ducati door where they work on the one off, competion, moto GP bikes. They take this competition very seriously and security is very tight.</div><div><br></div><div>The museum has a separate entrance and is above a portion of the factory. Interestingly, Antonio Ducati was a peer of Marconi and worked on early radio technology. His Factory produced radio components. Destroyed in the war, Ducati rebuilt as a motorcycle production facility.</div><div><br></div><div>At the entrance you can test for several of the current models of bikes.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpSjk2KqjMRERMzrvaa13qDEarvuhpoXTGCjUACQeW_rLq9zy11AUb79ti-nxIgSIUAuvfeAMOQiujarvrrxESLnLHnv8Fvay1QN1aX4o-PiYmvPakrK_m5g-ONPg-K1YgNJQb8nXPws/s1600/1654608069999988-0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpSjk2KqjMRERMzrvaa13qDEarvuhpoXTGCjUACQeW_rLq9zy11AUb79ti-nxIgSIUAuvfeAMOQiujarvrrxESLnLHnv8Fvay1QN1aX4o-PiYmvPakrK_m5g-ONPg-K1YgNJQb8nXPws/s1600/1654608069999988-0.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKrfM-sl7goDF9XP8TK6RaSsJ2-OoRu4kLk1riJwFQhpC65sX5B4CnFkv54kuNxpPc_uiyNWXdst2IA6K9AwP1WAadgrBXTmi7EB3XWvW_KvYVTpdfilKnoqEtOw6_K4hJqh4rmHgviU/s1600/1654608065744942-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKrfM-sl7goDF9XP8TK6RaSsJ2-OoRu4kLk1riJwFQhpC65sX5B4CnFkv54kuNxpPc_uiyNWXdst2IA6K9AwP1WAadgrBXTmi7EB3XWvW_KvYVTpdfilKnoqEtOw6_K4hJqh4rmHgviU/s1600/1654608065744942-1.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><br></div><div>They then have a collection of essentially all of the racing bikes from the earliest days of electric bicycles to the latest GP bikes.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhAJ4QH6eEphheEdhQYKMV09C12nI641Ttzs5-bmEhL1QBw6D_I5keoy43824D9I4c5a-qmG3OEWs4AICB0Gg2FuBYIIu5KMlQdBufqgXtBlCmEBWZUtsEqM-vAvpM0y0vHGJRMP7VO8/s1600/1654608061202601-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhAJ4QH6eEphheEdhQYKMV09C12nI641Ttzs5-bmEhL1QBw6D_I5keoy43824D9I4c5a-qmG3OEWs4AICB0Gg2FuBYIIu5KMlQdBufqgXtBlCmEBWZUtsEqM-vAvpM0y0vHGJRMP7VO8/s1600/1654608061202601-2.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zkaZimqBSi6XYmrwioPcAKAKZtk7ocPvdnQ310Azu5JKUC3cjxuJkk6VMaFcgw-B8hBGrlsYqLScu3oIPkiYOAzUGBVjx6dTtwEYQVCWaHYk8TnnTcF2QIJME4HtXiQn2J3IJATVrkk/s1600/1654608056929006-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zkaZimqBSi6XYmrwioPcAKAKZtk7ocPvdnQ310Azu5JKUC3cjxuJkk6VMaFcgw-B8hBGrlsYqLScu3oIPkiYOAzUGBVjx6dTtwEYQVCWaHYk8TnnTcF2QIJME4HtXiQn2J3IJATVrkk/s1600/1654608056929006-3.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWqw67QzSX02f-uzqFOpJdkc0zJVzx9O8R_F0YYNeN6Kt0gzV3YvmRd-RseXywFaoVR3eQBThIW4FPi984J7K3rGc9wRjGyG-c8VLr1T9qJRRjGvuxg0lgirii8lGXegfDxSr65CqjbM/s1600/1654608052484389-4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWqw67QzSX02f-uzqFOpJdkc0zJVzx9O8R_F0YYNeN6Kt0gzV3YvmRd-RseXywFaoVR3eQBThIW4FPi984J7K3rGc9wRjGyG-c8VLr1T9qJRRjGvuxg0lgirii8lGXegfDxSr65CqjbM/s1600/1654608052484389-4.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcAEEgdab6dmp2uvCj7OG1tDYWtNmGYa8PVYu0HhPZGQI-HJB00RQQqiMXGEDHNmohgxXtWpYqCw3uF1HlddCTF_0aXIqli0591ORzOjm_pkk5A5lPKrA-jLkQiGcLGtJ9vfSx-mepp4/s1600/1654608047118975-5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPcAEEgdab6dmp2uvCj7OG1tDYWtNmGYa8PVYu0HhPZGQI-HJB00RQQqiMXGEDHNmohgxXtWpYqCw3uF1HlddCTF_0aXIqli0591ORzOjm_pkk5A5lPKrA-jLkQiGcLGtJ9vfSx-mepp4/s1600/1654608047118975-5.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgw0sUL0VZZ2kNG6HaFqdapxIUxDi-fhRxB50q-g6xRNVqCJr2jmRjSy6aUfSiwyf22q98cLugSx600b3WC0QpSe64LXx0qUYp2YSZ8aJaJlUgaIf9sjVz7LMG8rTJ5LfaFNRGCkj_43M/s1600/1654608364609306-0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgw0sUL0VZZ2kNG6HaFqdapxIUxDi-fhRxB50q-g6xRNVqCJr2jmRjSy6aUfSiwyf22q98cLugSx600b3WC0QpSe64LXx0qUYp2YSZ8aJaJlUgaIf9sjVz7LMG8rTJ5LfaFNRGCkj_43M/s1600/1654608364609306-0.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHA7cGcXmRM5ClUTG_Y349crzty9Q9qdKrneJ1iRyR7w64Bpn1z54ujCZ86XzIjfdEA5y4VA40v2TUHXt4hRLlRM7NtOHptcEFNHFq6A4eDOaYcJ4AekdNe1BqIj_nhm1GYfeptRYaIpk/s1600/1654608360250377-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHA7cGcXmRM5ClUTG_Y349crzty9Q9qdKrneJ1iRyR7w64Bpn1z54ujCZ86XzIjfdEA5y4VA40v2TUHXt4hRLlRM7NtOHptcEFNHFq6A4eDOaYcJ4AekdNe1BqIj_nhm1GYfeptRYaIpk/s1600/1654608360250377-1.png" width="400">
</a>
</div>Overall a very nice collection and display.</div><div><br></div><div>In front, you can see where employees park😂</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sUIwNdCqO31RpGp0v-PFd-rm5vNSdgLFY1ZW09unmIob0bghu1q5pMX6EIPc6gpGNqb5-G2OyNO6CLwasbs3LXnFT_3Vv5jhTmCNGoMCtdJ-ICDQ11NsH7DZgFNuvMbpNPrONNERByo/s1600/1654608355033309-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0sUIwNdCqO31RpGp0v-PFd-rm5vNSdgLFY1ZW09unmIob0bghu1q5pMX6EIPc6gpGNqb5-G2OyNO6CLwasbs3LXnFT_3Vv5jhTmCNGoMCtdJ-ICDQ11NsH7DZgFNuvMbpNPrONNERByo/s1600/1654608355033309-2.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGy8S-hzleD5jr2bCkssrBfv68pwr8gLnpvx6aoD62EgA9iokkom2r5akCh18tlCA9GmBCe8SK0wb5zJeTxJx0FYgd31wZgk8YxbPS1c3hZ2RToU4sOaicrgkq2d_42lMVQoH4iEW-9Uc/s1600/1654608349580063-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGy8S-hzleD5jr2bCkssrBfv68pwr8gLnpvx6aoD62EgA9iokkom2r5akCh18tlCA9GmBCe8SK0wb5zJeTxJx0FYgd31wZgk8YxbPS1c3hZ2RToU4sOaicrgkq2d_42lMVQoH4iEW-9Uc/s1600/1654608349580063-3.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><br></div><div>An enjoyable and educational morning.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0Bologna, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy44.494887 11.342616316.184653163821153 -23.8136337 72.805120836178844 46.4988663tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-22234807117294087482021-09-27T13:28:00.001-05:002021-09-27T13:28:17.567-05:002021 Canton, PA Lions Club "Tour Armenia Mountain" Ride<p> Another beautiful jaunt into central Pennsylvania. This time for the 2021 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CantonPALions/" target="_blank">Canton, PA Lions Club's</a> <a href="https://www.tourarmeniapa.org/" target="_blank">2021 Tour Armenia Mountain of Pennsylvania Fall Foliage Ride</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEY-6NL2WKPq23Ls29Fy82wsMSUBI2WA3Tbf4zz9jnNBkHQN5d34UUijj5IiH-b4oVQplMP94yYPqOPpaqf_SbazBHt3QgJ2aQHvk2SRulTcHhU0mrj0QD6AbaoLZT_s9pKqJ7KlljabU/s1221/2021-09-25FoliageRide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="1166" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEY-6NL2WKPq23Ls29Fy82wsMSUBI2WA3Tbf4zz9jnNBkHQN5d34UUijj5IiH-b4oVQplMP94yYPqOPpaqf_SbazBHt3QgJ2aQHvk2SRulTcHhU0mrj0QD6AbaoLZT_s9pKqJ7KlljabU/s320/2021-09-25FoliageRide.jpg" width="306" /></a></div>Many people, when they think of Pennsylvania think of Philadelphia to the east and Pittsburgh to the west. It is important to remember that almost all of Pennsylvania, in between, looks like this:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwD4kxb8QWYTJgV4ZL3TXePqpj8h1Uqpt5mrvLjUHpYZg_azZxczbf3G9s6IyjiiaLRGcPrtsm96OB-idHAElVEt9bcmVFXJb9VQPxxrN_4q4cfOmMDx4WSVa4DF191wqa7yaguYVOs6I/s4568/PXL_20210925_181359401.PANO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1677" data-original-width="4568" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwD4kxb8QWYTJgV4ZL3TXePqpj8h1Uqpt5mrvLjUHpYZg_azZxczbf3G9s6IyjiiaLRGcPrtsm96OB-idHAElVEt9bcmVFXJb9VQPxxrN_4q4cfOmMDx4WSVa4DF191wqa7yaguYVOs6I/s320/PXL_20210925_181359401.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I woke up early, around 6 in order to meet Ken for breakfast at 8. The ride to Elmira, NY was cold and foggy; therefore slow. After warming up with coffee, we headed south from Elmira, PA to Canton, PA. Fifteen minutes out from Canton, the fog finally burned off and we continued the rest of the day under bright sunshine and clear blue skies.<div> Arriving in Canton, we knew we were in the right place as we pulled up in time to see about 50 adventure bikes of all sorts pull out to begin the ride. We registered and got our swag. <b>The Lions Club and the other volunteers did a tremendous job organizing the ride.</b></div><div><span> </span>The majority of the first part of the ride was through the <a href="https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateForests/FindAForest/Loyalsock/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Loyalsock State Forest</a>. A beautiful forest with a plethora of bubbling streams, cascades and waterfalls. The unpaved roads were mildly challenging but very enjoyable. That is, of course, until our first side bar conversation with the forest; a detour to Band Rock Vista in the appropriately named, <a href="http://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/GetDocument?docId=3841555&DocName=FD20%20Loyalsock%20McIntyre%20Wild%20Area%20Factsheet%202021.pdf" target="_blank">McIntyre Wild Area</a>. "Most of the timber is over 100 years old; say no more. Beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOv1nYEUMzgItcv1AMLFB0QG5WQKVMFy1-IwdYCTwT5D9s6w88VqsGXT_aIDHIThAsa_CWNgl7NsyNYDe5qX6DdAA5hMhmWSpEnEr0oj_MJSxc_cTLvYgOk9wbqzFqIDgw8DgqbUvKy_g/s835/2021-09-25BandRoackVista.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="706" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOv1nYEUMzgItcv1AMLFB0QG5WQKVMFy1-IwdYCTwT5D9s6w88VqsGXT_aIDHIThAsa_CWNgl7NsyNYDe5qX6DdAA5hMhmWSpEnEr0oj_MJSxc_cTLvYgOk9wbqzFqIDgw8DgqbUvKy_g/s320/2021-09-25BandRoackVista.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The road to the Band Rock Vista, and 'road' is a strong, perhaps inappropriate word to use here, presented, over it's short 3-mile course, a sample of every type of off-road, adventure motorcycling: dirt, loose gravel, downed tree branches, ruts, washboard, gullies, mud, and mud puddles, most, of course, with a sharp drop into the woods to one side. But, the vista when you get there is worth every moment of death defying panic:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UwqwK7YBRDcQDp50FjTde9F4_WrJRIpVEmLcygOhc-K1hJvLzp6D9GTvTPdOsd8DdZhBp-Ry4PEVDbnf31ltt-c6CeL_5bg9sDwL_SWpGWDsTTHZdWeeX2LyTPHU-tofjE-a7JkM-tA/s4032/PXL_20210925_152435008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UwqwK7YBRDcQDp50FjTde9F4_WrJRIpVEmLcygOhc-K1hJvLzp6D9GTvTPdOsd8DdZhBp-Ry4PEVDbnf31ltt-c6CeL_5bg9sDwL_SWpGWDsTTHZdWeeX2LyTPHU-tofjE-a7JkM-tA/s320/PXL_20210925_152435008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DrHjbEvl99oBu21DRunE0GkZUFJIALK-uijsrGMI168AKjV_VXqlni8To2fpgyloWCja9AgR9r7ml7lRqSELubZYDNSUxy-4Ura5Ss2jJloY9JYLY0huLrDk6gT9mOCIjhNcH2vdn78/s4032/PXL_20210925_152458056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DrHjbEvl99oBu21DRunE0GkZUFJIALK-uijsrGMI168AKjV_VXqlni8To2fpgyloWCja9AgR9r7ml7lRqSELubZYDNSUxy-4Ura5Ss2jJloY9JYLY0huLrDk6gT9mOCIjhNcH2vdn78/s320/PXL_20210925_152458056.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1azfSlUSpBUS-TCWHlwginRdxj2Ja7PkZ56NMNnKw0iKi8Fmo-3SmY3SqimQ77p7sGLvCeHcsVbNuykHNxn_kS26likDYSbF1qvF91c3HawAej6TVl2ZBW3iyalNgni8tJpBBJZ71Po/s4032/PXL_20210925_152513228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ1azfSlUSpBUS-TCWHlwginRdxj2Ja7PkZ56NMNnKw0iKi8Fmo-3SmY3SqimQ77p7sGLvCeHcsVbNuykHNxn_kS26likDYSbF1qvF91c3HawAej6TVl2ZBW3iyalNgni8tJpBBJZ71Po/s320/PXL_20210925_152513228.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxM8wPnoM7Xhb42b1hUZfICF7J_uFq3OMZDxC6vYvFa-SQ_KXJrvRaDesTpfm3903anZN0CSn8qVHPfsEI9adZVrBA3D55gIa9kU6mjQxAmLMfYlVAB-YiP5zPnsDCMThmrLmYO4wdeU/s3264/PXL_20210925_152615592.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaxM8wPnoM7Xhb42b1hUZfICF7J_uFq3OMZDxC6vYvFa-SQ_KXJrvRaDesTpfm3903anZN0CSn8qVHPfsEI9adZVrBA3D55gIa9kU6mjQxAmLMfYlVAB-YiP5zPnsDCMThmrLmYO4wdeU/s320/PXL_20210925_152615592.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9e_5rUJYWMNB97rjVdNZd0zskUEvItrXo41lWGjxvkkREGBqj_XEkEUsQrt4brBPHIFpc2vEWl7NBiZedqKMspVCSpI3y6xDobVsTfnx5z2EaCaa9qgPppoEAkiQlTShW5i4fUhH6RY/s4250/PXL_20210925_152708939.PANO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="4250" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9e_5rUJYWMNB97rjVdNZd0zskUEvItrXo41lWGjxvkkREGBqj_XEkEUsQrt4brBPHIFpc2vEWl7NBiZedqKMspVCSpI3y6xDobVsTfnx5z2EaCaa9qgPppoEAkiQlTShW5i4fUhH6RY/s320/PXL_20210925_152708939.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are so fortunate to live in such a beautiful place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span> From there, we continued back through Loyalsock. We were overtaken by the sweep riders and organizers of the ride acknowledging our position at the tail of the pack.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjPDHxOKfkZGDshYpUy3V0fAuhNwHfRyCjgnid6pdTnxb77DVaz6RcbTSKK9umzZQnUXOobh4UEk_YwLFojqzTJ9cIfToiXPhKn8kepr5Xd9e-YLq_c3qvtuwYbBm7C2_85rw3dwWCtg/s3264/PXL_20210925_160619888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjPDHxOKfkZGDshYpUy3V0fAuhNwHfRyCjgnid6pdTnxb77DVaz6RcbTSKK9umzZQnUXOobh4UEk_YwLFojqzTJ9cIfToiXPhKn8kepr5Xd9e-YLq_c3qvtuwYbBm7C2_85rw3dwWCtg/s320/PXL_20210925_160619888.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnzFqbkawzKfDxv2IqmYV0uNTZhRPfCmqxddzvBY2t8cNGi6n1lIM8tibwRs_3MQipJ7OkJ3_I30c1hLDFxutSJeJ3Y67JI59-pAYDJ9MMszZeg52_MTKdw9WiS9CbmOaaL82g4eYPK0/s3264/PXL_20210925_160628892.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnzFqbkawzKfDxv2IqmYV0uNTZhRPfCmqxddzvBY2t8cNGi6n1lIM8tibwRs_3MQipJ7OkJ3_I30c1hLDFxutSJeJ3Y67JI59-pAYDJ9MMszZeg52_MTKdw9WiS9CbmOaaL82g4eYPK0/s320/PXL_20210925_160628892.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUebGQEcbI4TAqhXFFcrHsYp8cwtdO2esecr23h6ihIxgE_sCXdsfrLirutN-gm1bRu0WEwd9lY0QfzCqI6JckIxG4UReEcsZIV1muAfTQLzqa2ul4FRatkAV9IAbyQ-nb8yu42x7NXU/s3264/PXL_20210925_160702098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZUebGQEcbI4TAqhXFFcrHsYp8cwtdO2esecr23h6ihIxgE_sCXdsfrLirutN-gm1bRu0WEwd9lY0QfzCqI6JckIxG4UReEcsZIV1muAfTQLzqa2ul4FRatkAV9IAbyQ-nb8yu42x7NXU/s320/PXL_20210925_160702098.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span> The price you pay when you stop to smell the fir and lavender and appreciate the vistas.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><span> From there, we continued on to the Sharp Top Vista.</span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrPGc9yM9Qp6RpBpN-1YtGf7FemotbOoLXLJO91ysOR5OUTweaBdvfMZwlCF3LmSAnyAEYeB-ubrPaS1fJPNcKYsv0URMfe8-9CG7e7YkZad3WQ-27hape9ln7f06ozkd7mdN4rVmPBE/s4244/PXL_20210925_164955597.PANO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1674" data-original-width="4244" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrPGc9yM9Qp6RpBpN-1YtGf7FemotbOoLXLJO91ysOR5OUTweaBdvfMZwlCF3LmSAnyAEYeB-ubrPaS1fJPNcKYsv0URMfe8-9CG7e7YkZad3WQ-27hape9ln7f06ozkd7mdN4rVmPBE/s320/PXL_20210925_164955597.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicA1VaZBWRE2nYHehg1EfhNS3LNfaQCe7EWDWzx7Fno3s45YOth0CLGUymmvBgDTSmseBhgu5aUCN7tLiSzxcXepWO0ME058tG_8knfFWtedIHLRF-APOmQo2il5LzGOFZm9L0-9wZYkc/s4032/PXL_20210925_165001745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicA1VaZBWRE2nYHehg1EfhNS3LNfaQCe7EWDWzx7Fno3s45YOth0CLGUymmvBgDTSmseBhgu5aUCN7tLiSzxcXepWO0ME058tG_8knfFWtedIHLRF-APOmQo2il5LzGOFZm9L0-9wZYkc/s320/PXL_20210925_165001745.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxkte9afBT51Vl5z4vllLVvmkwOLqur-Po6QCaz9JF5hrxLGsP0ivi_yoSe413AzqaWjJCo8ILSX1JWTyYxL4OBw2mEQ5ekMU7RA3FlOWcKDK20SU8mo22EjmoeCYW9EfzJmyp8yuc7I/s4032/PXL_20210925_165008693.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxkte9afBT51Vl5z4vllLVvmkwOLqur-Po6QCaz9JF5hrxLGsP0ivi_yoSe413AzqaWjJCo8ILSX1JWTyYxL4OBw2mEQ5ekMU7RA3FlOWcKDK20SU8mo22EjmoeCYW9EfzJmyp8yuc7I/s320/PXL_20210925_165008693.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAuNhvPfHOlbM9yN8V6Ui4Cy4o8Xm-HaOGoZ3K6jf09Q2EsfbowjUfw2glKCgqVkKwaK7CokGvm4IIbVVFDRLBT-GBH86JzqxScdRxsWWxGZJd0ocyIzUW6pMJ1M3ncyQ4ZNIgp-rXas/s4032/PXL_20210925_165014746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAuNhvPfHOlbM9yN8V6Ui4Cy4o8Xm-HaOGoZ3K6jf09Q2EsfbowjUfw2glKCgqVkKwaK7CokGvm4IIbVVFDRLBT-GBH86JzqxScdRxsWWxGZJd0ocyIzUW6pMJ1M3ncyQ4ZNIgp-rXas/s320/PXL_20210925_165014746.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFuNvNntIB37qi3E6BRFshFwHhAmFbHay3DvkkJUZLhV6NvgAWAD4snrfMz_BnVNfigsKsmwiuFN5k2syFffjvaNRhpcZaVrOaUXaDncfolD2ntm45ZAiSsRrDgPC_oNFNxdTxh3HlNo/s4032/PXL_20210925_165102416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFuNvNntIB37qi3E6BRFshFwHhAmFbHay3DvkkJUZLhV6NvgAWAD4snrfMz_BnVNfigsKsmwiuFN5k2syFffjvaNRhpcZaVrOaUXaDncfolD2ntm45ZAiSsRrDgPC_oNFNxdTxh3HlNo/s320/PXL_20210925_165102416.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And, of course, what vista in the middle of the forest is complete without a wedding party taking pictures? On top of that, we heard the groom had come out the day before to <b>mow the grass</b> for his bride to have perfect pictures! Ah, young love.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ej8BDPrQcJT08_26VRDwY-4Ueg6eufC7lnHAaeQnagP3B6PbFCEFFfVva2QRm5YvCCXB3UdAtGtZS4wTkN_T61Ytn_fbtCwn0sxVAGM9T67ZUo575H4GlC00T-xgZbl3FkU-EdzCATk/s4032/PXL_20210925_171209300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ej8BDPrQcJT08_26VRDwY-4Ueg6eufC7lnHAaeQnagP3B6PbFCEFFfVva2QRm5YvCCXB3UdAtGtZS4wTkN_T61Ytn_fbtCwn0sxVAGM9T67ZUo575H4GlC00T-xgZbl3FkU-EdzCATk/s320/PXL_20210925_171209300.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span>It was then an easy, very enjoyable ride with the occasional gravel glissade through the Forest to the High Knob Overlook. First, though, we must cue the obligatory 'secret' waterfall and swimming hole.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9GC4ei3dIWwZKGOJt42EHMw9xWBDFD9vNMKB22dkIEbuiLS6te8H_R5x59FTUpCVxGygHfdoewCDSPNckF0zQldUARgbsUOuAKmHljXc_fs3JtqUbTvD2hvVzG0wtmnRywJ5w5aN_NsU/s4032/PXL_20210925_180203255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9GC4ei3dIWwZKGOJt42EHMw9xWBDFD9vNMKB22dkIEbuiLS6te8H_R5x59FTUpCVxGygHfdoewCDSPNckF0zQldUARgbsUOuAKmHljXc_fs3JtqUbTvD2hvVzG0wtmnRywJ5w5aN_NsU/s320/PXL_20210925_180203255.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span> High Knob Overlook is not to be missed. Seven counties of central PA spread out like a green blanket of trees before your eyes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDErVD2-yKTVsW5Wt2WP5MRvzUI3sN2jYNIvsIdh_tx-MPcTL5CErJD08q5jCN80eH87IiKAPox1dJly88w6xtKON9shBrdAi-Hjlv-Q0XlDTk1k4i6Eqru88YxkWEF5Hw9NmcECqj9wc/s4568/PXL_20210925_181359401.PANO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1677" data-original-width="4568" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDErVD2-yKTVsW5Wt2WP5MRvzUI3sN2jYNIvsIdh_tx-MPcTL5CErJD08q5jCN80eH87IiKAPox1dJly88w6xtKON9shBrdAi-Hjlv-Q0XlDTk1k4i6Eqru88YxkWEF5Hw9NmcECqj9wc/s320/PXL_20210925_181359401.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VApYuRq0E4JVkQM8IDH0o62rp6w7143ZQuJ7nt32F1_POAJGmNe6Um1hqBiR6z6bMes3pk6ctpoyOP20sbVVDjvaSTpoJX5-C-CN_MqUz5p-dnNzJeB2dTvD5UrMoVdGNgQ6G01o62w/s4032/PXL_20210925_181327455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VApYuRq0E4JVkQM8IDH0o62rp6w7143ZQuJ7nt32F1_POAJGmNe6Um1hqBiR6z6bMes3pk6ctpoyOP20sbVVDjvaSTpoJX5-C-CN_MqUz5p-dnNzJeB2dTvD5UrMoVdGNgQ6G01o62w/s320/PXL_20210925_181327455.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YVbD2UPGCNSk-XEdO8DoMoPWJkaeFEE7obsKF4rtW2iM7bxqoWCzROvp37IN-JoVrV3YE-IYyqFmuyl6rZXtdXAhoVCiWpgLmd_Mc4EF-g0KL7bQ57cSqcR-9r8xVB8PnmAnMgMh6q0/s4032/PXL_20210925_181325015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YVbD2UPGCNSk-XEdO8DoMoPWJkaeFEE7obsKF4rtW2iM7bxqoWCzROvp37IN-JoVrV3YE-IYyqFmuyl6rZXtdXAhoVCiWpgLmd_Mc4EF-g0KL7bQ57cSqcR-9r8xVB8PnmAnMgMh6q0/s320/PXL_20210925_181325015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHjPL8gqEkREkv7_BppTowK6k6TN2M5lhJWOxB4YDM7RCJx4YGQGDuZOHrZz7emXYo-ZSvInMPfSy8myYyf3aAKsqKHK83NVeuoCDi1ywttEQpd3_HHap6cXWQI4zZQWANMN1CoQieV4/s4032/PXL_20210925_181320383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOHjPL8gqEkREkv7_BppTowK6k6TN2M5lhJWOxB4YDM7RCJx4YGQGDuZOHrZz7emXYo-ZSvInMPfSy8myYyf3aAKsqKHK83NVeuoCDi1ywttEQpd3_HHap6cXWQI4zZQWANMN1CoQieV4/s320/PXL_20210925_181320383.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />By now, late afternoon, we rolled into <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/79j12qLnSMqbRRt1A" target="_blank">Shunk, PA</a> (yes, there is a town named Shunk in PA). There, The Canton Fire Department had a luncheon spread for the riders. From there, a beautiful, late afternoon saunter through familiar back roads to home. A perfect day of adventure riding in our backyard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-1363623763855238552021-08-31T12:55:00.000-05:002021-08-31T12:55:05.012-05:00The Midatlantic Backcountry Discovery Route<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span>Day 1 (Sections 9 and most of 8)</span></h1><p><span><span> </span>As I mentioned in my previous post, <a href="https://xray-reflections.blogspot.com/2021/04/first-dirt.html" target="_blank">First Dirt</a>, with the acquisition of a</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXctR0dkEmNl9zsC0kygbDzbrEQbdzYpn8mrz_ZByqrJBWrFQTG-b1HCI_JAGVd2YRwaj_QUz5tDt2WWI1qOATa2XpwSLkDFHjlTEYH9TsSdTvH2hnzQtbmYcpBUY0Xup8pbGmu18CwaE/s1747/20210623_065501+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1747" data-original-width="1228" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXctR0dkEmNl9zsC0kygbDzbrEQbdzYpn8mrz_ZByqrJBWrFQTG-b1HCI_JAGVd2YRwaj_QUz5tDt2WWI1qOATa2XpwSLkDFHjlTEYH9TsSdTvH2hnzQtbmYcpBUY0Xup8pbGmu18CwaE/s320/20210623_065501+%25281%2529.jpg" width="225" /></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ktm.com/en-us/models/travel/ktm-890-adventurer2021.html" target="_blank">2021 KTM 890 Adventure </a>motorcycle, I have expanded my horizons from paved roads to the unpaved. <a href="https://www.bts.gov/content/public-road-and-street-mileage-united-states-type-surfacea" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">The Bureau of Transportation Statistics</a><span style="text-align: justify;">, a statistics agency in the Department of Transportation, estimates that, as of 2019, there are approximately, 2.9 </span><b style="text-align: justify;">million </b><span style="text-align: justify;">miles of paved roads in the USA (an admirable goal for any biker!). Yet, they also estimate another 1.2 </span><b style="text-align: justify;">million </b><span style="text-align: justify;">miles of unpaved roads! These cannot be ignored!</span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"><span> Riding off the beaten path onto a beaten path is a completely different experience. First, it requires completely different riding skills. You have to trust the bike. Let the physics work as you slip and slide on the less than perfect traction. </span></span><span style="text-align: justify;">But! The experience is also completely different. Each section of road with it's texture and feel heightens your awareness of the ever changing environment. </span></p><p><a href="http://ridebdr.com" style="text-align: justify;" target="_blank">Backcountry Discovery Routes (BDR)</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> is "a non-profit organization that creates off-highway routes for dual-sport and adventure motorcycle travel." This group has created ten routes, two of which are east of the Mississippi. <a href="https://ridebdr.com/mabdr/" target="_blank">The Midatlantic Backcountry Discovery Route</a> (MABDR) is:</span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="text-align: justify;">a scenic ride for dual-sport and adventure motorcycles that uses dirt, gravel and paved roads to wind through remote parts of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Starting in Damascus Virginia, and ending in Lawrenceville, Tioga County, PA, this 1,080-mile route, primarily uses forest roads and rural country lanes, to lead riders through the Appalachian mountains, majestic forests, bucolic farming landscapes, Amish country, and locations that played pivotal roles in early American history.</span></blockquote><p>The route is divided from South to North into 9 sections, each of which has its own flavor. I started out riding North to South from my home near Binghamton, NY on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at approximately 8:30AM. It started out as a beautifully sunny day (foreshadowing). I made quick work of the never-to-be-finished I-86/17 West to Corning, NY and from there, down I-99 to Lawrenceville, PA, the official starting (ending?) point of the MABDR.</p><p><span> If you are riding North to South, this</span><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_lgZZQwiOw1OK7zkrgem8OlIOFa30pkmrv_0PvDu7JjAFqfnsyLUfDZPIJXvNwem5jsjK1N-nxVKoRLDRXvwI1_x0p_Y1zZsKBZBet8vLOeti_1hKofDlpX95_GaN0wwKIPdPpfFQqY/s2048/PXL_20210822_135738084.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_lgZZQwiOw1OK7zkrgem8OlIOFa30pkmrv_0PvDu7JjAFqfnsyLUfDZPIJXvNwem5jsjK1N-nxVKoRLDRXvwI1_x0p_Y1zZsKBZBet8vLOeti_1hKofDlpX95_GaN0wwKIPdPpfFQqY/s320/PXL_20210822_135738084.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">is the "official" start sign, welcoming you to Pennsylvania at the Lawrenceville exit. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6hrqMzVDWDVUwghtJuiOTmZP3WX7eNFFqmR1JR8hlavq5-Z3GxLJSe96MFwbNrHIMOi5IIoiwksesLud2MB-zKZR3bS0iqOy9F36nIh1vX4Kt5XiwCAL0UDsMw5z789jCcsv5UuKzCc/s755/PXL_20210822_135738084COPY.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="755" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg6hrqMzVDWDVUwghtJuiOTmZP3WX7eNFFqmR1JR8hlavq5-Z3GxLJSe96MFwbNrHIMOi5IIoiwksesLud2MB-zKZR3bS0iqOy9F36nIh1vX4Kt5XiwCAL0UDsMw5z789jCcsv5UuKzCc/s320/PXL_20210822_135738084COPY.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Please note that you must obey all posted signs, especially ones that state, "pursue your happiness"! I know I did.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span> Section 9, from Lawrenceville, PA to Cedar Run, PA,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSR3BjNVj5R0ZbXe0qK0EcFZe4pKiTjigwkoeJUyJercAaQCYxrPJiFsHex8Y5CXRPLC6dRdnVoHXv7zV86FmWCA2IAbvl4mMBhDb3_O6ltTnc8msd32rEQbciqtdzIVROONCU2GrA1E/s1161/G9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1161" data-original-width="995" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSR3BjNVj5R0ZbXe0qK0EcFZe4pKiTjigwkoeJUyJercAaQCYxrPJiFsHex8Y5CXRPLC6dRdnVoHXv7zV86FmWCA2IAbvl4mMBhDb3_O6ltTnc8msd32rEQbciqtdzIVROONCU2GrA1E/s320/G9.jpg" width="274" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span> is the perfect introduction to the MABDR and off road, "adventure" riding. It starts out paved </span>and then slowly progresses to packed dirt <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqUpEFQKRGiQiOWBUx7mkbcx5dbb3XNdse9XpcDIDzzB3viDuGIDqXLI9H-CbUeJse73aiCe2qFhS0ieOh2PJ5z-W3q4l8oSehUQdD3jr4cNCGhcM25L1oIq_lgGq834abIb8v4_aYQM/s2048/vlcsnap-00003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqUpEFQKRGiQiOWBUx7mkbcx5dbb3XNdse9XpcDIDzzB3viDuGIDqXLI9H-CbUeJse73aiCe2qFhS0ieOh2PJ5z-W3q4l8oSehUQdD3jr4cNCGhcM25L1oIq_lgGq834abIb8v4_aYQM/s320/vlcsnap-00003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFY5tguhWuI2nDddoepoR3jb2IKIYxON4TKy3WpDWozK-N_rXnuRdhq5ccGfJurl4C2lM53noooTfqYHLOWzAXRzl-vy1e8hyphenhyphen2o0knJZ7J9oy3wmYkrhcqacGCKDKBpGd1B-LKsmtk-SA/s2048/vlcsnap-00001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFY5tguhWuI2nDddoepoR3jb2IKIYxON4TKy3WpDWozK-N_rXnuRdhq5ccGfJurl4C2lM53noooTfqYHLOWzAXRzl-vy1e8hyphenhyphen2o0knJZ7J9oy3wmYkrhcqacGCKDKBpGd1B-LKsmtk-SA/s320/vlcsnap-00001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>and some gravel as it winds through beautiful farmland and rolling hills.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ldY7fuuG4GmPM-pMy66cljbCfjaPFNC6YOV64g51g_gEj4P_DWtcQrbTNlyKnfHE3Bzr7xne_fsh6IbAoRqe8tYsfpUEZkjU5gMcBHrkWWx5hFhscNrTuuwflTPjt0MWWCQTRwjiSyM/s2048/vlcsnap-00004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ldY7fuuG4GmPM-pMy66cljbCfjaPFNC6YOV64g51g_gEj4P_DWtcQrbTNlyKnfHE3Bzr7xne_fsh6IbAoRqe8tYsfpUEZkjU5gMcBHrkWWx5hFhscNrTuuwflTPjt0MWWCQTRwjiSyM/s320/vlcsnap-00004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmvHfhWotRJwCpfhMlYOI3hyFG2ROLuaKx9YiXHlGTVEADb-qF6ZerhEvVCtLjeeETArp6BDcxZ0XBSP-FlVvTv4urJzYMavps2X5cvxc8KYmjW8joUdXxDhK57wuTI-vfvBkU0drTf8/s2048/vlcsnap-00002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhmvHfhWotRJwCpfhMlYOI3hyFG2ROLuaKx9YiXHlGTVEADb-qF6ZerhEvVCtLjeeETArp6BDcxZ0XBSP-FlVvTv4urJzYMavps2X5cvxc8KYmjW8joUdXxDhK57wuTI-vfvBkU0drTf8/s2048/vlcsnap-00002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLqbcCYO-WFEppeXkN8Jt0HOhsDttCgadC9kRxSjhq3iYLK1BF1xENOwu1_CDSPjga96F9XNPaLsxJUboTv1k8yVJfEPss4JJ53UNWrk8aZk9Dl1e58QyUurN2NCs1WRQsO4yjUGbiFw/s2048/vlcsnap-00005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLqbcCYO-WFEppeXkN8Jt0HOhsDttCgadC9kRxSjhq3iYLK1BF1xENOwu1_CDSPjga96F9XNPaLsxJUboTv1k8yVJfEPss4JJ53UNWrk8aZk9Dl1e58QyUurN2NCs1WRQsO4yjUGbiFw/s320/vlcsnap-00005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><br />Ironically, there was more than a little traffic on 9, today. I have found, however, that most vehicles will slow and pull over so that motorcycles may continue. 9 then passes you over to Tioga State Forest<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjhGDnuVohGPwtQJSmu8Wy_zqzssXSPr_q85YbrLaQFgZbN4Fb0OD_AvQygxvh3M0uukykby6htOAqmfQHeEC1NeslHLz9iXSjaRh2WsKrMc-7JpHQ2SgR2KSZnFUhgZjHG68uQdd1CA/s2048/PXL_20210822_145715959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJjhGDnuVohGPwtQJSmu8Wy_zqzssXSPr_q85YbrLaQFgZbN4Fb0OD_AvQygxvh3M0uukykby6htOAqmfQHeEC1NeslHLz9iXSjaRh2WsKrMc-7JpHQ2SgR2KSZnFUhgZjHG68uQdd1CA/s320/PXL_20210822_145715959.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>and your first, canopies forest road. Instinctively, you take in a deep breath of the somewhat humid forest air.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8cQSdMI1BIUpH_80AdT25VK65cwQ0KB1cxhyphenhyphenbWSOJZjf5cfa5r_oegyNrQkHOT_9OIoyP7Q44bksw4yTkqtxj7P2OtnQYuu9fz_P7BVdvFN_T1F-i9-DWLkSfiMVp6U-I75RF0mPMmgE/s2048/vlcsnap-00006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8cQSdMI1BIUpH_80AdT25VK65cwQ0KB1cxhyphenhyphenbWSOJZjf5cfa5r_oegyNrQkHOT_9OIoyP7Q44bksw4yTkqtxj7P2OtnQYuu9fz_P7BVdvFN_T1F-i9-DWLkSfiMVp6U-I75RF0mPMmgE/s320/vlcsnap-00006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5hajBJxUiQ_px-fVuF-_cuBhOBPWEqE_fli4PNLr3vARbvKB1MFGqOfZV4kVixc8OBZjYAik2rUBE3evbrWOd0P7QtJferqYh7M5U-cf3RK3gwLBsnxCh7Napk8Vj6gG5i2T3ryfD8M/s2048/vlcsnap-00007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5hajBJxUiQ_px-fVuF-_cuBhOBPWEqE_fli4PNLr3vARbvKB1MFGqOfZV4kVixc8OBZjYAik2rUBE3evbrWOd0P7QtJferqYh7M5U-cf3RK3gwLBsnxCh7Napk8Vj6gG5i2T3ryfD8M/s320/vlcsnap-00007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NYF-oQ_z00-AESdAnIMx0MCLV6oVQbpkh3JB09Fj9JLKJ4bOqRyUzQobMeNKsg3ZAj6X5Lwq69kbQYsluGHx2m-oz432xwbg-EfhYW_iXhbrj2E_sV_Ti8BjIkbx1jrcDdwUd94kEw0/s2048/vlcsnap-00008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NYF-oQ_z00-AESdAnIMx0MCLV6oVQbpkh3JB09Fj9JLKJ4bOqRyUzQobMeNKsg3ZAj6X5Lwq69kbQYsluGHx2m-oz432xwbg-EfhYW_iXhbrj2E_sV_Ti8BjIkbx1jrcDdwUd94kEw0/s320/vlcsnap-00008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Now, you are entranced. You leisurely wander through the wood until you are discreetly delivered to US 6. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_6" target="_blank">US 6</a> is also known as the Grand Army of the Republic Highway. A tribute to the American Civil War Veterans Association, ironic knowing that the MABDR will eventually lead us through many Civil War settings. US 6 is well known to local motorcyclists as a key access to the beautiful riding of central PA and "the PA grand canyon" (more to follow on this).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> Turn right on US 6 and you will head to Bishop California. Left, will take you to Provincetown, MA on the tip of Cape Cod (also a wonderful ride). We turn left but only for a little bit before we turn south and join Painter-Leevonia Road</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-YL3ydjvij6X5BT46YdOSkLgRi4xD59wNz1CE1AaV-IIKtEdD3Merwd_XnoSNVj8L0ErOaSRCfYtY1SsxDmHMibLYxGu8ogUR0sXbRGdXzxRlRREC53AYjB2-6zHEk97OrGKUMKls5U/s2048/PXL_20210822_154008541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-YL3ydjvij6X5BT46YdOSkLgRi4xD59wNz1CE1AaV-IIKtEdD3Merwd_XnoSNVj8L0ErOaSRCfYtY1SsxDmHMibLYxGu8ogUR0sXbRGdXzxRlRREC53AYjB2-6zHEk97OrGKUMKls5U/s320/PXL_20210822_154008541.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> to head toward <a href="https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/ColtonPointStatePark/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Colton Point State Park</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Creek_Gorge" target="_blank">Pine Creek Gorge</a>, what most of us call <a href="https://pacanyon.com/" target="_blank">the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania</a>. This is the highlight of 9. Stop at the scenic overlooks in the park<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZz36C4yymLNUNDR22XFvValOYke1xnEoYv9ItKYwZqvMf7JvYNNzNByPu0g2lTh1G3C24fQQqcUd6RGOql4mLvmN3Dktihe9AUMenYLrs52xVkHnfFs5xIvNcM9bjSOfFmmoYGS7AcdQ/s2048/IMG_20180711_165953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZz36C4yymLNUNDR22XFvValOYke1xnEoYv9ItKYwZqvMf7JvYNNzNByPu0g2lTh1G3C24fQQqcUd6RGOql4mLvmN3Dktihe9AUMenYLrs52xVkHnfFs5xIvNcM9bjSOfFmmoYGS7AcdQ/s320/IMG_20180711_165953.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">before continuing. The last half of 9, as you wind your way through forested twisties down to Cedar Run, is more training for what is to come on 8. Enjoy every moment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfSssjxyjA9Bj-0z7RE9SytComoaZ9xUpV_IjvdD4E0atjlMcuKVAheFYBP3clWefDl7CjeNo6FF05s5zgVJPb7fpIMRwoYTQPvFQdelL8iXSOyJzy5oxWK_4Izc_CUKfE4MwhFWAFGI/s2048/PXL_20210822_161547297.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCfSssjxyjA9Bj-0z7RE9SytComoaZ9xUpV_IjvdD4E0atjlMcuKVAheFYBP3clWefDl7CjeNo6FF05s5zgVJPb7fpIMRwoYTQPvFQdelL8iXSOyJzy5oxWK_4Izc_CUKfE4MwhFWAFGI/s320/PXL_20210822_161547297.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">You break out of the woods with exultation and arrive in the picture perfect town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Run,_Pennsylvania" target="_blank">Cedar Run</a>. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORZDcAYtl3WATQbt0rltDxRe7AXN2djG9v7EbOULotHeJjweQi6DsZUaN7jDSWweMGjJ_MhWitveJ8LXpfyttoXGwGMdIJoVxT_8jIgKq49p8bPVCS_M_h84AMiJA7opdGVDkaPLt-iA/s2048/PXL_20210822_163307375.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhORZDcAYtl3WATQbt0rltDxRe7AXN2djG9v7EbOULotHeJjweQi6DsZUaN7jDSWweMGjJ_MhWitveJ8LXpfyttoXGwGMdIJoVxT_8jIgKq49p8bPVCS_M_h84AMiJA7opdGVDkaPLt-iA/s320/PXL_20210822_163307375.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> Cedar Run is best known as a way point for cyclists on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Creek_Rail_Trail" target="_blank">Pine Creek Rail Trail</a>. Now it also serves as the end point of MABDR 9 and the start of MABDR 8. Visit the General Store.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Creek_Rail_Trail" target="_blank"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUEG8lkxFO61iTc47zg4mKAvvJ_6Lm7fiu9rcUmNQR0jWsOlx01UTEQRooBssrOuTyErUdFFWyQZnsItmLttBWDQeTB8VUA7gd3O4FedH9sZ6yzO52B6SyJzBlHk6Xt8ZLjMQzZ3gpSs/s2048/PXL_20210729_170927689.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="2048" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUEG8lkxFO61iTc47zg4mKAvvJ_6Lm7fiu9rcUmNQR0jWsOlx01UTEQRooBssrOuTyErUdFFWyQZnsItmLttBWDQeTB8VUA7gd3O4FedH9sZ6yzO52B6SyJzBlHk6Xt8ZLjMQzZ3gpSs/s320/PXL_20210729_170927689.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Yes, they have ice cream. BUT they also have an "everything" topping grilled cheese sandwich that is out of this world. Have a drink, rest, relax. 8 is coming.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQgAOTEfCP6TCw08T55I6FJzfZuC4kQasTZJqpRlILKzK6aDqeTywofuUVtJa115O1384Amqj1h9GElb4W5RyR2ur3aVu7x_m1OGmCwpe61sLruSnmRAkn0zw4FopzOJZl1_w64U2iAU/s894/G8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="747" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQgAOTEfCP6TCw08T55I6FJzfZuC4kQasTZJqpRlILKzK6aDqeTywofuUVtJa115O1384Amqj1h9GElb4W5RyR2ur3aVu7x_m1OGmCwpe61sLruSnmRAkn0zw4FopzOJZl1_w64U2iAU/s320/G8.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span> </span>8 is the section that will turn you from an adventure/off-road newbie into an adventure/off-road intermediate. Your skills will improve.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> The first part of 8 begins at the end of the main street in Cedar Run where it immediately turns to dirt. From there you climb through some mild wooded roads down to <a href="https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/LittlePineStatePark/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Little Pine State Park</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oQYeJ_Oi9X0H06sk-JR1y-HY23zSLU8hYNv04JRjLJLA-RPzxnvEpkVmNVicTAwpimJpC1zrC5llcdxS2VDtXj12x-Q2LxMMJkhke0r9pkyzN4vHLOYDZ06lSHCZMNhYdtO3E6Fatdc/s2048/PXL_20210822_171659319.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oQYeJ_Oi9X0H06sk-JR1y-HY23zSLU8hYNv04JRjLJLA-RPzxnvEpkVmNVicTAwpimJpC1zrC5llcdxS2VDtXj12x-Q2LxMMJkhke0r9pkyzN4vHLOYDZ06lSHCZMNhYdtO3E6Fatdc/s320/PXL_20210822_171659319.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">which brings you back to Pine Creek. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BErz9jihQasPs1AkAPWBSNnbq8gy_xS5hw6Ixl1ikE9ls7qzbUkIrdXJFehWSpWMPlbNqgjmj8AJlSsNoRt3ZCThNscHya5GpLq21CSgjM3Ntvjg7tdIGXiJ-zWsCdLI-KLqMjXm5cM/s2048/PXL_20210822_172214038.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BErz9jihQasPs1AkAPWBSNnbq8gy_xS5hw6Ixl1ikE9ls7qzbUkIrdXJFehWSpWMPlbNqgjmj8AJlSsNoRt3ZCThNscHya5GpLq21CSgjM3Ntvjg7tdIGXiJ-zWsCdLI-KLqMjXm5cM/s320/PXL_20210822_172214038.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Easy riding through the park takes you to Waterville and a mandatory stop for gas and food at McConnell's Country Store.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> The second part of 8 runs from Waterville down to the crossing with US 80. It is reasonable to consider stopping for the night on US 220 in the towns of Jersey Shore or Lock Haven. (If you are an aviation enthusiast, the <a href="https://www.pipermuseum.com/" target="_blank">Piper Aviation Museum</a> in Lock Haven is a must see.) From US 220 to I-80, section 8 is a challenging set of dirt roads with some crazy, rock strewn, hairpins. These challenging roads are dotted with scenic vistas until you empty out onto PA 45 and the end of 8.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span> The first part of 7</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgl1IfRXfeTWB9pW9qykFX4UTy-JtT5mAvaidA_wL-NYIO-PesmsS-MxHkQletZqamxCaqgp9Pg_uSju_IEZxYtimvbQ6qCk4ZpeD4HNrCLsT4SsbxovyVSn8m8A8G2fRkMfmH3udbkZY/s1383/G7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1383" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgl1IfRXfeTWB9pW9qykFX4UTy-JtT5mAvaidA_wL-NYIO-PesmsS-MxHkQletZqamxCaqgp9Pg_uSju_IEZxYtimvbQ6qCk4ZpeD4HNrCLsT4SsbxovyVSn8m8A8G2fRkMfmH3udbkZY/s320/G7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">runs from PA 45 to US 322 near State College, PA This segment includes the <a href="https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/BaldEagleStatePark/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Bald Eagle State Park</a>, <a href="https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/PoePaddyStatePark/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Poe Paddy State Park</a> and the <a href="https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/PoeValleyStatePark/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Poe Valley State Park</a>. There is an expert level option through here that I have never seen😂. Stopping for the night in State College, PA or Milroy, PA is a reasonable thought, too. Plenty of places to stay and places to eat as long as there is no home game. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span> For me, the now steady rain convinced me to stop and I already had reservations </span>in Milroy.</div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day 2 (Most of Section 7 and 6)</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span> Day 2 started out beautiful. </span>("If God is not a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_University" target="_blank">Penn State</a> fan, why is the sky blue?").</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbqYscdWf7X-WjYjc4wZvUTCwfFvFhiwGoTf7Wjg60OaqYFowaUFrpadj2wENdc_9o8Gy_01IVn3hhXaYk3AnT88psNyhuleQKEw5Tjhh7l7ACAKgDkiplN0QGp5IGo0z-xddtXF1QvI/s2048/PXL_20210823_111619588.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbqYscdWf7X-WjYjc4wZvUTCwfFvFhiwGoTf7Wjg60OaqYFowaUFrpadj2wENdc_9o8Gy_01IVn3hhXaYk3AnT88psNyhuleQKEw5Tjhh7l7ACAKgDkiplN0QGp5IGo0z-xddtXF1QvI/s320/PXL_20210823_111619588.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This second half of 7 (south of US 322) begins with a good sign!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Z86_3MtHobSRVyqwHq6faxKaraUndXkmHtfPPa7zRaC9iAlTpw2SmkslzjgrF2189b0jiBok5uf9WWkZVWKgYV_zwaazZ3AmvghVctSlsr57bDuLN-F-E1AqvL-Z2_JJmAoTU0pCthk/s2048/PXL_20210823_112753113.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Z86_3MtHobSRVyqwHq6faxKaraUndXkmHtfPPa7zRaC9iAlTpw2SmkslzjgrF2189b0jiBok5uf9WWkZVWKgYV_zwaazZ3AmvghVctSlsr57bDuLN-F-E1AqvL-Z2_JJmAoTU0pCthk/s320/PXL_20210823_112753113.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">You then enter the beautifully maintained, dark gravel roads of <a href="https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/Penn-RooseveltStatePark/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Penn-Roosevelt State Park</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcPx5bSz26AyISeSd7QvAkaP-awIfjyX08cONC5S4ScyxBWkvj-MclFC9jOGQ4uYZc6Sx5oT7xO7o3UOUgmhtaoIMYtw5cidEyw9dC79oM4kmbuyFUTwTMgS5uKVRGGCOtNV9XcFrCk4/s1128/Penn-Roosevelt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="1128" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOcPx5bSz26AyISeSd7QvAkaP-awIfjyX08cONC5S4ScyxBWkvj-MclFC9jOGQ4uYZc6Sx5oT7xO7o3UOUgmhtaoIMYtw5cidEyw9dC79oM4kmbuyFUTwTMgS5uKVRGGCOtNV9XcFrCk4/s320/Penn-Roosevelt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4yifxr8JM88qJdUNJsxzSCXPTK8_zBpG_ARbOjIvYjXRzgQrBVB3NHdVKGu3zCmzXDuX8Sj6ZdvZNq2zPRs6rGD1ATkK8Hb9CgUQt322bOJ0y-CyKVeZUVkLHmgGYcxTNndxtcSfmRc/s2048/PXL_20210823_113210010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC4yifxr8JM88qJdUNJsxzSCXPTK8_zBpG_ARbOjIvYjXRzgQrBVB3NHdVKGu3zCmzXDuX8Sj6ZdvZNq2zPRs6rGD1ATkK8Hb9CgUQt322bOJ0y-CyKVeZUVkLHmgGYcxTNndxtcSfmRc/s320/PXL_20210823_113210010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9o0VlDA_WAciW2HSb3wxGTKI_R_xdPQGcDvlZDwnhA_dR5v0UKR9WOA2UUz0Z6SVhKItTEURDWRVqwEr2kv5VnIeaVvNLkQJRcj-1CxDNLp3aHyxKFJ127gaDTxs8lGhDwyHaBFz_7ec/s2048/PXL_20210823_113212800.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9o0VlDA_WAciW2HSb3wxGTKI_R_xdPQGcDvlZDwnhA_dR5v0UKR9WOA2UUz0Z6SVhKItTEURDWRVqwEr2kv5VnIeaVvNLkQJRcj-1CxDNLp3aHyxKFJ127gaDTxs8lGhDwyHaBFz_7ec/s320/PXL_20210823_113212800.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuuOwme_kGDSHaKo6CwHxpWPrBOKYnoDSxGS0bivRcQlMGbuJmCr2L0TPetbbNARMcSOsMLkBAlyvbuLc-hI4xETaNSEugpM5yl-elAoGzbT1O58nlTysQI9dP0FdUlxpYLA_Qo6DhVw/s2048/PXL_20210823_114507715.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghuuOwme_kGDSHaKo6CwHxpWPrBOKYnoDSxGS0bivRcQlMGbuJmCr2L0TPetbbNARMcSOsMLkBAlyvbuLc-hI4xETaNSEugpM5yl-elAoGzbT1O58nlTysQI9dP0FdUlxpYLA_Qo6DhVw/s320/PXL_20210823_114507715.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvufTn_VOS6myrHx4xsj5k6RtFVAZFhncebNst0KGhBgC3uW_q2DBVOy2Mgl_alKxpBzM7DT6lfP80D02TnFYZ3GWXFzbbTsXQhgycSg6_f7MbgduA3gFTBX-eggdNLroGCjjpjM2ssc/s2048/PXL_20210823_114511304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvufTn_VOS6myrHx4xsj5k6RtFVAZFhncebNst0KGhBgC3uW_q2DBVOy2Mgl_alKxpBzM7DT6lfP80D02TnFYZ3GWXFzbbTsXQhgycSg6_f7MbgduA3gFTBX-eggdNLroGCjjpjM2ssc/s320/PXL_20210823_114511304.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjOQnuiQkP-V1PE86oS-evo4zmrKeh4Sq1l4A6_oPj5AePytSU9bzstecZts58b1EeeumplKk8SzCjU-_QsjNRFKjqweZJrkyxgQSqWFCMzrVnzgtw76o-h4JMcw3i9VG7BCsqmbtF8ZY/s2048/PXL_20210823_114747678.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjOQnuiQkP-V1PE86oS-evo4zmrKeh4Sq1l4A6_oPj5AePytSU9bzstecZts58b1EeeumplKk8SzCjU-_QsjNRFKjqweZJrkyxgQSqWFCMzrVnzgtw76o-h4JMcw3i9VG7BCsqmbtF8ZY/s320/PXL_20210823_114747678.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmV8f8TOrC0GbSFfufuryr7hETaSogsTHL8EnyYBd_598ye8zSBxJgfQFdXNTvrd6ab4-x-ZUwMjYmt7TkXulfFtBJRuKMXhOtewHkSattt9V476p9tv7B1d3LI9iAsxZRzQic3z_OGI/s2048/PXL_20210823_115829967.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglmV8f8TOrC0GbSFfufuryr7hETaSogsTHL8EnyYBd_598ye8zSBxJgfQFdXNTvrd6ab4-x-ZUwMjYmt7TkXulfFtBJRuKMXhOtewHkSattt9V476p9tv7B1d3LI9iAsxZRzQic3z_OGI/s320/PXL_20210823_115829967.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This park leads to beautiful farmland under an azure sky.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0ykzCKE2MiW-hm25KJvp8yJOs0ryI683nCNkRSZM_wyYC7LwOxpEaRwxcBRtn-Gmb094F0qLm3sy21szpv1NfZu-YsXFhW8x_x2q4KVmBwAAnxPbJCV7RolaL4ZKSbuQrtvIRugDa-Q/s2048/PXL_20210823_120918892.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF0ykzCKE2MiW-hm25KJvp8yJOs0ryI683nCNkRSZM_wyYC7LwOxpEaRwxcBRtn-Gmb094F0qLm3sy21szpv1NfZu-YsXFhW8x_x2q4KVmBwAAnxPbJCV7RolaL4ZKSbuQrtvIRugDa-Q/s320/PXL_20210823_120918892.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7Rvcz-dkMTLWYXe93ybSY2os-I3-CRluhZYuQDz4BkQP0mrD4j84ZADW8Vp_K-eyKRu9KjaF1pgasARVmg2ByTHtoTgyZ4Cl5rXHZMD4iSe5HQufAKK6GhaHEBDPF8Uho6hmCyBUsgg/s2048/PXL_20210823_120927548.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7Rvcz-dkMTLWYXe93ybSY2os-I3-CRluhZYuQDz4BkQP0mrD4j84ZADW8Vp_K-eyKRu9KjaF1pgasARVmg2ByTHtoTgyZ4Cl5rXHZMD4iSe5HQufAKK6GhaHEBDPF8Uho6hmCyBUsgg/s320/PXL_20210823_120927548.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Greenwood Lake Dam, listed on the the National Register of Historic Places signifies the entrance to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_Furnace_State_Park" target="_blank">Greenwood Furnace State Park</a>. "The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and its Bureau of Parks as one of 25 Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks".</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-APv2lYRoZYYlGG62eH9pT_-9QqHvPECVJSdVYPmMS62cHnJ9d17HFffdJW0l7_1ERNevarBK9asgv-k1TaSagJ-DOXsDIpqg8jtkVHia7M_QcjwP2jDAyvdwiy5PL-aBMKTGNXefUE/s2048/PXL_20210823_121847270.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9-APv2lYRoZYYlGG62eH9pT_-9QqHvPECVJSdVYPmMS62cHnJ9d17HFffdJW0l7_1ERNevarBK9asgv-k1TaSagJ-DOXsDIpqg8jtkVHia7M_QcjwP2jDAyvdwiy5PL-aBMKTGNXefUE/s320/PXL_20210823_121847270.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Turkey Hill Road leads you up into the park and onto one of many ridgelines that cross central PA. You continue into the Rocky Ridge Natural area <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPJV_p2ujMUd-JO7fyoWBPJKjQ0TpPY5iYkPA0LOGzyGyyOfsIyoIdWcmDBlbEtspi10087MRC8qQtfSw4nmtb4YzHABK_NBX0HFPmYD3CzxjVBAdK7PPjfBGLo5NzSfGAWJPw99qmJk/s2048/PXL_20210823_123649770.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPJV_p2ujMUd-JO7fyoWBPJKjQ0TpPY5iYkPA0LOGzyGyyOfsIyoIdWcmDBlbEtspi10087MRC8qQtfSw4nmtb4YzHABK_NBX0HFPmYD3CzxjVBAdK7PPjfBGLo5NzSfGAWJPw99qmJk/s320/PXL_20210823_123649770.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKHuliI22nAQPvRxTzlepPOXacY_xrsCurqlrAw-BOrcHhedGVlTsLESDM3Nc6W5NdkSKewfALLWB_UbGl6Tfd-GoftLFWvdvFmtaK1qjOI1qyeW9HAs23OiQuX0c4pmUZ17Mngn6MFI/s2048/PXL_20210823_123652486.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKHuliI22nAQPvRxTzlepPOXacY_xrsCurqlrAw-BOrcHhedGVlTsLESDM3Nc6W5NdkSKewfALLWB_UbGl6Tfd-GoftLFWvdvFmtaK1qjOI1qyeW9HAs23OiQuX0c4pmUZ17Mngn6MFI/s320/PXL_20210823_123652486.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7xnUjQD51NWMYGB7tFLeJ8Dtt75_FULM_qKIVpIUicG46lUvSNeRQZN4QYRhA-BYAr9DXyPgbkVTwtRCfEizyGPBAMtPmV-gwh1ifYMjdB3u3mnae5yf-hrI23YREvBa5YcWsT5UhpU/s2048/PXL_20210823_125152861.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7xnUjQD51NWMYGB7tFLeJ8Dtt75_FULM_qKIVpIUicG46lUvSNeRQZN4QYRhA-BYAr9DXyPgbkVTwtRCfEizyGPBAMtPmV-gwh1ifYMjdB3u3mnae5yf-hrI23YREvBa5YcWsT5UhpU/s320/PXL_20210823_125152861.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAWcTCWYvPGW1n_af6T15cn_AkSr6NWgFYQV51JjVKW4LwnPQE2igb-TDxyiKnxkO6WB6A1iZrpKkftraDpSrnpVCxOGqABeRFex5wZjxi9xCt9WLXD6wA_Rh2IFEMiZLFkwDvGTCscw/s2048/PXL_20210823_125156729.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAWcTCWYvPGW1n_af6T15cn_AkSr6NWgFYQV51JjVKW4LwnPQE2igb-TDxyiKnxkO6WB6A1iZrpKkftraDpSrnpVCxOGqABeRFex5wZjxi9xCt9WLXD6wA_Rh2IFEMiZLFkwDvGTCscw/s320/PXL_20210823_125156729.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">and then descend into a valley of Amish and Mennonite communities and farms.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYR9lgJRYYxbu3l-50BJ7LKt1QcXYizE6xkTFZX7WyMjYMtEZJ2DwPX4FdWTK46-XzLM-hqf9q_nPpGmrDz7VxplZSQp4n5V0mZx6lWWCKgN6EoCj1oP5nLyIvTohMvD3KGBcxuSJqNk/s2048/PXL_20210823_125302505.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibYR9lgJRYYxbu3l-50BJ7LKt1QcXYizE6xkTFZX7WyMjYMtEZJ2DwPX4FdWTK46-XzLM-hqf9q_nPpGmrDz7VxplZSQp4n5V0mZx6lWWCKgN6EoCj1oP5nLyIvTohMvD3KGBcxuSJqNk/s320/PXL_20210823_125302505.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBG9yj3wj4tWbv_GPNHETJsGOsHJ8OD9D8Jv3H9lOQjfxNKyl7FFLVupb7w77LRl9EM8H0sxsAzeKg9UIPOfdq4OQwlzQ-OrRtbTho0ZeXpweEyikiFax3mnpj0ZMXH4bc7Gr-evQyvQ/s2048/PXL_20210823_125626717.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBG9yj3wj4tWbv_GPNHETJsGOsHJ8OD9D8Jv3H9lOQjfxNKyl7FFLVupb7w77LRl9EM8H0sxsAzeKg9UIPOfdq4OQwlzQ-OrRtbTho0ZeXpweEyikiFax3mnpj0ZMXH4bc7Gr-evQyvQ/s320/PXL_20210823_125626717.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0cLEhNWayHzsxCijlgkDVu-n5cB_KJOcbVAVh03Yk1KZnkWsST7negP5oy779FykDQgZIA3wk5tFeXnqUHzmY-A8Eh89dfOvkTV79En_V2usREB_FSRzwTuLZoxgoglM6iE_BYcuUz4M/s2048/PXL_20210823_125824723.PORTRAIT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0cLEhNWayHzsxCijlgkDVu-n5cB_KJOcbVAVh03Yk1KZnkWsST7negP5oy779FykDQgZIA3wk5tFeXnqUHzmY-A8Eh89dfOvkTV79En_V2usREB_FSRzwTuLZoxgoglM6iE_BYcuUz4M/s320/PXL_20210823_125824723.PORTRAIT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaDNLtfY7TLZc_ZIJeE62B4bLpjECzLrw6vcmADS2Empk6RsQQLZf4xS4SU5THa8mC0uYTYCTNrwVWUQF6GoZJZlGAtB_hWRjrD75kRY0zY9s6r7gcl4rzoJF0qYkL7yrmBdy1UGiqgo/s2048/PXL_20210823_125840492.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqaDNLtfY7TLZc_ZIJeE62B4bLpjECzLrw6vcmADS2Empk6RsQQLZf4xS4SU5THa8mC0uYTYCTNrwVWUQF6GoZJZlGAtB_hWRjrD75kRY0zY9s6r7gcl4rzoJF0qYkL7yrmBdy1UGiqgo/s320/PXL_20210823_125840492.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>then, of course, up on to the next ridge from whence you can see the previous ridge!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0KG797QVfkuHF-mQ8R-M_ZcvxY2g7TSzr_nAGuYprDhQrvSbdfAmNMkwT5cnP7JaBiDsj2w-Z-OK4cgf0WH6OU9sqp67BSWm4Utws2zRmLZ-dRDn-YZQ47B-VNHCvbfbL2hQqaAh7Wc/s2048/PXL_20210823_131116185.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0KG797QVfkuHF-mQ8R-M_ZcvxY2g7TSzr_nAGuYprDhQrvSbdfAmNMkwT5cnP7JaBiDsj2w-Z-OK4cgf0WH6OU9sqp67BSWm4Utws2zRmLZ-dRDn-YZQ47B-VNHCvbfbL2hQqaAh7Wc/s320/PXL_20210823_131116185.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_xzdbbmTM28TfAYkFfTBS388xkqZ1VjwIRHZGm2J97n5_NyriNef0-nAQM8od4ImjsIfheKN6qrhrnnYLBArZq2YtrNpJrGlv91ODCDJ5Lx36-_P7BDitIXZGhO-oJGFa_iG2yzVhG0/s2048/PXL_20210823_131119623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_xzdbbmTM28TfAYkFfTBS388xkqZ1VjwIRHZGm2J97n5_NyriNef0-nAQM8od4ImjsIfheKN6qrhrnnYLBArZq2YtrNpJrGlv91ODCDJ5Lx36-_P7BDitIXZGhO-oJGFa_iG2yzVhG0/s320/PXL_20210823_131119623.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcFUBDBLfPZew1g668QZsyG94Ua9xyykfWc60YcI-YCEfHWIM50PFVlv0GIM-8sZzD7OAUD3rurf3yzD2UljuwBpnmxT57rudVI9iDMxsUZOmK3Au6LXjNQNXLYpPSsS5hThP52NMrFk/s2747/PXL_20210823_131229143.PANO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="2747" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcFUBDBLfPZew1g668QZsyG94Ua9xyykfWc60YcI-YCEfHWIM50PFVlv0GIM-8sZzD7OAUD3rurf3yzD2UljuwBpnmxT57rudVI9iDMxsUZOmK3Au6LXjNQNXLYpPSsS5hThP52NMrFk/s320/PXL_20210823_131229143.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">All of this before descending into Mcveytown, PA, end of 7 and the start of 6!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioigPmQo6e9VImGKuNyoifyJQxec2AVNTAaW2D30sC8jOJFZa1zWvjb9wtPq26ijMZy7AxNiV5J3BJjpdQUYUxhXGDy2cchOFKMeaGiwuryE6yZP7AMeSBf18jmAMC_2tW9N06l0YhICg/s2048/PXL_20210823_132713446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioigPmQo6e9VImGKuNyoifyJQxec2AVNTAaW2D30sC8jOJFZa1zWvjb9wtPq26ijMZy7AxNiV5J3BJjpdQUYUxhXGDy2cchOFKMeaGiwuryE6yZP7AMeSBf18jmAMC_2tW9N06l0YhICg/s320/PXL_20210823_132713446.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>6 continues the process of crossing central PA from ridge to ridge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1heSl4fCb5GmqTJu-VjGVrIbbtlxPv1FstMzk6s-uowSzuuWDzt844RqTwMuyFRSsy3p2ELEJRL6e67G7tqluIWynTszGUbdCroQdPUifMgl8vgcMrTUQxoYVyJx18s2iOX1uXbOOkbM/s1201/G6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1201" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1heSl4fCb5GmqTJu-VjGVrIbbtlxPv1FstMzk6s-uowSzuuWDzt844RqTwMuyFRSsy3p2ELEJRL6e67G7tqluIWynTszGUbdCroQdPUifMgl8vgcMrTUQxoYVyJx18s2iOX1uXbOOkbM/s320/G6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tRFRz32rZgLuStSKWyfdpgd0EUg3A1uIbj5YOtfbwLwFieLYwZET3UQX-pXuT430Ok49J32bxtpEDkJswSvzyBOa7A-kcdwhKD4iLFZ8dSbWoCSmGAF4wbSuyldxbP-wj9u0JRFmjj4/s2048/PXL_20210823_134348680.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5tRFRz32rZgLuStSKWyfdpgd0EUg3A1uIbj5YOtfbwLwFieLYwZET3UQX-pXuT430Ok49J32bxtpEDkJswSvzyBOa7A-kcdwhKD4iLFZ8dSbWoCSmGAF4wbSuyldxbP-wj9u0JRFmjj4/s320/PXL_20210823_134348680.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucE-GhejT7Y6orGWBVufH63gVkVmXs-KbuP6DWGmq5RfPEf2tgQxrU0XFHjbYaw9wcdURbswh7tSXZOhpiaj5mMOjLRnTpKqfMKC-XqUOgZQ3YXKRlAC7KbIdaPH9W82MdFQUlqw4vds/s2048/PXL_20210823_135111507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucE-GhejT7Y6orGWBVufH63gVkVmXs-KbuP6DWGmq5RfPEf2tgQxrU0XFHjbYaw9wcdURbswh7tSXZOhpiaj5mMOjLRnTpKqfMKC-XqUOgZQ3YXKRlAC7KbIdaPH9W82MdFQUlqw4vds/s320/PXL_20210823_135111507.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And the MABDR 6, Bridge out detour. Just follow the bypass and you'll be back on track.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1SayqeGheEtRkYfFXS0zdhAVQClcXLep4IhgKnfxAWg7-hElOM10LCDN0RWEqhbnPjVFx_h7OresR2NAo7G5yLvAfqkwqFD66qxZayvTx0pYt1SWuEv4lPdTaUQlI-hobD_wM8adSS8/s2048/PXL_20210823_142200672.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn1SayqeGheEtRkYfFXS0zdhAVQClcXLep4IhgKnfxAWg7-hElOM10LCDN0RWEqhbnPjVFx_h7OresR2NAo7G5yLvAfqkwqFD66qxZayvTx0pYt1SWuEv4lPdTaUQlI-hobD_wM8adSS8/s320/PXL_20210823_142200672.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8lEZJ4k3uizcXtGvbrvH6RGYdYYrsgF45v5GAkFrZ9zdVboM_sfgfuDDAd6YMIuYeNsLa8uU7NWkLFV5aXpwCu_XfwgXVhjggppwKa02ywx6LO5bgutFFjtFjb8BEU3cRAx-CGSPruI/s2048/PXL_20210823_144223646.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU8lEZJ4k3uizcXtGvbrvH6RGYdYYrsgF45v5GAkFrZ9zdVboM_sfgfuDDAd6YMIuYeNsLa8uU7NWkLFV5aXpwCu_XfwgXVhjggppwKa02ywx6LO5bgutFFjtFjb8BEU3cRAx-CGSPruI/s320/PXL_20210823_144223646.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbruQu1jdAd25HlhKqnnxYMqa3LB00G9-W-wdE9w_aMPmrOiTIxmWh2FPUx5laFM4DPcSZ0Xv9sZM2nIDAfi_l1rPMVUXcjKfMchy9Wh6aT75Ui2XMnHYAoG_wV29j9oQFRNwanzqQsHs/s2048/PXL_20210823_145328375.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbruQu1jdAd25HlhKqnnxYMqa3LB00G9-W-wdE9w_aMPmrOiTIxmWh2FPUx5laFM4DPcSZ0Xv9sZM2nIDAfi_l1rPMVUXcjKfMchy9Wh6aT75Ui2XMnHYAoG_wV29j9oQFRNwanzqQsHs/s320/PXL_20210823_145328375.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivP4pC1a-2knqZV3tNS8BTz5QZOKSVbE1Qukb-RKRta0S2bLqG44bjfmpZvUeI2z7tBn9xh_HD5OCMytR9dQZM7ro6uco4xuktd3sSnkkH6OQ18lszNtX2Bz7cMIPsc7BibK34oNqz_fA/s2048/PXL_20210823_145336821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivP4pC1a-2knqZV3tNS8BTz5QZOKSVbE1Qukb-RKRta0S2bLqG44bjfmpZvUeI2z7tBn9xh_HD5OCMytR9dQZM7ro6uco4xuktd3sSnkkH6OQ18lszNtX2Bz7cMIPsc7BibK34oNqz_fA/s320/PXL_20210823_145336821.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And if you stop in just the right spot, you will see the heartfelt monument of a man to his dog.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEm7uKMpB-C2dQTCue5mAgdVJlx3rlG_0yT8N2g83jJszqnv8F-plhjzN0QTy0lzNNTUvXBjixgsslElN9HrmDixYVTcCzmwsSpUbiWw55gzu8jT_O-P6t4OZY_9A9r1vNEk4SL619Pno/s2048/PXL_20210823_151338481.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1538" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEm7uKMpB-C2dQTCue5mAgdVJlx3rlG_0yT8N2g83jJszqnv8F-plhjzN0QTy0lzNNTUvXBjixgsslElN9HrmDixYVTcCzmwsSpUbiWw55gzu8jT_O-P6t4OZY_9A9r1vNEk4SL619Pno/w300-h400/PXL_20210823_151338481.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Before being delivered to the spectacular <a href="http://dcnr.pa.gov/StateForests/FindAForest/Tuscarora/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Tuscarora State Forest</a>!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kAB4_9IWtRwXtu3AY0lVlsMm2DDCEgTJG-u6RBv5_00VGRrr0eGSgjATtyvv1sYE2uzh04rOYvRXC6JDBPdiOHRT5njGDcoEt1rOvzbtFEw2hMfCXYcDqTxY72G5dBk1utsrVCjn4Fc/s2048/PXL_20210823_153913890.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kAB4_9IWtRwXtu3AY0lVlsMm2DDCEgTJG-u6RBv5_00VGRrr0eGSgjATtyvv1sYE2uzh04rOYvRXC6JDBPdiOHRT5njGDcoEt1rOvzbtFEw2hMfCXYcDqTxY72G5dBk1utsrVCjn4Fc/s320/PXL_20210823_153913890.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfeUBMW41vl-wUZnhW9wSzeGsr023E_ItvT6PJtn6V_WvCNSrBWPMEN1ePdS4GbFE-Iie31pTEzSaPliRWxFrwGK8mRiDGH_ldH0pMpH4zB96u5SB5uu_yNxU2-lceQwyunkgMtIR1yg/s2048/PXL_20210823_153927855.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfeUBMW41vl-wUZnhW9wSzeGsr023E_ItvT6PJtn6V_WvCNSrBWPMEN1ePdS4GbFE-Iie31pTEzSaPliRWxFrwGK8mRiDGH_ldH0pMpH4zB96u5SB5uu_yNxU2-lceQwyunkgMtIR1yg/s320/PXL_20210823_153927855.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRGFwC_MdQD6AodLekZg3LK8y7r2_89ksDAaLbrNM8nvhcXrSnufpvhr-4QcZXN5KE4doJWOotEJMP4eETCIPLn3rhq6FP05tb9Gijv53-Al7axlCX7XREKdxKFdSKpkYDN188chUw0s/s2048/PXL_20210823_153930344.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRGFwC_MdQD6AodLekZg3LK8y7r2_89ksDAaLbrNM8nvhcXrSnufpvhr-4QcZXN5KE4doJWOotEJMP4eETCIPLn3rhq6FP05tb9Gijv53-Al7axlCX7XREKdxKFdSKpkYDN188chUw0s/s320/PXL_20210823_153930344.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6R2mY3R2g4gstHw40HoIxyUoD2vGi-Ol7bO-pAd-5hYWGlsRPzrHb8kx9Z6XSf_NPK7sGwUZoYuAq47NWSCOktGpEOqgtGsSAxPho5gO26PksPAmVOQz3NYTgV7lNW5r49rfEzHghno/s2048/PXL_20210823_154647073.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6R2mY3R2g4gstHw40HoIxyUoD2vGi-Ol7bO-pAd-5hYWGlsRPzrHb8kx9Z6XSf_NPK7sGwUZoYuAq47NWSCOktGpEOqgtGsSAxPho5gO26PksPAmVOQz3NYTgV7lNW5r49rfEzHghno/s320/PXL_20210823_154647073.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5tz-Vk_rR9hmKWcPvY1tTlnpz8Cxyg0QvPdunJXRtlsedWnP0TTlVbPkqjYB3T_ZuC1j7rces3kwgZ_FDbEc0JHSP9bAm3tNKqobaoONoLGfLyD3oaYs7ta_di4f3yzHG9mAUzb5eKM/s1308/PXL_20210823_154647073%257E2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="1016" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5tz-Vk_rR9hmKWcPvY1tTlnpz8Cxyg0QvPdunJXRtlsedWnP0TTlVbPkqjYB3T_ZuC1j7rces3kwgZ_FDbEc0JHSP9bAm3tNKqobaoONoLGfLyD3oaYs7ta_di4f3yzHG9mAUzb5eKM/s320/PXL_20210823_154647073%257E2.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsC0GLGjBYq4ESBEulqNH83g9ifsKhe31SpopD8KB_QkxGe6NqnEepx82E73-gpcAVEVi-y4bbmFt3SOfAJB7le26ym7gMqRV9CT-NdNP6i_CjmxSek14n8v3HyCFZiayJXNSU9AEl_zg/s2048/PXL_20210823_155339214.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsC0GLGjBYq4ESBEulqNH83g9ifsKhe31SpopD8KB_QkxGe6NqnEepx82E73-gpcAVEVi-y4bbmFt3SOfAJB7le26ym7gMqRV9CT-NdNP6i_CjmxSek14n8v3HyCFZiayJXNSU9AEl_zg/s320/PXL_20210823_155339214.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDItIbp50auE3gk37dVA_9QGq2cJRoOmqhF4ffa2TVaGice3-0TMSSjF_IJbwg3sSvSCGuHJaX8HN2wBitByBzLi80EfK32N2cLwjGXForgmOxBTf0S1JYUySarBJfwITwtcrE7SOx2zo/s2048/PXL_20210823_155353704.PANO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="2048" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDItIbp50auE3gk37dVA_9QGq2cJRoOmqhF4ffa2TVaGice3-0TMSSjF_IJbwg3sSvSCGuHJaX8HN2wBitByBzLi80EfK32N2cLwjGXForgmOxBTf0S1JYUySarBJfwITwtcrE7SOx2zo/s320/PXL_20210823_155353704.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22izYs0ih_zAfwzqFGmyol14wZOCtZEpjvJ3473sJg0yzxX_F4GEKTOmH-TLtTJ20qlT_ZKmRc2rOo7cKZ52cn72EiTWQLNvRe5hi2w1j1WVn_4ekkw8mOS-10Z2IpN-T_O_s0dvHCs8/s2048/PXL_20210823_160040019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22izYs0ih_zAfwzqFGmyol14wZOCtZEpjvJ3473sJg0yzxX_F4GEKTOmH-TLtTJ20qlT_ZKmRc2rOo7cKZ52cn72EiTWQLNvRe5hi2w1j1WVn_4ekkw8mOS-10Z2IpN-T_O_s0dvHCs8/s320/PXL_20210823_160040019.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjU2gGRC18ZRyOU7DhWHrniMtqmmbUSMtGETqvbJ3bm1UhG-pw7t9lRgMbY3eMDPclTga_5Nh-BF567xRYF-61rB2jXtEN8CjeWy6ZIXNui70b6Z7T_IzPuoQ7SPxoM-4o6VOTKOAjoQ/s2048/PXL_20210823_160305092.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjU2gGRC18ZRyOU7DhWHrniMtqmmbUSMtGETqvbJ3bm1UhG-pw7t9lRgMbY3eMDPclTga_5Nh-BF567xRYF-61rB2jXtEN8CjeWy6ZIXNui70b6Z7T_IzPuoQ7SPxoM-4o6VOTKOAjoQ/s320/PXL_20210823_160305092.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzHXvQkdtJQbyHQPAY0nuIjUamHhOYwrPGIZrYaDbo00xdOvEKm1kxGNIEMr3jTUegOCccS-CeBpS1Ls5ZD-Gai9JCjN2A9wY5BR6mdSZNBkF9v_Lrb0VQFbrvseNgu0iqNMJGbAc5VQ/s2048/PXL_20210823_160606180.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhzHXvQkdtJQbyHQPAY0nuIjUamHhOYwrPGIZrYaDbo00xdOvEKm1kxGNIEMr3jTUegOCccS-CeBpS1Ls5ZD-Gai9JCjN2A9wY5BR6mdSZNBkF9v_Lrb0VQFbrvseNgu0iqNMJGbAc5VQ/s320/PXL_20210823_160606180.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZseDlpEMb9UTMJoA9m6pyOtO3M1ge6d1203ADJtEjuyLSf1wGhlwuuUwNfO7Zre-W1heeffpgKzsTB7JoUcxixXlcehBHDivGn7se1ePsfyvM7MpgIp7GtbSJ_szc-nbphfGJGXEEFU/s2048/PXL_20210823_160608739.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZseDlpEMb9UTMJoA9m6pyOtO3M1ge6d1203ADJtEjuyLSf1wGhlwuuUwNfO7Zre-W1heeffpgKzsTB7JoUcxixXlcehBHDivGn7se1ePsfyvM7MpgIp7GtbSJ_szc-nbphfGJGXEEFU/s320/PXL_20210823_160608739.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyDg7JtCFOZcAFzKA6ffDSKo94Vw18-hcTAtbv07B34pywhY3jHYn7yOnD3j0vpoSOH3uOP9l_3rLrXfpRAxxD0G03LQ3YwiPDrIjuh411-jbWgcR_5zvapEyqGXPo8do6w7CvTkAMbY/s2048/PXL_20210823_161747960.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigyDg7JtCFOZcAFzKA6ffDSKo94Vw18-hcTAtbv07B34pywhY3jHYn7yOnD3j0vpoSOH3uOP9l_3rLrXfpRAxxD0G03LQ3YwiPDrIjuh411-jbWgcR_5zvapEyqGXPo8do6w7CvTkAMbY/s320/PXL_20210823_161747960.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnDCHP7IHbbATi7Wghs0FXJVue1X-KZBpXS_j8a6W6SBy13c59GHVKdNTVknZQo94_9s4rO51sV7BDSZJF16HdplCrM3SdLYDd_-vw0561xbuMS3Fj6s0tdMACq3Rdl8dTRH2pDKyGsI/s1102/PXL_20210823_161750754.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="961" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnDCHP7IHbbATi7Wghs0FXJVue1X-KZBpXS_j8a6W6SBy13c59GHVKdNTVknZQo94_9s4rO51sV7BDSZJF16HdplCrM3SdLYDd_-vw0561xbuMS3Fj6s0tdMACq3Rdl8dTRH2pDKyGsI/s320/PXL_20210823_161750754.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjpt7iXhs-Bu-pzkiyMLgxLpyYTkhJH7gtVuqf4IEDbcupg2hHMp6e8j7SyTq4-X_fAE9VAHWB_WnuDJUIPh_Gi8epCh2yOGfvmmFqcGyZe_ekUkspmWmYtIqSBE0mdsxYuVsWwoQdJw/s2048/PXL_20210823_162751769.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkjpt7iXhs-Bu-pzkiyMLgxLpyYTkhJH7gtVuqf4IEDbcupg2hHMp6e8j7SyTq4-X_fAE9VAHWB_WnuDJUIPh_Gi8epCh2yOGfvmmFqcGyZe_ekUkspmWmYtIqSBE0mdsxYuVsWwoQdJw/s320/PXL_20210823_162751769.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaZACBFtr41UxqjQayo7N8nG4aFuGrz9raFKzFC83CLRpBQztx2GdWf6Tg8tNO6SqASfDaOACzFcJv6lyPEjCy3hdRhgKtIkzbcNxm6PFvwsk9ltH4XI138kY9c8iDlc4BCQhBeSnKr8/s2048/PXL_20210823_162816096.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaZACBFtr41UxqjQayo7N8nG4aFuGrz9raFKzFC83CLRpBQztx2GdWf6Tg8tNO6SqASfDaOACzFcJv6lyPEjCy3hdRhgKtIkzbcNxm6PFvwsk9ltH4XI138kY9c8iDlc4BCQhBeSnKr8/s320/PXL_20210823_162816096.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Then slowly down off the ridges, through the woods to the fields of central PA to Mt. Holly Spring, the end of 6 and the Start of 5. I chose to stay in Carlisle, PA 5 miles North of Mt. Holly Springs.</div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day 3 (sections 5 and 4)</h1></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_XjxyR0K6XQeojYkleM3EATLuTyqgJl9wCj0qjVtUn6CNKxQO_mwN160r7hmic2SdESfw3L0j-ltj_o4Z3KlIeuniwO3Zteapb0ptW85ayiuaFyKx_rEg7PyYWCMitjOr9eT_k-GWWE/s1124/G5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="1124" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_XjxyR0K6XQeojYkleM3EATLuTyqgJl9wCj0qjVtUn6CNKxQO_mwN160r7hmic2SdESfw3L0j-ltj_o4Z3KlIeuniwO3Zteapb0ptW85ayiuaFyKx_rEg7PyYWCMitjOr9eT_k-GWWE/s320/G5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span> The beginning of 5 is the epitome of adventure riding. You start out in a lovely little town. You turn off the main drag into a neighborhood of well dressed homes on a well paved road. The next turn takes you to slightly more rural homes spread out. there is, perhaps, some loose gravel scattered on the pavement. Another turn takes you to a gentleman farm.</span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgykNOJRCk4o5vDAtVgXz84d1a54vzJrxhNVWuUqWXn8AYcJp9LINHwuDRc9j1TvieZtZdaezOKxmI1gnY7ql26Z7UO6xH_y49EsILzjzV9YYimEPHzckZzi3dHAQLYrkpRXj7vjPgznuM/s2048/PXL_20210824_115309911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgykNOJRCk4o5vDAtVgXz84d1a54vzJrxhNVWuUqWXn8AYcJp9LINHwuDRc9j1TvieZtZdaezOKxmI1gnY7ql26Z7UO6xH_y49EsILzjzV9YYimEPHzckZzi3dHAQLYrkpRXj7vjPgznuM/s320/PXL_20210824_115309911.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGWYFs1C4k4xnLE3suT7j-FfMLdGUg-xvx1bpwf2OK8JgB27OY5FmQKf0uG4W4AAKDirTvwqG7PKTQxJS7KHe5fnkImUdEEqF-X6vRSm9CAkbheonYjT06tvKS-lL3GS1b9yTCPFyk_g/s2048/PXL_20210824_121416237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGWYFs1C4k4xnLE3suT7j-FfMLdGUg-xvx1bpwf2OK8JgB27OY5FmQKf0uG4W4AAKDirTvwqG7PKTQxJS7KHe5fnkImUdEEqF-X6vRSm9CAkbheonYjT06tvKS-lL3GS1b9yTCPFyk_g/s320/PXL_20210824_121416237.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span> Beyond that the pavement ends. The forest begins. Mailboxes disappear followed shortly by telephone poles. The wood wraps around you.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXF3VQe-dRM6kQEcBWUWiqhm8V247rypsr_cV5xHQMzDXuoBWuCgVcDjdonsL3z1mv74_W5xTsefDNdS1x-_qY_O2gPHAJZV8ZWbdm04vIGsZyDE6Do67RAHcXpum7D1HYIa4mKJCohc/s2048/PXL_20210824_121421116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXF3VQe-dRM6kQEcBWUWiqhm8V247rypsr_cV5xHQMzDXuoBWuCgVcDjdonsL3z1mv74_W5xTsefDNdS1x-_qY_O2gPHAJZV8ZWbdm04vIGsZyDE6Do67RAHcXpum7D1HYIa4mKJCohc/s320/PXL_20210824_121421116.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> 5 passes you off to the <a href="https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateForests/FindAForest/Michaux/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Michaux State Forest</a>.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JS_LlKYV1SNGEgIDX1NpGUdr-VIUWrBj2OULP40gfnr0nNSeH16Na9ygB3RbQ_12qch7BiHwdqD2q7qsZrf8nv3_K-pejKsNRb7Uezd1ki0_B7BnUYgMb_1spnNaa05TQCNyzcuywjg/s2048/PXL_20210824_130911319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JS_LlKYV1SNGEgIDX1NpGUdr-VIUWrBj2OULP40gfnr0nNSeH16Na9ygB3RbQ_12qch7BiHwdqD2q7qsZrf8nv3_K-pejKsNRb7Uezd1ki0_B7BnUYgMb_1spnNaa05TQCNyzcuywjg/s320/PXL_20210824_130911319.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Michaux State Forest is magnificent. An interesting bit of WW II history.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNrxHI4cxtTTfXH7RCZO964UiUHQguNNf9LwHNdKqlTLsGk2RxrRWnC9dnqAl_gLyJHdX5pxvtWzyEDPty209g-KXwMDDySAIyghTvYhoFwE7JG2lWSWGpxnh0dTbxzS5Ezc0CWJyR2o/s2048/PXL_20210824_121713560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNrxHI4cxtTTfXH7RCZO964UiUHQguNNf9LwHNdKqlTLsGk2RxrRWnC9dnqAl_gLyJHdX5pxvtWzyEDPty209g-KXwMDDySAIyghTvYhoFwE7JG2lWSWGpxnh0dTbxzS5Ezc0CWJyR2o/s320/PXL_20210824_121713560.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span> </span>I note that portions of the MABDR are mowed! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntb2F9WhzfzdH-lx_Lkf-lFxOewEgjWDNMK2FRumeBk_Uw9bbm_wXtudyG_kH4Mm_vkvqUf65Xjn9SxDPX_mn_zerLAHuMq2kLZPn0dUPBQrtwMr4mkxj4DGs7O_sr07GCH1P9EXRfNU/s1426/PXL_20210824_123706841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1426" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhntb2F9WhzfzdH-lx_Lkf-lFxOewEgjWDNMK2FRumeBk_Uw9bbm_wXtudyG_kH4Mm_vkvqUf65Xjn9SxDPX_mn_zerLAHuMq2kLZPn0dUPBQrtwMr4mkxj4DGs7O_sr07GCH1P9EXRfNU/s320/PXL_20210824_123706841.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScBomZAIAdHq_jFvqnmsN7AGWgbHaY-d4qPcnXfEcYyf_DoZSr1X0E0pv3bcNk6RsXOvWTrG5kv1plW4gAuYZP-3mqVfbfs10oMFFmDWF0GsrHrWhmfVJS2QSJf2kqIiKlsMNxsstJJM/s2048/PXL_20210824_125318378.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScBomZAIAdHq_jFvqnmsN7AGWgbHaY-d4qPcnXfEcYyf_DoZSr1X0E0pv3bcNk6RsXOvWTrG5kv1plW4gAuYZP-3mqVfbfs10oMFFmDWF0GsrHrWhmfVJS2QSJf2kqIiKlsMNxsstJJM/s320/PXL_20210824_125318378.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoxQHwhNGRcqJw3bD56sLjlVpRcCAx3LnjhWZr-VDersNLLExueJSaWxD9i2razK-K-IIXNNpSCbTdTIppSJmqVBVZyE5Gh8-TH1Vd0x8i5zYa3YdWWcv4vsC46fKQ7MS1rTLdIo8PhU/s2509/PXL_20210824_130323061.PANO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="2509" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoxQHwhNGRcqJw3bD56sLjlVpRcCAx3LnjhWZr-VDersNLLExueJSaWxD9i2razK-K-IIXNNpSCbTdTIppSJmqVBVZyE5Gh8-TH1Vd0x8i5zYa3YdWWcv4vsC46fKQ7MS1rTLdIo8PhU/s320/PXL_20210824_130323061.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwY6Lc0402lA0rZPSi-m_ITGDlDQGN4wEfivZICoMCHKVydJUoPRMWQNZRfl5VeZPzOqqd_IjHhfDsffDJp6HOyzmnixXLofKE35XbNQS-76-W7fUDFEEP4-700Iv6Q4xifGt16JtMaU/s2048/PXL_20210824_131729105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxwY6Lc0402lA0rZPSi-m_ITGDlDQGN4wEfivZICoMCHKVydJUoPRMWQNZRfl5VeZPzOqqd_IjHhfDsffDJp6HOyzmnixXLofKE35XbNQS-76-W7fUDFEEP4-700Iv6Q4xifGt16JtMaU/s320/PXL_20210824_131729105.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHelmDh6mvhiqFMuIOFDIKqYdReCuvpzbVncbgJ6oRlPUXkuLeSpHTZHMR3BHmLoG98k-G1HPpxDRnmZFmqDGznPF-hD0qK5LfImyJrZm-MjG-SOQOieWFNfwwK9dZ-Suvr2qq8MS8KA/s2048/PXL_20210824_132541332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHelmDh6mvhiqFMuIOFDIKqYdReCuvpzbVncbgJ6oRlPUXkuLeSpHTZHMR3BHmLoG98k-G1HPpxDRnmZFmqDGznPF-hD0qK5LfImyJrZm-MjG-SOQOieWFNfwwK9dZ-Suvr2qq8MS8KA/s320/PXL_20210824_132541332.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisw_eTu3vsa1O-GPRwlRCStxoXiXz3ASgcViON05vvN1FNta6hCCI2K-u2B5thSNptHb4JiD8kqOP-mcXOtEOu2hEQhsso-CwJzdsnwEFxAUfLfpOFkJC4P_fql0cZLLbBf7k8z4g4cFM/s2048/PXL_20210824_134447600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisw_eTu3vsa1O-GPRwlRCStxoXiXz3ASgcViON05vvN1FNta6hCCI2K-u2B5thSNptHb4JiD8kqOP-mcXOtEOu2hEQhsso-CwJzdsnwEFxAUfLfpOFkJC4P_fql0cZLLbBf7k8z4g4cFM/s320/PXL_20210824_134447600.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIbNr5tKhFC7jTznYAUJ0o3b3KjsCSTSiP26nkLOTF5COBRgR_kSJ9GqMfwaGrhqiWU6eDPu2c2bF9Y_DRM0_zcMkTyLmn9vXXwISz1ZgEZrKgHuYtFs2EVp6kI5Js3JxMk-a1JEHBJo/s2048/PXL_20210824_140417436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuIbNr5tKhFC7jTznYAUJ0o3b3KjsCSTSiP26nkLOTF5COBRgR_kSJ9GqMfwaGrhqiWU6eDPu2c2bF9Y_DRM0_zcMkTyLmn9vXXwISz1ZgEZrKgHuYtFs2EVp6kI5Js3JxMk-a1JEHBJo/s320/PXL_20210824_140417436.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4H9FEoxJYNPrQ1PQNKSTMe_RTiO1viD8cR7J1EHVTrldLktq64IwPy2Q8bgPnodcFrUEnS3xkVx7sp97K48oDasgqjMtl-syxK77E0mS-F561oJdX_e6QQp_hSiANOWd-AAkA5O5gk6Y/s2631/PXL_20210824_141613706.PANO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="2631" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4H9FEoxJYNPrQ1PQNKSTMe_RTiO1viD8cR7J1EHVTrldLktq64IwPy2Q8bgPnodcFrUEnS3xkVx7sp97K48oDasgqjMtl-syxK77E0mS-F561oJdX_e6QQp_hSiANOWd-AAkA5O5gk6Y/s320/PXL_20210824_141613706.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">From Michaux, the 5 passes you off to the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/cato/index.htm" target="_blank">Catoctin Mountain Park</a>, <a href="https://www.nps.gov/cato/learn/historyculture/retreat.htm" target="_blank">playground of Presidents</a>. The MABDR passes just to the west of Camp David.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZ9VODLRkMZt9QERQFoL6sY7ecUAj78CM6TZLniiXnx_kUCbZs_AzXgbWCgr9RouGo5h0eSne-BIP3NMsCdQFlM7oqGxwhwOtTdQQ4TH7NHR_q3Zui62_MvhdN75LE9lE3W_3Vc1n7mw/s2048/PXL_20210824_142021858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZ9VODLRkMZt9QERQFoL6sY7ecUAj78CM6TZLniiXnx_kUCbZs_AzXgbWCgr9RouGo5h0eSne-BIP3NMsCdQFlM7oqGxwhwOtTdQQ4TH7NHR_q3Zui62_MvhdN75LE9lE3W_3Vc1n7mw/s320/PXL_20210824_142021858.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyaQolgq7ykUy1i7ql0YvUpHmAIdwpg_FkzawMnFMRle34UX2f-sbPevPx0JBEx9QcRXaOMOPnN65kvnCwGHJG7Rq7mcOF50wWv3iTxifSbYBDUkPWp867gy4bXS7x_MnH7NgnB5gI6FM/s2048/PXL_20210824_142033034.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyaQolgq7ykUy1i7ql0YvUpHmAIdwpg_FkzawMnFMRle34UX2f-sbPevPx0JBEx9QcRXaOMOPnN65kvnCwGHJG7Rq7mcOF50wWv3iTxifSbYBDUkPWp867gy4bXS7x_MnH7NgnB5gI6FM/s320/PXL_20210824_142033034.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmCKmCRBTc_GeXJ8t9naV7XR0rAOA-a8CDy7m_DsKjQHgE_uKU1eDIswBbCIHs_XeH0a2gaT57B0WkjuWZYQBmTO0twCDOAIkO0nM8Xaq6hn8TNraT1g_R98Zv-SlDLnI57tEFkt7170/s2048/PXL_20210824_143055920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmCKmCRBTc_GeXJ8t9naV7XR0rAOA-a8CDy7m_DsKjQHgE_uKU1eDIswBbCIHs_XeH0a2gaT57B0WkjuWZYQBmTO0twCDOAIkO0nM8Xaq6hn8TNraT1g_R98Zv-SlDLnI57tEFkt7170/s320/PXL_20210824_143055920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">From there, the route passes between Wofsville and Myersville, MD. Crow Rock Road was closed for tree pruning that morning so I continued on Wistman Road to Harmony Road and back to MD 17. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6d1f6t-sBgGaiHjFzXWphGHRWRT3urtAddhEwSB5FC32T05anQwz7nuwWgtzYZEJz7NqfUelwlOVEQagnEJt5v-8Zim-oGlzWpZwysZCWNquzajCorfsh2rErldNQK0EcRtsXpAo0Rq4/s2048/PXL_20210824_145426141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6d1f6t-sBgGaiHjFzXWphGHRWRT3urtAddhEwSB5FC32T05anQwz7nuwWgtzYZEJz7NqfUelwlOVEQagnEJt5v-8Zim-oGlzWpZwysZCWNquzajCorfsh2rErldNQK0EcRtsXpAo0Rq4/s320/PXL_20210824_145426141.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span> Of course, Before I could even call the help desk, who should show up? Craig Palen, steward of the MABDR. What fantastic service!</span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlBJUFL-CgeZN8xCMgB1eS5EtqPOgpP2rvMI4g56i8hVEd9bvYk8dgCe6AMqUh7kDWIkOxOxgkJBzqXjozIs_t6pBXjZZlTnQTJ2ZvcXadYGNOq34eX3X0tG-ar3-lt10xzcoWfShUlY/s2048/PXL_20210824_145826537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlBJUFL-CgeZN8xCMgB1eS5EtqPOgpP2rvMI4g56i8hVEd9bvYk8dgCe6AMqUh7kDWIkOxOxgkJBzqXjozIs_t6pBXjZZlTnQTJ2ZvcXadYGNOq34eX3X0tG-ar3-lt10xzcoWfShUlY/s320/PXL_20210824_145826537.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>You turn left at St. John Lutheran Church (1790) and continue into <a href="https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/pages/western/washington.aspx" target="_blank">Washington Monument State Park</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOraOEog0ySkzsQKOPcksuVGFNIgMQyNp9nim5aOLyzXz82ihirLFhNu3IwQNSUDRPvPEozUX7jBksAM2p2DgAK4KXMx-KYrSRtnqlXqQnsNS9eCYxjPcQflDt5Q75zHl7WGkWrtAfWY/s2048/PXL_20210824_150542486.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWOraOEog0ySkzsQKOPcksuVGFNIgMQyNp9nim5aOLyzXz82ihirLFhNu3IwQNSUDRPvPEozUX7jBksAM2p2DgAK4KXMx-KYrSRtnqlXqQnsNS9eCYxjPcQflDt5Q75zHl7WGkWrtAfWY/s320/PXL_20210824_150542486.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_OBPWo75mrIFAguhVAYV6cIO1pfqUoE3p8XMmNRHFP6NpLV3vOmUqwyTqkskVoKiCtlz1Ev1h9dQx5iDNvO8gBHBPQD-cxY08X6koUimdIGm_WRgCbGdjPvF26hnoILABDa2D_YZ2zE/s2048/PXL_20210824_153320816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4_OBPWo75mrIFAguhVAYV6cIO1pfqUoE3p8XMmNRHFP6NpLV3vOmUqwyTqkskVoKiCtlz1Ev1h9dQx5iDNvO8gBHBPQD-cxY08X6koUimdIGm_WRgCbGdjPvF26hnoILABDa2D_YZ2zE/s320/PXL_20210824_153320816.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> to the much needed, sight for sore eyes, <a href="http://www.southmountaincreamery.com/" target="_blank">South Mountain Creamery</a> for a well deserved ice cream!<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfKsMbtbvfDl29SacXLd6fIkWDVYX8pq6-brlKwOqEPmpzdvAR6rNpKDbUYmB8uIRrL1yBUi8Bmph_Zx-ow3LrObO9uL4ZzieLJTpyZ6QwGyJMRwdagAeDmz1hr_pu_ZE7rjVRx5Uxr8/s2048/PXL_20210824_155227056.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfKsMbtbvfDl29SacXLd6fIkWDVYX8pq6-brlKwOqEPmpzdvAR6rNpKDbUYmB8uIRrL1yBUi8Bmph_Zx-ow3LrObO9uL4ZzieLJTpyZ6QwGyJMRwdagAeDmz1hr_pu_ZE7rjVRx5Uxr8/s320/PXL_20210824_155227056.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9W4pTRRH-8T-3C1MAxAT0VTqYjsJt7jAqjPVON1rpcuZ5dRV_fv1Wjl5d66IqiE8XlELwbCfOXjb_php35NnZZBueIl0eO7u0d3JnoSkT5FNRTpm_c3Lssl-43iyHbzA24KmdAAhZIQ/s2048/PXL_20210824_155349181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9W4pTRRH-8T-3C1MAxAT0VTqYjsJt7jAqjPVON1rpcuZ5dRV_fv1Wjl5d66IqiE8XlELwbCfOXjb_php35NnZZBueIl0eO7u0d3JnoSkT5FNRTpm_c3Lssl-43iyHbzA24KmdAAhZIQ/s320/PXL_20210824_155349181.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Onward, now, into West Virginia and to Harper's Ferry along the Potomac. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-7mZ1xzEQtxfv_1OaFSVmgKAuzSFotv3jj5-alSHa7jddUeYhfP6frGsD2yb4OaEhkkppRALqO10TmrxmouIRX7gyac16XEwLEP6LJdB-ABO3Y1IEtkMi4Pdc_Y8XkL3Ezma7NMLdUQ/s2048/PXL_20210824_163052264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-7mZ1xzEQtxfv_1OaFSVmgKAuzSFotv3jj5-alSHa7jddUeYhfP6frGsD2yb4OaEhkkppRALqO10TmrxmouIRX7gyac16XEwLEP6LJdB-ABO3Y1IEtkMi4Pdc_Y8XkL3Ezma7NMLdUQ/s320/PXL_20210824_163052264.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Civil War sites dot the route.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9r-hydIHGIXU0gSRUdY8H6ShmH0DTQYGZvG7DxTA_MV47tD7TE7wet_iqSATY9XoZeyZZGlJTdmu4yBa59aCPulRnz8BksN-h01yaBIGmRU-cF344joWJABa2EGqDhQ0EwvjdmgW5R4/s2048/PXL_20210824_165308683.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9r-hydIHGIXU0gSRUdY8H6ShmH0DTQYGZvG7DxTA_MV47tD7TE7wet_iqSATY9XoZeyZZGlJTdmu4yBa59aCPulRnz8BksN-h01yaBIGmRU-cF344joWJABa2EGqDhQ0EwvjdmgW5R4/s320/PXL_20210824_165308683.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SZMCmAYytiI0YFkxhA8GJaDeoO_d_JxVEN50iHgYqpmONTgPeUoFYUGerLcpvqOqkil_Doy9WaGXELfHLsuXfe8lyLfyKDQxeFTO-AsiSzkt6ApgrwCM_SV4iI-sImuUn8N5MeOG7D4/s2048/PXL_20210824_165433100.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SZMCmAYytiI0YFkxhA8GJaDeoO_d_JxVEN50iHgYqpmONTgPeUoFYUGerLcpvqOqkil_Doy9WaGXELfHLsuXfe8lyLfyKDQxeFTO-AsiSzkt6ApgrwCM_SV4iI-sImuUn8N5MeOG7D4/s320/PXL_20210824_165433100.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">4 now takes over from 5. You pass Nelson's Supply Company in Hedgesville, WV. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjudzdb_1EAOiRr-1yGgLwNe9kfEShl_RdWoiVRCPsWy_gu1CvIbwFcocXs4rFtujc5kl4OinRrRWNrly9zeX5bUWoGM7PbiGVSIaI2G8P3OzBOwSzRgdl0wiDl7SgcKo0B3LwDkqr9BY/s2048/PXL_20210824_175952750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjudzdb_1EAOiRr-1yGgLwNe9kfEShl_RdWoiVRCPsWy_gu1CvIbwFcocXs4rFtujc5kl4OinRrRWNrly9zeX5bUWoGM7PbiGVSIaI2G8P3OzBOwSzRgdl0wiDl7SgcKo0B3LwDkqr9BY/s320/PXL_20210824_175952750.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Then into the <a href="https://dnr.maryland.gov/forests/pages/publiclands/western_greenridgeforest.aspx" target="_blank">Green Ridge State Forest</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44c6Vg40e7SFbJ_4YRN1FDulTBz4mskVkia04NVeFVl5ivRmtfGdHXbvm_oqTby0UGwnxXczMTpvZR-D_dC5RcS_nzMqMchp3OnhTKRJ3ZWE3jyflSkGmsp7qy1Go1p4tXMQZvg2rbgs/s2048/PXL_20210824_184404074.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44c6Vg40e7SFbJ_4YRN1FDulTBz4mskVkia04NVeFVl5ivRmtfGdHXbvm_oqTby0UGwnxXczMTpvZR-D_dC5RcS_nzMqMchp3OnhTKRJ3ZWE3jyflSkGmsp7qy1Go1p4tXMQZvg2rbgs/s320/PXL_20210824_184404074.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngqFRhxSUpeOWauZwSLHyPNeEFTaauYa8IvbOMOmOL_LCymM6OyF1J-meAtZQRr3QeB5aNBkmrI-1qQz6B4WytCOt2wwt_Ian2aW5xftAFvzpyBF5aw00h2-PjSkeeCOFacxkpWdBfMo/s2048/PXL_20210824_184724761.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhngqFRhxSUpeOWauZwSLHyPNeEFTaauYa8IvbOMOmOL_LCymM6OyF1J-meAtZQRr3QeB5aNBkmrI-1qQz6B4WytCOt2wwt_Ian2aW5xftAFvzpyBF5aw00h2-PjSkeeCOFacxkpWdBfMo/s320/PXL_20210824_184724761.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDkZFjitWvE43PAssV9JmeiimtdOF3PFJo-g_5wbmTJtvEpJ-XBzTQeSbE1JYvn_opNXL2UtHu8cLccwIJNmHlz33lKEyDCO0fIAGHAkfUoSpaDksogXIJnxH8-d3tw_BAYqk3CitrGQ/s2048/PXL_20210824_193150964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDkZFjitWvE43PAssV9JmeiimtdOF3PFJo-g_5wbmTJtvEpJ-XBzTQeSbE1JYvn_opNXL2UtHu8cLccwIJNmHlz33lKEyDCO0fIAGHAkfUoSpaDksogXIJnxH8-d3tw_BAYqk3CitrGQ/s320/PXL_20210824_193150964.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span> You arrive, then, at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at OldTown, MD.</span><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhFd1TOF6fFIzfSjESE_JC8DTgdsKdbLN0W75epNXNH-C4f0dva44rfSTuK0Eb0iwwZyRs5z35Abgt9wME1GCLY3clS6SGfyw0d65UiEInY0pGUwIqRNJUbEhv5I7IfUNZL7IPooQuk8/s2048/PXL_20210824_194612473.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhFd1TOF6fFIzfSjESE_JC8DTgdsKdbLN0W75epNXNH-C4f0dva44rfSTuK0Eb0iwwZyRs5z35Abgt9wME1GCLY3clS6SGfyw0d65UiEInY0pGUwIqRNJUbEhv5I7IfUNZL7IPooQuk8/w320-h240/PXL_20210824_194612473.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6FXDV_g60TVSAaJSJeXKbDjGV-4SzXhv-UM_8G2k4O0A4g09PalJAyz4HplXun3oPCUmS4Iu8L_lS9yGVGbGw403vrAoRxSyH3EqUWI9zBl3Viix2dIgnWRQGh1FgMLzyNnb_5YzTUk/s2048/PXL_20210824_194648472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx6FXDV_g60TVSAaJSJeXKbDjGV-4SzXhv-UM_8G2k4O0A4g09PalJAyz4HplXun3oPCUmS4Iu8L_lS9yGVGbGw403vrAoRxSyH3EqUWI9zBl3Viix2dIgnWRQGh1FgMLzyNnb_5YzTUk/s320/PXL_20210824_194648472.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhBSDpwLOORXWkK1NSwjXNivbog9mC0Z7DRgtd7U1tN45Q08A_x0FsjZJflOsznkiKmMha-k4hzDPw_fCMurPwOBlP-rv6UGgsKpfU06RKdywAYpEVU_SsjxII-N0xkHrqAAyAxj1M04/s2048/PXL_20210824_194651772.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhBSDpwLOORXWkK1NSwjXNivbog9mC0Z7DRgtd7U1tN45Q08A_x0FsjZJflOsznkiKmMha-k4hzDPw_fCMurPwOBlP-rv6UGgsKpfU06RKdywAYpEVU_SsjxII-N0xkHrqAAyAxj1M04/s320/PXL_20210824_194651772.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Where I am obligated to inform you that the MABDR from North to South is a TOLL ROAD! $0.50!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0kLR_lutg7vN4Jld91FFxyUc7ofHTCC9V-DlTkN-bt0I2AEQVHvtebLKTbgCO1INNDsyPDSXBZoq3ps5BrZcQzzrcuevIxiZP7gaiLbdBjKkum6RYI2dCncstofdz2D-6vRjr3UR19k/s1697/PXL_20210824_194729677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0kLR_lutg7vN4Jld91FFxyUc7ofHTCC9V-DlTkN-bt0I2AEQVHvtebLKTbgCO1INNDsyPDSXBZoq3ps5BrZcQzzrcuevIxiZP7gaiLbdBjKkum6RYI2dCncstofdz2D-6vRjr3UR19k/s1697/PXL_20210824_194729677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXRig4ri2kRsKohWFqouhWeb7Kh61pZUGLqqEQCB6NsL22NQi7QtNjo5KgVmyYKYXjrNk9z7sCetZNkmGbxEHYNck84GsZ8ullFpRelJNicTExAPAXv2Z99KUbKiQfHHvoELm5pz6JC8/s1628/PXL_20210824_194733149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1628" data-original-width="1343" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLXRig4ri2kRsKohWFqouhWeb7Kh61pZUGLqqEQCB6NsL22NQi7QtNjo5KgVmyYKYXjrNk9z7sCetZNkmGbxEHYNck84GsZ8ullFpRelJNicTExAPAXv2Z99KUbKiQfHHvoELm5pz6JC8/s320/PXL_20210824_194733149.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="1697" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0kLR_lutg7vN4Jld91FFxyUc7ofHTCC9V-DlTkN-bt0I2AEQVHvtebLKTbgCO1INNDsyPDSXBZoq3ps5BrZcQzzrcuevIxiZP7gaiLbdBjKkum6RYI2dCncstofdz2D-6vRjr3UR19k/s320/PXL_20210824_194729677.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">For this kind of bridge!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Otx5b3-eTx463QsBc57fsiINWEtQJ-3VnrxwVbCWABWbjNERLI_UojO_4FQDQm5o5GYgzI-OO_TaXE8ClXH8yKwGy3oAIBolyhF1hsl-y9sUorOhPpgBNG4VLveuJyw9BcY_CAvIF6Q/s1757/PXL_20210824_194913170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="1757" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Otx5b3-eTx463QsBc57fsiINWEtQJ-3VnrxwVbCWABWbjNERLI_UojO_4FQDQm5o5GYgzI-OO_TaXE8ClXH8yKwGy3oAIBolyhF1hsl-y9sUorOhPpgBNG4VLveuJyw9BcY_CAvIF6Q/s320/PXL_20210824_194913170.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And the "Chessie" still runs.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPLHnXMpSI9Z4dLhPFaRnJ0g_zEHY9jn27Hs0tIOCcvSKiXFNj0zfa00es7HvJ5c-exl-J6WNeeA-Z81UU5_ytVREqJPuE8-kIBsGI-bQrLaLxofAeBRzMhlJMco4I9NgQdBLmx4mn3k/s2048/PXL_20210824_195428915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPLHnXMpSI9Z4dLhPFaRnJ0g_zEHY9jn27Hs0tIOCcvSKiXFNj0zfa00es7HvJ5c-exl-J6WNeeA-Z81UU5_ytVREqJPuE8-kIBsGI-bQrLaLxofAeBRzMhlJMco4I9NgQdBLmx4mn3k/s320/PXL_20210824_195428915.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">4 is almost entirely paved road. Don't let that discourage you. It is a beautiful route that let's you refresh yourself from the woods.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day 4 (Section 3)</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzloZIKNWljnoWZKqTNLzUMgqBN4nigxNH_Iu-VCpYZ9p_k1Be-CDWhND5vUqxCwPeodT7yQfs6XEQ-0_Y8g4dWWHMHwK1agC1REMAY1ty7UUtXPI54ZiGKL0mKVGFOMubxomCcAaKAg/s863/G3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="658" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzloZIKNWljnoWZKqTNLzUMgqBN4nigxNH_Iu-VCpYZ9p_k1Be-CDWhND5vUqxCwPeodT7yQfs6XEQ-0_Y8g4dWWHMHwK1agC1REMAY1ty7UUtXPI54ZiGKL0mKVGFOMubxomCcAaKAg/s320/G3.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Ah, the legendary section 3. 3 turns boys into men; newbies into intermediates. It tests your skills and advances them.</div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsw2bfaXaP36f0d2NB-L5Q0u9z4snOLnYo87Aa84eF1KccUgK-HBb987CiDeAN4iPwN6WTAUsPFbsiQLKtsNYnCJ5aFAwIeHBGYVFZMnQIvcGmstw0ZfTp8_EHaJ6QobcBQcC_rszPwrQ/s2048/PXL_20210825_121850032.PANO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="2048" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsw2bfaXaP36f0d2NB-L5Q0u9z4snOLnYo87Aa84eF1KccUgK-HBb987CiDeAN4iPwN6WTAUsPFbsiQLKtsNYnCJ5aFAwIeHBGYVFZMnQIvcGmstw0ZfTp8_EHaJ6QobcBQcC_rszPwrQ/s320/PXL_20210825_121850032.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">You start in the <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/mnf" target="_blank">Monongahela National Forest</a> along the banks of branches of the Potomac.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mK75QS1210KWImsL7K1Igrf_ioUafjzu7OCTbeySTjBRkA3HVk-IkdEj1AhVKnGkai4pQ4BbGoVwAKEnx1SGzFTQ7uJJp6j8LAazdYOUYCiOo2SIwzISEUilsiy6L8dDqaOjPjnH-E0/s2048/PXL_20210825_122556964.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6mK75QS1210KWImsL7K1Igrf_ioUafjzu7OCTbeySTjBRkA3HVk-IkdEj1AhVKnGkai4pQ4BbGoVwAKEnx1SGzFTQ7uJJp6j8LAazdYOUYCiOo2SIwzISEUilsiy6L8dDqaOjPjnH-E0/s320/PXL_20210825_122556964.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEBqhPZ3PZPPxTVkMm1qpjrd-o57RCVXwlUq3G5_JXjJz9RveXBieNsnm0R5lgxFUZx2Plh1SbMYgNQi_iLU8q7lHgJUACLVF49n16shSDMs6CTDnrvwL8u5cVC3k-9jvsBPI31T_urk/s2048/PXL_20210825_122607375.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEBqhPZ3PZPPxTVkMm1qpjrd-o57RCVXwlUq3G5_JXjJz9RveXBieNsnm0R5lgxFUZx2Plh1SbMYgNQi_iLU8q7lHgJUACLVF49n16shSDMs6CTDnrvwL8u5cVC3k-9jvsBPI31T_urk/s320/PXL_20210825_122607375.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjx7V04X-vq7ijSTfRHaiw-Tkv53RHuG03LC6PavY311KbGPbiruw48SKJgZynWnWPLIfAWYbgxooxi18LS9rlnSjNR6Z6Lhts6G438Nz6hnCo1vw7HzKpETm8gVPR9U6nSZ2wIrbJI_Y/s2048/PXL_20210825_122743352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjx7V04X-vq7ijSTfRHaiw-Tkv53RHuG03LC6PavY311KbGPbiruw48SKJgZynWnWPLIfAWYbgxooxi18LS9rlnSjNR6Z6Lhts6G438Nz6hnCo1vw7HzKpETm8gVPR9U6nSZ2wIrbJI_Y/s320/PXL_20210825_122743352.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTd1Enjkxkjn-DzUV8wUN9Jx-ak8eku7rtJEEQGCD9cGbb8t1RZdZe8e-GAkwxInPBoak3y72BiIUbzhYa5xKd9nFAVWHrJJS7O8Xi9QFvjJBthG4UkVDRV2b8p5PjLhnQRm6NhC_BFyA/s2048/PXL_20210825_123139387.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTd1Enjkxkjn-DzUV8wUN9Jx-ak8eku7rtJEEQGCD9cGbb8t1RZdZe8e-GAkwxInPBoak3y72BiIUbzhYa5xKd9nFAVWHrJJS7O8Xi9QFvjJBthG4UkVDRV2b8p5PjLhnQRm6NhC_BFyA/s320/PXL_20210825_123139387.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwltwfpAZWgFfCa84dSMaeEqoGQmT1F1a73hi-BsU1barj1ouPIkIFALzyOcp0KtA-iS1thvddXmuf8604rgulbaZqS4b6ZU7Kikh_JGV9rfnjgxkZBUUy6Mc-1IEpd4D4fOIbLbXx5TA/s2048/PXL_20210825_123142301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwltwfpAZWgFfCa84dSMaeEqoGQmT1F1a73hi-BsU1barj1ouPIkIFALzyOcp0KtA-iS1thvddXmuf8604rgulbaZqS4b6ZU7Kikh_JGV9rfnjgxkZBUUy6Mc-1IEpd4D4fOIbLbXx5TA/s320/PXL_20210825_123142301.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5tgpR-6LFs3_kEM-7EP7SU7mtFhkhjGDhQCOqB-U9AXu7LPsCSlr7gogTKp4a7Azk-vf8_4xneoaGLwKsBR7wGOOIhw26bbRBInMhlQtqyoGdS3-6ZhVi6w3k8wLQIRjwvs8LwG_k_Q/s2048/PXL_20210825_125237425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia5tgpR-6LFs3_kEM-7EP7SU7mtFhkhjGDhQCOqB-U9AXu7LPsCSlr7gogTKp4a7Azk-vf8_4xneoaGLwKsBR7wGOOIhw26bbRBInMhlQtqyoGdS3-6ZhVi6w3k8wLQIRjwvs8LwG_k_Q/s320/PXL_20210825_125237425.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-cdX7dpKnNXhXFc71GJ_X6AOSN7hRnNgn1mFLsRYHDaM24OuphSx4k17VGNpwXe0yfdsozlxPLJ0yRe7kFFaa3eHBpNMKPP-JynkFPgZMBMeRpwx5x-fvMEBfDdpu0K3YUgGQ7sXTUI/s2048/PXL_20210825_125653095.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-cdX7dpKnNXhXFc71GJ_X6AOSN7hRnNgn1mFLsRYHDaM24OuphSx4k17VGNpwXe0yfdsozlxPLJ0yRe7kFFaa3eHBpNMKPP-JynkFPgZMBMeRpwx5x-fvMEBfDdpu0K3YUgGQ7sXTUI/s320/PXL_20210825_125653095.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9SUqMVB_F4l9q0-BEWXowsOwlcQL4M_ixBbNdcVYqK3ApebtEugHzKX_FH6I0e5-9_kK8waHuYjHfzjS9B9UDbNr3M6yOKASDf4VrG4kk_ZYrV8LTfZ9h7aymIngUjFF1yWKsLLcJEA/s2048/PXL_20210825_125712436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9SUqMVB_F4l9q0-BEWXowsOwlcQL4M_ixBbNdcVYqK3ApebtEugHzKX_FH6I0e5-9_kK8waHuYjHfzjS9B9UDbNr3M6yOKASDf4VrG4kk_ZYrV8LTfZ9h7aymIngUjFF1yWKsLLcJEA/s320/PXL_20210825_125712436.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMJ8SLfNYHBoBOleCIemk35lMGrb5lG-zz7AlDsWuHbkvdjpOlm-7X4StduelTZGTtOifBabPO7u8xArdZMfkwYBv2YvNXLqepI1Lkyfx5L9Es5OtRas3VkcETulw1QDiTAVbyoVM530/s2048/PXL_20210825_131531273.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMJ8SLfNYHBoBOleCIemk35lMGrb5lG-zz7AlDsWuHbkvdjpOlm-7X4StduelTZGTtOifBabPO7u8xArdZMfkwYBv2YvNXLqepI1Lkyfx5L9Es5OtRas3VkcETulw1QDiTAVbyoVM530/s320/PXL_20210825_131531273.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQjAHpuyMlgo8gSVb97a9OZlzL4Q3Ok4EU__y-9GM0ATxuVb8F2p86HfBI-g1KV1ONOa8lWLQVRfUVjmO_CVrhWp_3_CQyrvPRaLheh_o3VyIaweVgVRCxUc0Dak1W4PCbRdvZ7CpPx8/s2697/PXL_20210825_132414368.PANO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="2697" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQjAHpuyMlgo8gSVb97a9OZlzL4Q3Ok4EU__y-9GM0ATxuVb8F2p86HfBI-g1KV1ONOa8lWLQVRfUVjmO_CVrhWp_3_CQyrvPRaLheh_o3VyIaweVgVRCxUc0Dak1W4PCbRdvZ7CpPx8/s320/PXL_20210825_132414368.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBlq_afVttT4CL-2KguRfHIVb5oS0j_zJ0p2hu3pwB729VdIu6wtIzb_on2Njs9t7r5OfadFrYFOEOwsiMj5KnoZDkBVivUHeP7c_skDUeYNDzOK8Mg6tKhILAwLJ1jhXeXWLq5skmzA/s2829/PXL_20210825_135147197.PANO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="2829" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirBlq_afVttT4CL-2KguRfHIVb5oS0j_zJ0p2hu3pwB729VdIu6wtIzb_on2Njs9t7r5OfadFrYFOEOwsiMj5KnoZDkBVivUHeP7c_skDUeYNDzOK8Mg6tKhILAwLJ1jhXeXWLq5skmzA/s320/PXL_20210825_135147197.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">From there, you are handed off to the <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/gwj" target="_blank">Washington and Jefferson National Forests</a> in which you will spend the majority of your remaining time on the MABDR.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJ0IdPI21b96YEi_Yh2D9-m809WqnpXKWdkarZpvFk81qhl7B-DOUTO2Q9doBdQc-weIFLOLT2dVSHuRjR4g_AY1ORgdsIrfY4SM1j-kNXklgvdKh-qNXPfIz8YJF8P6sQgTO2bY70Q8/s2048/PXL_20210825_135503660.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSJ0IdPI21b96YEi_Yh2D9-m809WqnpXKWdkarZpvFk81qhl7B-DOUTO2Q9doBdQc-weIFLOLT2dVSHuRjR4g_AY1ORgdsIrfY4SM1j-kNXklgvdKh-qNXPfIz8YJF8P6sQgTO2bY70Q8/s320/PXL_20210825_135503660.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And, you will hit "first water" (and second, third, ...until you lose count). This was my first time crossing water on a motorcycle. I used a tried and true method. Stop, look, first gear, stand up, second gear, say a prayer blessing all the KTM engineers, close my eyes and gun the throttle. Remarkably successful and useful technique.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWialN0GE-tcEd7tTOmFimdDPvKhwmjlqjVXLWPVrRofJwu0B4OvEpq2_KNL56LwdiGR8KdsQ3qQuEYRabRaNYbx1Xf-j5CNNcKitJ3zlOi9MZQhgtEk8mjUbDL9ao9Ey9v0jGtoxCG_c/s2048/PXL_20210825_135545193.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWialN0GE-tcEd7tTOmFimdDPvKhwmjlqjVXLWPVrRofJwu0B4OvEpq2_KNL56LwdiGR8KdsQ3qQuEYRabRaNYbx1Xf-j5CNNcKitJ3zlOi9MZQhgtEk8mjUbDL9ao9Ey9v0jGtoxCG_c/s320/PXL_20210825_135545193.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviazRsf6uSDSrrRV6RAarWzePoJbMTfcvgXpgXZG619ck_1UVK6gMlhXW20bU-yt5brzZUrygHMcYRxu7Gwgz0KRb3NJl2yKE536vrNY9zzG3AIBgo2btnEUTcMT0Zk7T4udIiNYaguA/s2048/PXL_20210825_135926760.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviazRsf6uSDSrrRV6RAarWzePoJbMTfcvgXpgXZG619ck_1UVK6gMlhXW20bU-yt5brzZUrygHMcYRxu7Gwgz0KRb3NJl2yKE536vrNY9zzG3AIBgo2btnEUTcMT0Zk7T4udIiNYaguA/s320/PXL_20210825_135926760.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">3 alternates between small sections of beautifully paved roads and extensive ridgelines of gravel hairpin turns.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisORLskUtLq4nADftra4kxU-dBYbxQnDOna4JCjMJ4mv-I8xQGJr836ZlfBL3XbKRYBcIdLm_FgprwMfQVYzajKFsRCKFFkgeEd9Od-gATdmnIL57jlcY3MwR-gZ8alDgK3_Xoyv0pWs/s2048/PXL_20210825_135930516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisORLskUtLq4nADftra4kxU-dBYbxQnDOna4JCjMJ4mv-I8xQGJr836ZlfBL3XbKRYBcIdLm_FgprwMfQVYzajKFsRCKFFkgeEd9Od-gATdmnIL57jlcY3MwR-gZ8alDgK3_Xoyv0pWs/s320/PXL_20210825_135930516.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrlPPWIOwVYp4bKP4VLAD8keEIa8zT4m1TBsmkpELNOTm9K-6hSUBrY1UsxyWtrAYGsR3W8ulGoHoqMT5zBZcUGbn0eBJZe5Q_BPP6zbkfxZ3cmbwwva3K0A_IgW3N8bq7-3vYhNTK8M/s2048/PXL_20210825_135934950.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrlPPWIOwVYp4bKP4VLAD8keEIa8zT4m1TBsmkpELNOTm9K-6hSUBrY1UsxyWtrAYGsR3W8ulGoHoqMT5zBZcUGbn0eBJZe5Q_BPP6zbkfxZ3cmbwwva3K0A_IgW3N8bq7-3vYhNTK8M/s320/PXL_20210825_135934950.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gRPdvwUfkcJmyedvPo1TMUELK0iT9Vd-bz1KmFbsTSMAuhsRvFBlTUJaQS0_KjoXay7pGXjv4OxO-AR2FPs_LMj50PHBvoQ6G9MifrM7pobIpcfdMiE2Ii0oX_OySwJJacTQO1MwizU/s2048/PXL_20210825_135938030.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gRPdvwUfkcJmyedvPo1TMUELK0iT9Vd-bz1KmFbsTSMAuhsRvFBlTUJaQS0_KjoXay7pGXjv4OxO-AR2FPs_LMj50PHBvoQ6G9MifrM7pobIpcfdMiE2Ii0oX_OySwJJacTQO1MwizU/s320/PXL_20210825_135938030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfR134ez6tPhYY_WH0geurJ5eQs06K00h38qPBcvFA184JxargLNnQpNlSUp4jeIIWPaGZCin_QFCphyphenhyphenvDlEJgylqvIYX7K09YC7y8efXgUC4xo7X_P9vHIfYAV6Kj2vKO0Oe9QA5Zn0/s2048/PXL_20210825_135941152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfR134ez6tPhYY_WH0geurJ5eQs06K00h38qPBcvFA184JxargLNnQpNlSUp4jeIIWPaGZCin_QFCphyphenhyphenvDlEJgylqvIYX7K09YC7y8efXgUC4xo7X_P9vHIfYAV6Kj2vKO0Oe9QA5Zn0/s320/PXL_20210825_135941152.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And more water.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8iffM8JBSQXrVp2eXuCttr-X3UaMJsCAn68-zQ7e6bTVeFGmxmw3BAsW_rndytQvtaNmTLR0x2SAvjy4viD_FIpgHkLxdRp5Bfm53_ez1qa8uYd0SGpnRqTHw98qmdEdaKlfu92pim4/s2048/PXL_20210825_141329209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8iffM8JBSQXrVp2eXuCttr-X3UaMJsCAn68-zQ7e6bTVeFGmxmw3BAsW_rndytQvtaNmTLR0x2SAvjy4viD_FIpgHkLxdRp5Bfm53_ez1qa8uYd0SGpnRqTHw98qmdEdaKlfu92pim4/s320/PXL_20210825_141329209.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf97K5CRAaUG9Ye2LsXVNe4HCICT0e0GPfEfZgLMzBS-rujilIOpQgodkYfN-Yi9K5vrsfltX6Oiw0KrdZkXt8kVkfSkdptoOwrUQRIKoRtxeIbJiaOdzON3qmY78F_Ng8PbEnRMYBcvo/s2048/PXL_20210825_150708846.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf97K5CRAaUG9Ye2LsXVNe4HCICT0e0GPfEfZgLMzBS-rujilIOpQgodkYfN-Yi9K5vrsfltX6Oiw0KrdZkXt8kVkfSkdptoOwrUQRIKoRtxeIbJiaOdzON3qmY78F_Ng8PbEnRMYBcvo/s320/PXL_20210825_150708846.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And then, in the middle of nowhere, a secret government installation.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiW7G4e7ksHwmXwwsXNn5Dzh5Y70ITkuwmLPlgDoK13HnG8e6GT7yzVvlMEaKpj0HEHDeBDrvZfWt3d1LPdubaxCB-SuahwzNcrg0Ux0hXuZ03FQadM1yqs6QIz6yIDpB8CQSi1emtbg/s2048/PXL_20210825_150927837.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiW7G4e7ksHwmXwwsXNn5Dzh5Y70ITkuwmLPlgDoK13HnG8e6GT7yzVvlMEaKpj0HEHDeBDrvZfWt3d1LPdubaxCB-SuahwzNcrg0Ux0hXuZ03FQadM1yqs6QIz6yIDpB8CQSi1emtbg/s320/PXL_20210825_150927837.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And, of course, at a tight hairpin, the beer memorial. With flag holder for some ceremony for which UI do not know the date!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDiq52v6UbH2uDyL-b6fdbOBjK5FTo8D0L5_fhlmd9Ix2anE6GXQv2qcE_pmb8PWf2CCWpbJ1tJ17Vcjdtwv2tDOheVjgQNutAkh_ya9vzh2z4mqQ1_eGBPNIgasiDEDNChhHXKwQL1s/s2048/PXL_20210825_152635023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDiq52v6UbH2uDyL-b6fdbOBjK5FTo8D0L5_fhlmd9Ix2anE6GXQv2qcE_pmb8PWf2CCWpbJ1tJ17Vcjdtwv2tDOheVjgQNutAkh_ya9vzh2z4mqQ1_eGBPNIgasiDEDNChhHXKwQL1s/s320/PXL_20210825_152635023.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAd8OvlqJldgR2HSAhykHkizwqBsQfwUTdTSwqcMhOOBb-qxNIH-biTVhNgJLqac_Twdrc_ei2FgXQifFEu4InaGnOwpk5-t8xMDPbNuQxbc9cgzbPsZu2C19Yj6-XX_cI7s9N2bLOJHk/s2048/PXL_20210825_152637251.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAd8OvlqJldgR2HSAhykHkizwqBsQfwUTdTSwqcMhOOBb-qxNIH-biTVhNgJLqac_Twdrc_ei2FgXQifFEu4InaGnOwpk5-t8xMDPbNuQxbc9cgzbPsZu2C19Yj6-XX_cI7s9N2bLOJHk/s320/PXL_20210825_152637251.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Maybe you'd like to try some sandy hairpins? Or a hill climb?</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCxz_XJwQ102n0I6MDjM6vT8dgVISH52JdIJnWC17nC0C4qi_Q6YfUP8bGXM79w75F42DibbXOXl2oejM9iTfwZbfoqIl8ZBJtFtAAbD9OVN6TMfIMEklrJc89qdi7tAhEup6qB-x320/s2048/PXL_20210825_161034210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCxz_XJwQ102n0I6MDjM6vT8dgVISH52JdIJnWC17nC0C4qi_Q6YfUP8bGXM79w75F42DibbXOXl2oejM9iTfwZbfoqIl8ZBJtFtAAbD9OVN6TMfIMEklrJc89qdi7tAhEup6qB-x320/s320/PXL_20210825_161034210.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KTHMb-cxQV1XxHldt6o9ZUwN78Bwt8Q84YZCiYNBgiCjUjy1ih2EvVjuT_Dw3V60R66Uijt9I2FKpUkN73lb21twDwXIhTH-OBt22Nksexo1l7IBOd072vqJzwX_-9lsEJkQiDsAWS0/s2048/PXL_20210825_161038869.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6KTHMb-cxQV1XxHldt6o9ZUwN78Bwt8Q84YZCiYNBgiCjUjy1ih2EvVjuT_Dw3V60R66Uijt9I2FKpUkN73lb21twDwXIhTH-OBt22Nksexo1l7IBOd072vqJzwX_-9lsEJkQiDsAWS0/s320/PXL_20210825_161038869.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-bAe9-teKT0pMHBJpfg1pNSkWuFFwc6jAktnzkQzGFZHqHta4mn6Wyh3_MopECRVhLiDIhAQTlJ4OSH_bDU-tgcNQt16098-j8iCt54TWx-almRr_-dNp1xd3c798YzY7KFG0N-lNFc/s2048/PXL_20210825_164232418.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-bAe9-teKT0pMHBJpfg1pNSkWuFFwc6jAktnzkQzGFZHqHta4mn6Wyh3_MopECRVhLiDIhAQTlJ4OSH_bDU-tgcNQt16098-j8iCt54TWx-almRr_-dNp1xd3c798YzY7KFG0N-lNFc/s320/PXL_20210825_164232418.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5-km5h25qTs-77VDch4oZ3RedC9kkmagKcqpiU4xXP9Z-DW0VXtYzIO31zzBTHb1i4-o53O0ddtrpbwRHhgl_7H5lwW5ja0g-JmDquVKDQM_j6WQ2whpkLgI9MMX_IkaaArAqOuumaQ/s2851/PXL_20210825_164650884.PANO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1103" data-original-width="2851" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG5-km5h25qTs-77VDch4oZ3RedC9kkmagKcqpiU4xXP9Z-DW0VXtYzIO31zzBTHb1i4-o53O0ddtrpbwRHhgl_7H5lwW5ja0g-JmDquVKDQM_j6WQ2whpkLgI9MMX_IkaaArAqOuumaQ/s320/PXL_20210825_164650884.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVR3JF8vRUiFgM7oXt3UhnOEqKELnfDsFEUh6dzXNb15Wz_McOnQtWdeZqCft9RIf-ZP9LhIxKcTCvE8IQ3Ed3Cdb9kacvyhgxDY27MtGIRCrRNmeTtaiDn_QxKTJtR9qrf0n4i1afXs/s2048/PXL_20210825_165917105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwVR3JF8vRUiFgM7oXt3UhnOEqKELnfDsFEUh6dzXNb15Wz_McOnQtWdeZqCft9RIf-ZP9LhIxKcTCvE8IQ3Ed3Cdb9kacvyhgxDY27MtGIRCrRNmeTtaiDn_QxKTJtR9qrf0n4i1afXs/s320/PXL_20210825_165917105.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">But you descend off the last ridges, onto pavement, a better rider than when you went in.</div><br /><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day 5(Sections 2 & 1)</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfMUFvqDf8zVa13PrdbvY8Xd23GP_AlIYFJlr1L-RjBNX3TKbc_cF7NctK2yqWmtToRJ78-IPE8nXXI_Gph6Y2WxqlTFpaPBNaPIhzzuDNxafB6luhz9YmV6CYADGgTPXt6lTF3nvTTM/s720/G2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="720" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDfMUFvqDf8zVa13PrdbvY8Xd23GP_AlIYFJlr1L-RjBNX3TKbc_cF7NctK2yqWmtToRJ78-IPE8nXXI_Gph6Y2WxqlTFpaPBNaPIhzzuDNxafB6luhz9YmV6CYADGgTPXt6lTF3nvTTM/s320/G2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>2 is a beautiful continuation through the woods and ridges of the Jefferson National Forest. It starts out cloudy and foggy in Covington, VA.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibskmelvrsqUwqPHbOqSdebL1s3TaH-u5FrUshgo7q7G3QBgjJba_XG157dbsF-hz23Jg8rvxKXVephlOssFC8aav1yiB_ARFMEEmckcbMzQIqeVaBUzs_zpv_zowW985VM-8OTy5cXGQ/s2048/PXL_20210826_121623933.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibskmelvrsqUwqPHbOqSdebL1s3TaH-u5FrUshgo7q7G3QBgjJba_XG157dbsF-hz23Jg8rvxKXVephlOssFC8aav1yiB_ARFMEEmckcbMzQIqeVaBUzs_zpv_zowW985VM-8OTy5cXGQ/s320/PXL_20210826_121623933.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I meet up with legendary biker, Pat McCartin, the proprietor of the <a href="https://www.dancingbear-damascus.com/" target="_blank">Dancing Bear Inn</a>, the unofficial start/end point of the MABDR. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzLSCk5HGGLKgJu2TZCfx1Fr2xeAUWikTNU0WMtgIGtl1haVm2l9lrrDg31HX7Kz7qbdGVBxiV3Lqie_vtmSWm7fzhdXHZznptfvRWhi-qoiW3K0plVo_JIpr9JU94rgmAZHUXKdTXkM/s2048/PXL_20210826_140620988.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzLSCk5HGGLKgJu2TZCfx1Fr2xeAUWikTNU0WMtgIGtl1haVm2l9lrrDg31HX7Kz7qbdGVBxiV3Lqie_vtmSWm7fzhdXHZznptfvRWhi-qoiW3K0plVo_JIpr9JU94rgmAZHUXKdTXkM/s320/PXL_20210826_140620988.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">He gives me a guided tour through 2 and 1 including the famous Tub Run Road. What a wild ride! Puts all the skill learned on 3 to the test.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhJKS0uHiGOlQGYGXcHPAHyYaUKg7Cm3kOY4aozPFM1yjYRMttGQHAk6EIoOSWgvynEZbwKPB1wtCaxFHTkpxeIl_iuQojqfwPRvFr7u5waKM-Mv9I0igfnxLXNlzzZVN-iDuBhW8eX8/s2048/PXL_20210826_151311288.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhJKS0uHiGOlQGYGXcHPAHyYaUKg7Cm3kOY4aozPFM1yjYRMttGQHAk6EIoOSWgvynEZbwKPB1wtCaxFHTkpxeIl_iuQojqfwPRvFr7u5waKM-Mv9I0igfnxLXNlzzZVN-iDuBhW8eX8/s320/PXL_20210826_151311288.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzqeIMoSSHGa4pXcanQdgB0XsF2819GRjFNS60lTZxzBLqR1ftWYX9KdJdsVbffcT3tSm03ftltuNs_iEs7XmOzV72AmaP67aY80RrPk1zviXRY-S5wWT-KlrudY2QmybMD-BSckvo9k/s2048/PXL_20210826_162227376.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLzqeIMoSSHGa4pXcanQdgB0XsF2819GRjFNS60lTZxzBLqR1ftWYX9KdJdsVbffcT3tSm03ftltuNs_iEs7XmOzV72AmaP67aY80RrPk1zviXRY-S5wWT-KlrudY2QmybMD-BSckvo9k/s320/PXL_20210826_162227376.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmM530eprI7hts7AMimJDA_9pTDCVpIO5r7oS9_p_hJoBUGzPVFTXfNXKhIQQsq7VHOX9pFaIYBYitM-5z3pTXsfH_kRG5tHxGmzdf-mvxK62GNKTmq1MNv1ZU_GrcR8VH2IrUuPuOwA/s2048/PXL_20210826_183950607.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmM530eprI7hts7AMimJDA_9pTDCVpIO5r7oS9_p_hJoBUGzPVFTXfNXKhIQQsq7VHOX9pFaIYBYitM-5z3pTXsfH_kRG5tHxGmzdf-mvxK62GNKTmq1MNv1ZU_GrcR8VH2IrUuPuOwA/s320/PXL_20210826_183950607.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Pat skillfully dodges thundershowers to the west of the route. We arrive at the Inn.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BLKbh1kkm4P5fpD640gEaWpd3Zedw-ItA80eIAJRK7Z7HXQvX965f2KkiOpGfygwlsV4w6b5-yWpxWIuA4dWJQzjESd-RWlNqhkAtkFg44XkOaMd2l3mPcIw29PzRMyVI-ig2F_eD1g/s2048/PXL_20210827_111622104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6BLKbh1kkm4P5fpD640gEaWpd3Zedw-ItA80eIAJRK7Z7HXQvX965f2KkiOpGfygwlsV4w6b5-yWpxWIuA4dWJQzjESd-RWlNqhkAtkFg44XkOaMd2l3mPcIw29PzRMyVI-ig2F_eD1g/s320/PXL_20210827_111622104.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In the morning, I take leave of the dancing bear and head oput to finish the last bit of 1 we missed the evening before. It is spectacular.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAmNGi7vOrPv8FZmyKBwXMMiyJ2a3HmWw1Y_ghvDFKkg_cyFyH8Cm5HozPKlx_7BAma0aBeHqy2rOBiJVnGywPOOunUtTH1cKfeU26fkWPyCaJPoH8Yqh8WV6DAJw8GEd-PbBlWJvaJ8/s2048/PXL_20210827_112946419.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAmNGi7vOrPv8FZmyKBwXMMiyJ2a3HmWw1Y_ghvDFKkg_cyFyH8Cm5HozPKlx_7BAma0aBeHqy2rOBiJVnGywPOOunUtTH1cKfeU26fkWPyCaJPoH8Yqh8WV6DAJw8GEd-PbBlWJvaJ8/s320/PXL_20210827_112946419.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dtf3YbsX1wsX_kcXEN5u_Ea1RjVPTajDxPOG36A7tZlrJMoVSMJ7y8PVPX9qztW3fgdbLA3qllcx8b3vJ0jif8Hu_LEFK735NQD1M8KB1zxu-lvvnqR_KOq2MDsh_M6q5oFqDeFZv6c/s2048/PXL_20210827_113101816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5dtf3YbsX1wsX_kcXEN5u_Ea1RjVPTajDxPOG36A7tZlrJMoVSMJ7y8PVPX9qztW3fgdbLA3qllcx8b3vJ0jif8Hu_LEFK735NQD1M8KB1zxu-lvvnqR_KOq2MDsh_M6q5oFqDeFZv6c/s320/PXL_20210827_113101816.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39WrtrIuDRAYqZuvxpvkF_2KHX0UUq5tSYWKE0Fp3ciEKh1WKs5S8EgCyybGllcNf44g82uLLedrM5KwatNZ6mtkA50ni94x6UelDbB0RCf4qD9iV-LUB-iKlUew31nndy0ShYdaaYL0/s2048/PXL_20210827_113925029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39WrtrIuDRAYqZuvxpvkF_2KHX0UUq5tSYWKE0Fp3ciEKh1WKs5S8EgCyybGllcNf44g82uLLedrM5KwatNZ6mtkA50ni94x6UelDbB0RCf4qD9iV-LUB-iKlUew31nndy0ShYdaaYL0/s320/PXL_20210827_113925029.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zugyirxys3TZYVyeRpOmLr9GUlteOB_8lDzJRGADTljrnhVzG8bzWeOcVFaS61VTBdM3MZNRxtfQWJ_0Q4Apl3euQgDzXCNSn2KUSyDeXfLaG3gyvkfr6jmMt0vx-67V3m-7tg8PZrg/s2048/PXL_20210827_113927837.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zugyirxys3TZYVyeRpOmLr9GUlteOB_8lDzJRGADTljrnhVzG8bzWeOcVFaS61VTBdM3MZNRxtfQWJ_0Q4Apl3euQgDzXCNSn2KUSyDeXfLaG3gyvkfr6jmMt0vx-67V3m-7tg8PZrg/s320/PXL_20210827_113927837.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_PNRSp2etWYzA7P24NVdWdS-1hoezD-7CwQkhLa7vZAgajkWbW5ubMuTX1GtMI5cpD-CwSssUvbRJXKfLPqNGN96fyL29NAOQwgMa07TX2Re1iU6iJFidZcDZ2PFgmdBPOZypbnifrg/s2048/PXL_20210827_114803952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_PNRSp2etWYzA7P24NVdWdS-1hoezD-7CwQkhLa7vZAgajkWbW5ubMuTX1GtMI5cpD-CwSssUvbRJXKfLPqNGN96fyL29NAOQwgMa07TX2Re1iU6iJFidZcDZ2PFgmdBPOZypbnifrg/s320/PXL_20210827_114803952.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzME3mr4Jv4M3SPUQ7yTXArmcDaGJl1qM4hQ1USIUM-Mi0mqBbEHdnjfwiFiYkKKTkLK8PgzinHT6U4Qxr6WHGxx9y1HtihwZNZC2lZ2UVYdxl-AA32qf4H2yqYxrJTarOOVhHq5Ye-WM/s2048/PXL_20210827_114917361.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzME3mr4Jv4M3SPUQ7yTXArmcDaGJl1qM4hQ1USIUM-Mi0mqBbEHdnjfwiFiYkKKTkLK8PgzinHT6U4Qxr6WHGxx9y1HtihwZNZC2lZ2UVYdxl-AA32qf4H2yqYxrJTarOOVhHq5Ye-WM/s320/PXL_20210827_114917361.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The stone tunnel cut to get timber off the mountain is stunning.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjFGiFO8cEKL-q79WrKla0H2melZeJYx55h0Is4Xs2Uc0rxwucowI5H8Nmp9RykkISgP-RD9keimFpzPXDvogP5VqujEUBh1WBsuS26MyiE12dQI9VAz0MeejOAFbqOSzDUheAQprTKg/s2048/PXL_20210827_120138367.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZjFGiFO8cEKL-q79WrKla0H2melZeJYx55h0Is4Xs2Uc0rxwucowI5H8Nmp9RykkISgP-RD9keimFpzPXDvogP5VqujEUBh1WBsuS26MyiE12dQI9VAz0MeejOAFbqOSzDUheAQprTKg/s320/PXL_20210827_120138367.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnqdMOTkfePa_Po6GW-YFRtaUja3HzmXFnQ2WOGgDG0fpJK9lvk5YEsk8V09nIJKyzOqvHGMfUDHSjNiQ-0qUFb8Av7s0dbnlU8NtmZNvw5J5oBbDUlmW48G9KJ32_w0UfyUdvgCxLmg/s2048/PXL_20210827_121137437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnqdMOTkfePa_Po6GW-YFRtaUja3HzmXFnQ2WOGgDG0fpJK9lvk5YEsk8V09nIJKyzOqvHGMfUDHSjNiQ-0qUFb8Av7s0dbnlU8NtmZNvw5J5oBbDUlmW48G9KJ32_w0UfyUdvgCxLmg/s320/PXL_20210827_121137437.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ywkRtTrPDqjPewrGmufzzXXgbBZ7pHWaHzQ3fcgb-XCbhqcYCnSLDm6hyphenhyphenYaeqlsGMNZyi-KVV6KmiQTPEjaVIwFmKhfwsYuVbtGpex0Xs8RQEk54bX6yBbwPLCJA4noQO9VkTIjGOUM/s2048/PXL_20210827_121838144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ywkRtTrPDqjPewrGmufzzXXgbBZ7pHWaHzQ3fcgb-XCbhqcYCnSLDm6hyphenhyphenYaeqlsGMNZyi-KVV6KmiQTPEjaVIwFmKhfwsYuVbtGpex0Xs8RQEk54bX6yBbwPLCJA4noQO9VkTIjGOUM/s320/PXL_20210827_121838144.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">As is the view just before I connect with I-81 to head home.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSE3DDyYgetuT4YXintpV1jEnXKjN6nAoILPtbTOISzJfCic8HKch-hdvpnhJwYLkYyskAB7xYrKl23s9HBczvDu3J4tPGgxhr1zdoXP35SYkm4dtg23tYKqD4DqFBvS9EL7FOQSXA7Y/s2824/PXL_20210827_121900684.PANO.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1113" data-original-width="2824" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSE3DDyYgetuT4YXintpV1jEnXKjN6nAoILPtbTOISzJfCic8HKch-hdvpnhJwYLkYyskAB7xYrKl23s9HBczvDu3J4tPGgxhr1zdoXP35SYkm4dtg23tYKqD4DqFBvS9EL7FOQSXA7Y/s320/PXL_20210827_121900684.PANO.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8Wh-7a81qeQu2qHjGGEvNcrgifKZZD7nHPLK9gP_ZEXbdLpYGcixbdrftMM4qBgCXicfPB3UkVGfxLAqOX1aFN93IiEGxwB8kq67Q0Tbdd4WqzQU1SaVMJffuemdCVBWTM6sk56eQ2s/s2048/PXL_20210827_121911342.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8Wh-7a81qeQu2qHjGGEvNcrgifKZZD7nHPLK9gP_ZEXbdLpYGcixbdrftMM4qBgCXicfPB3UkVGfxLAqOX1aFN93IiEGxwB8kq67Q0Tbdd4WqzQU1SaVMJffuemdCVBWTM6sk56eQ2s/s320/PXL_20210827_121911342.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">A spectacularly beautiful trip. I have honed old skills and learned new ones. I have challenged myself and come out (alive and) the better for it. Now, 575 miles of slab to get home where, "my love lies waiting, silently for me".</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><p></p>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-91263150105639705482021-04-10T16:12:00.001-05:002021-04-10T16:12:38.780-05:00First DirtAs I write this, I have about 80,000 motorcycle miles under my belt on 4 bikes. 90% of these miles are on pavement. Most recently, when I tour on my Goldwing, I studiously avoid the unpaved. It is a heavy, comfortable bike designed to eat miles on long trips. It is not meant to wallow in gravel. <div>Recently, however, I was fortunate to acquire a KTM 890 Adventure bike. This bike comes from the legacy of the Paris-Dakar and round-the-world trips through parts of the world where pavement is more absent than present. Personally, I plan to explore the forest and service roads of NY and PA and then perhaps explore the <a href="https://ridebdr.com/nebdr/">Northeast Backcountry Discovery Route</a> or the <a href="https://ridebdr.com/mabdr/">Mid-Atlantic Backcountry Discovery Route</a>. But how and where to start. I know how to find roads but how to find the unpaved?</div><div>So, to get my dirt legs, so to be speak, I set of for an afternoon mini-adventure. I made up an algorithm. <b>When you come to a road that is in worse condition than the one you are on, take it.</b></div><div>Now, I live at the edge of town, near the NY/PA so I suspected this wouldn't take long. </div><div><br></div><div>Within 5 miles of my house, I found a paved road but one with not insignificant gravel and debris guarding it's orifice. This road wound over a few hills. A great road that even the Goldwing would manage well. </div><div>Another mile and I see an oil and chip road. Oil and chip is the poor man's pavement. A tank truck sprays a thick black oil down and a dump truck follows behind laying an even coat of loose gravel onto the oil. Traffic, with time, will push the stones into the oil making pavement. This takes time and loose gravel, especially at the edges is common.</div><div>A mile in, I am completely lost. The middle of nowhere. The pavement ends. This is where the wild things are.</div><div>I am surprisingly calm. I would have studiously avoided getting myself into this situation on my touring bikes. Illogically, I think the abilities of the bike will replace my lack of skill. Well, you have to learn sometime.</div><div>I switch the bike to off-road mode and forge on. I see another road to my left. It is completely soft with patches of loose, deep sand. It is the Morocco segment of my Paris-Dakar. I take it. It is a construction road.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_bXhFZ_FWevQ1Ops4NHKyAPFd2CwLUURYEtsPbMDi40OvIqPy8IlahlAxXHruavfHmuEPckqGdYWmJ9yPsxbCRYMw47wWauWA4aKK3qmXWVCaYppehFCTqOlIE-Uib9fZcM88vOwock/s1600/1618089129285828-0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_bXhFZ_FWevQ1Ops4NHKyAPFd2CwLUURYEtsPbMDi40OvIqPy8IlahlAxXHruavfHmuEPckqGdYWmJ9yPsxbCRYMw47wWauWA4aKK3qmXWVCaYppehFCTqOlIE-Uib9fZcM88vOwock/s1600/1618089129285828-0.png" width="400">
</a>
</div>Perfect. It turns out it leads to a quarry of some kind. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStx2C_jHug3pfl3N_YtaXbvLRcbUOEU9HbJPXtJ3wLi2RHKiXjO4W0Ni-0cQ69hBYWRPfRxceRFcz33eO0HNblgLaNX0fPvLYQF_mR8zklYalNCAD2rDnBnKcmYuJJGSvMN3NR4GSLJc/s1600/1618089126712720-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStx2C_jHug3pfl3N_YtaXbvLRcbUOEU9HbJPXtJ3wLi2RHKiXjO4W0Ni-0cQ69hBYWRPfRxceRFcz33eO0HNblgLaNX0fPvLYQF_mR8zklYalNCAD2rDnBnKcmYuJJGSvMN3NR4GSLJc/s1600/1618089126712720-1.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BpwMIHaTMfV03U5u3wrFBALvdv7AUD-E-9ux_-LzwYB0LgcWywsofbRNHeqWDFJaQmaGXzmFD6YFyd48ARwcQswqDreW37jInBvy8xvHrBLbSZdYoWj0w7r4OFbu3ViGM-bq-NTxY50/s1600/1618089123940317-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BpwMIHaTMfV03U5u3wrFBALvdv7AUD-E-9ux_-LzwYB0LgcWywsofbRNHeqWDFJaQmaGXzmFD6YFyd48ARwcQswqDreW37jInBvy8xvHrBLbSZdYoWj0w7r4OFbu3ViGM-bq-NTxY50/s1600/1618089123940317-2.png" width="400">
</a>
</div>Heaven. This is the noob's dirt garden. So I spent about a half hour exploring every nook and cranny of the place. It had every kind of off road terrain on which to practice. I couldn't have asked for better.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKqAsUto3Bfc1HBjvcTRbnT6N9hPw0HgpF3BNDgPuDX-6y_79m7nQgJye3H4SR4Sbv8ZTk3VsvW-YLXwz_r0UY751g9q4jcDp_QOBmTGCDcONMmsFF0fkw0ESB1l5O8OHjxll8B26YQw/s1600/1618089120985352-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKqAsUto3Bfc1HBjvcTRbnT6N9hPw0HgpF3BNDgPuDX-6y_79m7nQgJye3H4SR4Sbv8ZTk3VsvW-YLXwz_r0UY751g9q4jcDp_QOBmTGCDcONMmsFF0fkw0ESB1l5O8OHjxll8B26YQw/s1600/1618089120985352-3.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZ9LMW04HptZOjLnsgv-OUKySP104enX-L4ESx5tTAVYrHf9booHvR0Or-NeUbOLQ4ojZeskXvMwI7XRbPeVVAyhB9cFEUf4wdjVC0Kpd5R4XeRv0cZPU5JiglupzOx0kU6U56Cj8jQg/s1600/1618089118162307-4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZ9LMW04HptZOjLnsgv-OUKySP104enX-L4ESx5tTAVYrHf9booHvR0Or-NeUbOLQ4ojZeskXvMwI7XRbPeVVAyhB9cFEUf4wdjVC0Kpd5R4XeRv0cZPU5JiglupzOx0kU6U56Cj8jQg/s1600/1618089118162307-4.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkeYfiOX61efu1U5wsD3pqORha91r7opBMf8mkh_DvjJR1O-YHtqWVJYsFpQ0Ylpnyd-xSy5rWWdgiaimF0LM53Z9efltP97zRuiFxdAT0D4_ivCTPBUA2lHmUKFr_YKX7aQF2EWAjt3M/s1600/1618089115597238-5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkeYfiOX61efu1U5wsD3pqORha91r7opBMf8mkh_DvjJR1O-YHtqWVJYsFpQ0Ylpnyd-xSy5rWWdgiaimF0LM53Z9efltP97zRuiFxdAT0D4_ivCTPBUA2lHmUKFr_YKX7aQF2EWAjt3M/s1600/1618089115597238-5.png" width="400">
</a>
</div>I left the quarry after a half hour or so, breathing harder than I would have expected. But I can tell you, for sure, there was a dirt eating grin on my face. </div><div>I headed out on the unpaved road, passing deer near state game lands and beavers by brooks.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhkuulvL3AwEaonY1ef9e04lggzBdEXVTh6DoWnnzxlqkraTOFt9gEDZ3ZJpnA43pOMayZZxJaGMYKK-WUCt6-_cmPobUQu5I0pxVlqpaB6fvgrqezUGqgUQE9mleYoYoGFGvOo8RVFI/s1600/1618089113065957-6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhkuulvL3AwEaonY1ef9e04lggzBdEXVTh6DoWnnzxlqkraTOFt9gEDZ3ZJpnA43pOMayZZxJaGMYKK-WUCt6-_cmPobUQu5I0pxVlqpaB6fvgrqezUGqgUQE9mleYoYoGFGvOo8RVFI/s1600/1618089113065957-6.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GKZ0y_45vhWAUtbfQ956ZekUOBMaOpXCMPo3dPMz4kqwAd7E8aoClgeMQ6AQ8uswlGauQ6JtmjBfLVSoRR8wfr_iTdMmZcfCREH1TaJRrHgKwUEn1n1Gvnsn4xifFCSyra3qOruSfgI/s1600/1618089110181833-7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GKZ0y_45vhWAUtbfQ956ZekUOBMaOpXCMPo3dPMz4kqwAd7E8aoClgeMQ6AQ8uswlGauQ6JtmjBfLVSoRR8wfr_iTdMmZcfCREH1TaJRrHgKwUEn1n1Gvnsn4xifFCSyra3qOruSfgI/s1600/1618089110181833-7.png" width="400">
</a>
</div>I continued down to Stanley Lake and before I know it, the pavement is back. </div><div>The deed is done. I have my dirt legs. There are no boundaries, borders or limits. Just road; paved and unpaved. Enjoy the ride.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCanPyHKMIH47UJdU1MvDNT_jYYPcEjukbhKmByuHDMrQXXBLUE3BAKaePRiw7mYPNp6-1rBiKhVtEd_ztK9-t-Krg9-LvWcgbkjrD3NuK3cTdUVo_UwFMzssscmgx9XuwKLnovEkU8g/s1600/1618089106138502-8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZCanPyHKMIH47UJdU1MvDNT_jYYPcEjukbhKmByuHDMrQXXBLUE3BAKaePRiw7mYPNp6-1rBiKhVtEd_ztK9-t-Krg9-LvWcgbkjrD3NuK3cTdUVo_UwFMzssscmgx9XuwKLnovEkU8g/s1600/1618089106138502-8.png" width="400">
</a>
</div><br></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-12371060335329431482020-11-27T15:48:00.001-06:002020-11-28T11:13:54.679-06:00The Difference Between Golf and ChessI am not much of a golfer but my father, uncle and cousin were terrific golfers. I am not much of a chess player but my grandfather was a champion. In both of these 'games', the difference between champions and pikers is not so much the physical as it is the mental.<br /><br />In golf, all of the mental energy is focused on the shot you are making right now. The intellectual challenge comes from shaking off the last (bad) shot/hole and not worrying about future challenges. Only the current shot matters; 100% tactics. Get as close to the hole as possible. The best players have a reproducible repertoire of moves for any given context but even those are unrelated to anything other than the current situation. And even the best can mess up, <a href="https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2020/11/15/tiger-woods-sunday-10-par-3-masters/">for example 10 strokes on a par 3</a>, just (much) less frequently than the average duffer.<br /><br />In chess, on the other hand, all of the mental energy is focused on strategy. The best players are thinking 6 or 8 moves ahead. Setting up traps and future feints. Laying defense works. The current move matters but only in the context of a much richer opening, middle game or end game. It is a game of deep research and deep thought (and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)" target="_blank">Deep Blue</a>; sorry I couldn't resist) though in most matches the time of thought is constrained and both plans and decisions must be made under pressure.<br /><br />This week, while American leadership golfs, we may have had a peek at international chess:<br />1) On 11/16: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/us/politics/trump-iran-nuclear.html">Trump Sought Options for Attacking Iran</a><br />2) On 11/26: <a href="https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/11/26/idf-on-high-alert-over-possible-us-strike-on-iran/">IDF on high alert over possible US strike </a><br />3) On 11/27: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/world/middleeast/mohsen-fakhrizadeh-iran-scientist-killed.html">Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist Killed in Attack</a><div>4) [Edit: 11/28]: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/world/middleeast/israel-iran-nuclear-deal.html" target="_blank">If Assassination Fails to Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program, Blowing Up Deal Is Easy</a><br /><br />Because the US National Security Infrastructure shields both national security and national embarrassment, we may never know the truth. Was Trump's suggestion of an attack on Iran just another one of many random golf policy swings by an incompetent President? Or was he influenced in a childlike fashion by Israel or the gallivanting of the much more sly Secretary of State Pompeo through the Middle East. Regardless, the context was set.<br /><br />Israel probably already had contingencies for lame duck confusion during an incompetent US administration plus/minus popular right wing actions by an indicted prime minister. There is probably a book of chess middle games that includes those very scenarios. Intentionally or inadvertently, therefore, the board is set for Israel to put it's military on alert (something that cannot be done completely without notice) should it wish to take action. Israel even announced it, presumably for the golfers. The country where, <a href="https://www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/the-no-comment-policy-israels-conflict-management-policy-in-an-uncertain-middle-east/" target="_blank">"no comment is a comment."</a><br /><br />And, then Knight takes nuclear weapons maker. Is there a Nuclear Deal to which Biden can return?<br /><br />Or, do we think that Pompeo-Kushner-Trump were smart enough to be in on it? That the jet setting about the middle east under cover of 'breakthrough' relations were part of a mis-en-place? The price of a Saudi meeting? The coincident story of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/26/jordan-scrambles-affirm-custodianship-al-aqsa-mosque">"Jordan scrambles to affirm its custodianship of al-Aqsa mosque"</a> just another red herring, a feint? Do I think our administration capable of this? No. Do I think them capable of lying about it either way? Absolutely. Would I trust an administration response? Absolutely not.<br /><br />The game continues, the wheel turns. An incompetent, inexperienced, almost childlike, lame duck administration. A Senate ("greatest deliberative body in the World"; <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/rotfl" target="_blank">ROTFL</a>) and the House, divided, both completely dissociated from each other and their oversight responsibilities. A presidency in the midst of unilateral post-election chaos and unprecedented division of the nation. All of them shielded by our National Security Infrastructure. Dangerous? Uh, yeah.<br /><br />So, do I relax a bit seeing the cool, calm, confidence of the incoming batch of experienced Cabinet members? A bit. I do, however, want to look into their eyes and ask, "Do you play chess?"</div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-32818376612241856602020-04-22T17:53:00.001-05:002020-04-26T08:20:35.968-05:00Esther Marcovski Channin<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Esther Marcovski
Channin<o:p></o:p></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
(February 5, 1930 –
April 19, 2020)<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzq9Bbdb_MxPLZaht9WbtlIE3qWq9hYw7xkF3OkZd2AAeL_xFFb3PXjX3Zk5hFUth7REw0H5tZqyGnpauVuTK-_FBF8O4BQRXrWMBcUbG7Jai2gf8rfzvoR-Zlb3LXlHiCaSHdKw1EXwU/s1600/Mom+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzq9Bbdb_MxPLZaht9WbtlIE3qWq9hYw7xkF3OkZd2AAeL_xFFb3PXjX3Zk5hFUth7REw0H5tZqyGnpauVuTK-_FBF8O4BQRXrWMBcUbG7Jai2gf8rfzvoR-Zlb3LXlHiCaSHdKw1EXwU/s320/Mom+2.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
My mother,
Esther Marcovski Channin, passed away, in her sleep, on Sunday, April 19, 2020 <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">כה ניםן 5780</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>), as
result of complications from Covid-19. She was 90 years old. I am the proud son
of an immigrant refugee. My mother was born in Romania in 1930. In 1939, just a
few months before Nazi Germany invaded, my mother and her parents fled to
America.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBGVNzfcG_B47CzBAuTwVeEhPPDM_Ms2ETN2stYA996JvOH63yeOBIdN04_RDaJV-TQmdZ19TPamJOyLL40bIjt2cb2sUUdGHQHwfIbYTxWSqqX-zICYxi1AdHhJl5GHaN4SGuczfs8w/s1600/1574357013465-dd456ebc-90ae-4df8-8889-43fb604d452b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1298" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcBGVNzfcG_B47CzBAuTwVeEhPPDM_Ms2ETN2stYA996JvOH63yeOBIdN04_RDaJV-TQmdZ19TPamJOyLL40bIjt2cb2sUUdGHQHwfIbYTxWSqqX-zICYxi1AdHhJl5GHaN4SGuczfs8w/s320/1574357013465-dd456ebc-90ae-4df8-8889-43fb604d452b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
They were the last of our family to escape. My mother never considered herself a
Holocaust survivor but rather an ‘escapee’<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
After a brief stint in NYC, they settled in
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colchester,_Connecticut" target="_blank">Colchester, CT</a>. A small town with a small Jewish community close enough to the
cousins in NYC but also to Hartford, CT which was bustling in war effort. My
mother began her career as a teacher at the age of 10. Though both of her
parents spoke four languages, none of them were English (Russian, Romanian,
Yiddish and Hebrew). My mother would come home from American public school and
repeat her lessons in English to my grandparents. She would translate the radio
broadcasts for them. I have a strong memory of my Zayde’s black transistor
radio constantly tuned to CBS Radio News in NYC.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
My mother was a stellar
student, top of her class, though, in full disclosure, class size was small.
Ironically, for an observant, eastern European, Jewish girl, her school was
named, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_Academy" target="_blank">Bacon Academy</a>".</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsChGzdIvdo9dk1XaVzuJNivUfvFD392Jx8rQ3mQUhpML3EtHXOgNIVTgiHqEoAP-R__cqAW14qJ3MfwcREggC54F3u2vQWSng3TtGprPorlfD02HzYss8lpIEW8saJq1cn8-_DJ8npM/s1600/1538844292205-2e2613ae-73c0-4123-827c-1f910087d063.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="1600" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsChGzdIvdo9dk1XaVzuJNivUfvFD392Jx8rQ3mQUhpML3EtHXOgNIVTgiHqEoAP-R__cqAW14qJ3MfwcREggC54F3u2vQWSng3TtGprPorlfD02HzYss8lpIEW8saJq1cn8-_DJ8npM/s320/1538844292205-2e2613ae-73c0-4123-827c-1f910087d063.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWbR4hSlhJg-AHbaI3n8qELrHXLt8A7aJXGcx7tqWEoOa6glIjZNSt23fchT4GgamkEUqFBzGaTz7lFE0p7DPY1PNPwxQmLOkDMqExjoqg2X8YKLWUExKUb5BeS2OYSzkR6hEkD97Dac/s1600/Copier_20190106_111500_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1317" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWbR4hSlhJg-AHbaI3n8qELrHXLt8A7aJXGcx7tqWEoOa6glIjZNSt23fchT4GgamkEUqFBzGaTz7lFE0p7DPY1PNPwxQmLOkDMqExjoqg2X8YKLWUExKUb5BeS2OYSzkR6hEkD97Dac/s320/Copier_20190106_111500_0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
She had one brother, born in Colchester, Norman, sixteen
years her junior<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNgjd9VxHoyoQDIbgOsHZQomIsgJf6LvyJ5lovCEBCc_tAiL2UHWqQ9VkEFNOr2lYJ9kCtyro7RJbvs0FgacWCKmYgiQpZQNtX8FXKoD_txPE59hJWbAbWbHHiJRxJmI01d_j9Umlf4uA/s1600/1538844255521-729c0ac1-2d41-4a60-8248-c70f52093088.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNgjd9VxHoyoQDIbgOsHZQomIsgJf6LvyJ5lovCEBCc_tAiL2UHWqQ9VkEFNOr2lYJ9kCtyro7RJbvs0FgacWCKmYgiQpZQNtX8FXKoD_txPE59hJWbAbWbHHiJRxJmI01d_j9Umlf4uA/s320/1538844255521-729c0ac1-2d41-4a60-8248-c70f52093088.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
, whom she loved dearly. He and his wife made Aliyah to Israel
in 1972. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixx2rXxJGfarAwRQmbBNMq8GKgEJCSgDWH8dmLFyP3hfRoEvlLiHiT4jV0VfWa5blUgDyAhgpr-TH-DT985HQy6kNv7vNpFSmI3TN73CqYaGGPOKt4uh0t4Q8faFJeZbOdRFo7Aj18IUU/s1600/dia_0013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1600" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixx2rXxJGfarAwRQmbBNMq8GKgEJCSgDWH8dmLFyP3hfRoEvlLiHiT4jV0VfWa5blUgDyAhgpr-TH-DT985HQy6kNv7vNpFSmI3TN73CqYaGGPOKt4uh0t4Q8faFJeZbOdRFo7Aj18IUU/s320/dia_0013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
One of the great pleasures of her life was to visit them, their
children Ari and Dina and eventually my grandparents on numerous trips to
Israel. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxzabNK4ha-O2P8Yydxi6K4febL4JqpTOsJMvlTb9KQb1beikcAo4T8Z_mVMdYQ-e5bKRLahv-m3OOhBGyPyxga5TueFiLsB8om-QNbopOAGRxgUX61fPkVgR2fwsTabfuiCdd6cM2Ws/s1600/R1-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1600" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxzabNK4ha-O2P8Yydxi6K4febL4JqpTOsJMvlTb9KQb1beikcAo4T8Z_mVMdYQ-e5bKRLahv-m3OOhBGyPyxga5TueFiLsB8om-QNbopOAGRxgUX61fPkVgR2fwsTabfuiCdd6cM2Ws/s320/R1-9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
She had a profound, lifelong love of the State of Israel. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
From Colchester, she went to the University of
Connecticut in Storrs. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Education, there, in
1952, and a Master’s in Education, in 1956. She was active in many aspects of
student life, running for student office, and other campus organizations. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Rju4u-DcuL_ibaWwbxpxjJwYaL7KZhSP_GjIEJqgwGQTCN5en4SEl60tm84bUzg4iLV-3rTu8LVHgKKLA06EwI_hCQoDh6CndeJtDuQf3Xy6wfhL_GwHlgiiRvVVAsLibL6KYoZRLs4/s1600/1538843218712-f5ea3f8c-c7ca-404b-b8b5-6bad04465ae7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="975" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Rju4u-DcuL_ibaWwbxpxjJwYaL7KZhSP_GjIEJqgwGQTCN5en4SEl60tm84bUzg4iLV-3rTu8LVHgKKLA06EwI_hCQoDh6CndeJtDuQf3Xy6wfhL_GwHlgiiRvVVAsLibL6KYoZRLs4/s320/1538843218712-f5ea3f8c-c7ca-404b-b8b5-6bad04465ae7.jpg" width="195" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2XSXlKKysCtFlDHh9QFJAwpGbNwsROa2h2-DIFszdCrkDnFSr1MBuzTYkaZ3idIKbX4A_k-NEXdZYuk0TqYDeUIgQDGSqHvbNunO1LGvuyXRCyjh-tKl47NWvWRIKVYkGPPXC3FyXwI/s1600/24-APR-1951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="810" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2XSXlKKysCtFlDHh9QFJAwpGbNwsROa2h2-DIFszdCrkDnFSr1MBuzTYkaZ3idIKbX4A_k-NEXdZYuk0TqYDeUIgQDGSqHvbNunO1LGvuyXRCyjh-tKl47NWvWRIKVYkGPPXC3FyXwI/s320/24-APR-1951.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
This
was the breeding ground for what would be a lifetime of teaching and
scholarship, but also her lifelong activism on behalf of the less fortunate.<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
She was also, by all accounts, one of, if not the
most beautiful Jewish woman on campus.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunj_cE6_DJ9xvC5J1uq6bTUESu6fTiV6866mfM1Co9KUBRDwntzvBlmpG3cVQwyMJGQRvXSyWtid-bnv0nNEYzRemFO7FawtaW4DVo3LoGH88lK3-M-NWmeXNIza7zw69z2g92r-snms/s1600/dia_0050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1526" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunj_cE6_DJ9xvC5J1uq6bTUESu6fTiV6866mfM1Co9KUBRDwntzvBlmpG3cVQwyMJGQRvXSyWtid-bnv0nNEYzRemFO7FawtaW4DVo3LoGH88lK3-M-NWmeXNIza7zw69z2g92r-snms/s200/dia_0050.jpg" width="190" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgij41kcukAQ56vT9T3ZvMNnWn0mKJ1lFtt_LJY3LTmAY3Pbk6BfZpd45A8AxNeVBFNq-rLlHewtKSPnRw5VeRer6lmvDRtYaUNNKPaNcelf-r_0E6sG-Yctb5dWnekl5jje2ShaJ-e-D0/s1600/R1-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="437" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgij41kcukAQ56vT9T3ZvMNnWn0mKJ1lFtt_LJY3LTmAY3Pbk6BfZpd45A8AxNeVBFNq-rLlHewtKSPnRw5VeRer6lmvDRtYaUNNKPaNcelf-r_0E6sG-Yctb5dWnekl5jje2ShaJ-e-D0/s200/R1-16.jpg" width="125" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We have a picture of her in formal wear
sitting on the quadrangle lawn with her dress about her that is movie studio
beautiful. So, it was not at all surprising that the prettiest Jewish woman on
campus met one of the most popular and dashing Jewish jocks, later a
swashbuckling air force pilot. They were married in June of 1956. An older
cousin of mine, a child at the time, said that she was like a fairy tale, Mary
Poppins, magical aunt.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
She worked as a middle school teacher <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9glltBLE1qdz7XZkE7vPoHOacocumXjbrEeWmqTnuE_8MH1p46dgnH0jbb-8Y_MOmEoNMJhElN2V7Wfe8Ty40Dmw49STP0sGDcEDtRkZxV4zD5gK2lMWjUnWOWEgSOZv4NSX2EN8BqTM/s1600/Copier_20190106_111417_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1170" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9glltBLE1qdz7XZkE7vPoHOacocumXjbrEeWmqTnuE_8MH1p46dgnH0jbb-8Y_MOmEoNMJhElN2V7Wfe8Ty40Dmw49STP0sGDcEDtRkZxV4zD5gK2lMWjUnWOWEgSOZv4NSX2EN8BqTM/s200/Copier_20190106_111417_0001.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
while
earning her Master’s degree and then after marriage to support her husband in
medical school. When I was in sixth grade, my mother came to a PTA meeting. I
noticed she had a private conversation with my teacher. I later found out that
my sixth grade teacher had my mother for sixth grade, years before.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiN5n9KVmac4c4oSQNjmd5ciiaoi2PmJOApDx2jiMUBXg-nF-qGPCpfdvUepJuN8zyRW5AlbJokehY87fW-FhmV6nmngaqivb0uUwZ78xEKCsSBhuxiKtu4tMb9I6BvdJfhWZ1QhujqU/s1600/1538843360966-7f33f4c2-66ef-4e30-acdd-ed6a3fa9eb6d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiN5n9KVmac4c4oSQNjmd5ciiaoi2PmJOApDx2jiMUBXg-nF-qGPCpfdvUepJuN8zyRW5AlbJokehY87fW-FhmV6nmngaqivb0uUwZ78xEKCsSBhuxiKtu4tMb9I6BvdJfhWZ1QhujqU/s320/1538843360966-7f33f4c2-66ef-4e30-acdd-ed6a3fa9eb6d.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
My mother stopped formally teaching to raise three
children. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzkbdZZBmdisa5zvdUsAEZ3jjqO0tFhNQuDSBv2qZZN7w5TEbrMBg2IQPJwBNYAq6c9sC1FulUehgmXhd-_prXZSiGnukSxH-tiGA78KtDrDtaed1aqqEKgPCRCOGxFySJxOSMb5k21Y/s1600/dia_0069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1600" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWzkbdZZBmdisa5zvdUsAEZ3jjqO0tFhNQuDSBv2qZZN7w5TEbrMBg2IQPJwBNYAq6c9sC1FulUehgmXhd-_prXZSiGnukSxH-tiGA78KtDrDtaed1aqqEKgPCRCOGxFySJxOSMb5k21Y/s320/dia_0069.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66SiJTDYkX-KiOYoV4Xlx3x0bD6r2c45Pw0YRAhtIai4K3zp6gfD0Hs4ZBNRhijC-SQ5ELHM3OtDo8_6TfLYAFkcL45McwQmIp46xNZFknlD_bKzvderaS1RtAE5znWckwBg5P-J40Ns/s1600/R1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1600" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi66SiJTDYkX-KiOYoV4Xlx3x0bD6r2c45Pw0YRAhtIai4K3zp6gfD0Hs4ZBNRhijC-SQ5ELHM3OtDo8_6TfLYAFkcL45McwQmIp46xNZFknlD_bKzvderaS1RtAE5znWckwBg5P-J40Ns/s320/R1-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_5z6RCdW8g-wRVXxQW3Y66MGK1MwutCRNePj622p6_5FBF5E4fUfxfFFcHiZA7skl-Fnj73D_x5cfzVIOtWJXBZx9ExVX54uiE0l-y3GS6MPL2yGEVrsO15iX1SJnd0ajDUsKtVLDMU/s1600/R1-22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1600" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_5z6RCdW8g-wRVXxQW3Y66MGK1MwutCRNePj622p6_5FBF5E4fUfxfFFcHiZA7skl-Fnj73D_x5cfzVIOtWJXBZx9ExVX54uiE0l-y3GS6MPL2yGEVrsO15iX1SJnd0ajDUsKtVLDMU/s320/R1-22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
We moved around a bit as my father completed his training but in 1966
we settled in Sharon, Massachusetts where she remained for the rest of her
life. She was a fantastic kosher cook mostly learning at her mother’s side, the
latter could have easily won three Kosher Michelin stars had such a thing
existed. We ate well, very well, whether
at home or on the road at the grandparents; all the Jewish classics and then
some, supplemented by 1970s and 1980s ‘new age’ concoctions.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9mWq6HtDCHDXJabBpzQndJ1drbAesjZkDu-e90CYkus40t8irrv9JfvKhrg_WEiTVO3x-rxjcvICDd_UX6axYefv0YNUBei9xMNtWPpCX4yvHQWpl5a9UPq-uCLrgBD2D7TYoYpVXM0/s1600/1984_dsc-rdc_france-usa_0047_a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1570" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9mWq6HtDCHDXJabBpzQndJ1drbAesjZkDu-e90CYkus40t8irrv9JfvKhrg_WEiTVO3x-rxjcvICDd_UX6axYefv0YNUBei9xMNtWPpCX4yvHQWpl5a9UPq-uCLrgBD2D7TYoYpVXM0/s320/1984_dsc-rdc_france-usa_0047_a.jpg" width="320" /></a>My mother slowly became more observant and a
pillar of the conservative and new orthodox Jewish synagogues springing up in
the town of Sharon. She developed many close friendships <span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">in the Jewish community, many of them lasting until her death. One close friend wrote, "</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">We loved your Mother. She never looked at life as is, but always as it could be.</span><br />
She battled fearlessly for the vulnerable and the weak in the work place, the schools <span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">and the community. She badgered selectmen, congressmen and senators. No one </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">was spared her voice or pen.</span><br />
<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">And children. She loved children! She was a pied piper for all our kids.</span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> She shepherded them </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">from cradle to fatherhood sharing in their triumphs in preschool, boy scouts, </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">graduation and Israel."</span></span><br />
<span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">She volunteered for every community activity. She was a life member of </span><a href="https://www.hadassah.org/" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">Hadassah </a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">(since 1972) and contributed to the best of her abilities to
every Jewish charity and institution. We always had a JNF </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Pushke&redirect=no" style="text-indent: 0.5in;" target="_blank">pushke</a><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> in the house.</span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSyCNFsFE7vevWUobYMrwK08v8D0_A5G6FEj4Ho8Qkr-2aHhRi3IlqEz4Mm7jNLyPSnJ0wu9QfDAGoQHa-WcuMC_swlU38LSkRrjk6c-jcJNweDD7GbLpNs0u5u8UpyRdLnzxtx80I6E/s1600/Judaica-JNF-Jewish-National-Fund-Pushke-Israel-Jerusalem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPy4vVNYhAZYdM4IvgHS6Ld4UlG1BTuy8GzSRgEcRVFe1twJoa63dwkoCST7KAlkC9YYP7dA25ALt53YgaI-XVftv4mWCmbomyKmsrSsNpTrIVofk03CqOG4a0JwimA8LW-KGwOuXYoo/s1600/4-June-1970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="1501" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPy4vVNYhAZYdM4IvgHS6Ld4UlG1BTuy8GzSRgEcRVFe1twJoa63dwkoCST7KAlkC9YYP7dA25ALt53YgaI-XVftv4mWCmbomyKmsrSsNpTrIVofk03CqOG4a0JwimA8LW-KGwOuXYoo/s200/4-June-1970.jpg" width="200" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSyCNFsFE7vevWUobYMrwK08v8D0_A5G6FEj4Ho8Qkr-2aHhRi3IlqEz4Mm7jNLyPSnJ0wu9QfDAGoQHa-WcuMC_swlU38LSkRrjk6c-jcJNweDD7GbLpNs0u5u8UpyRdLnzxtx80I6E/s200/Judaica-JNF-Jewish-National-Fund-Pushke-Israel-Jerusalem.jpg" width="150" /></div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
In particular, she enjoyed building a Sukkah every year and having the community visit.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiO9-necpcLGGqAkJEXtdM1HRwGWaS2LrF9DoDiPfkWLN8hfWL3JOm-7WmWSsR1x1Fte51XeOL9Qizd_S8mWuHR5LJVJzoQNfpdJ8CXIGGMesgxJdMz5qLeegvTSVM8wIUT6sIeVjT4cE/s1600/1986_DSC-RDC_0036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="1508" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiO9-necpcLGGqAkJEXtdM1HRwGWaS2LrF9DoDiPfkWLN8hfWL3JOm-7WmWSsR1x1Fte51XeOL9Qizd_S8mWuHR5LJVJzoQNfpdJ8CXIGGMesgxJdMz5qLeegvTSVM8wIUT6sIeVjT4cE/s320/1986_DSC-RDC_0036.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VOo3TlDmOJ25EMZ8nUlacnAq4Q2rCAtyQNz5wlvOAZlc_ICe3IGf4d3qFjKL-AcstNxK8WCH-wDeLfOxpfSWHv7kGo5dkCP_kq0SpGoY2XV8erin6DTMeBphpBeSdRSH7rZqLZR6GfA/s1600/1986_DSC-RDC_0040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1034" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VOo3TlDmOJ25EMZ8nUlacnAq4Q2rCAtyQNz5wlvOAZlc_ICe3IGf4d3qFjKL-AcstNxK8WCH-wDeLfOxpfSWHv7kGo5dkCP_kq0SpGoY2XV8erin6DTMeBphpBeSdRSH7rZqLZR6GfA/s320/1986_DSC-RDC_0040.jpg" width="220" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPwbB8oQYvuj_0lvxgp8jyIBIMa7YMTrWgsSAdR24kxA8GGBNWDCqpOh0sMDIFmzSW2tosubLSbQ7BjcFhV1Y01Z7NWUD1QMgytz7qjvKPc9-gYp8u3nGioP5AFnV9Fpc18ERKMHTZ2o/s1600/6-Oct-1977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPwbB8oQYvuj_0lvxgp8jyIBIMa7YMTrWgsSAdR24kxA8GGBNWDCqpOh0sMDIFmzSW2tosubLSbQ7BjcFhV1Y01Z7NWUD1QMgytz7qjvKPc9-gYp8u3nGioP5AFnV9Fpc18ERKMHTZ2o/s320/6-Oct-1977.jpg" width="181" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<br />
Her generosity extended to
important non-Jewish causes as well. We were only allowed to go out on
Halloween (a goyish holiday) because we would collect money in the orange,
cardboard, UNICEF pushkes <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgdE-wJP2qyRKxCyT15qBckrT-4NPbrXLJF5D4BTE5XehyphenhyphenRKUBYgUyo1s7wxp1gqqOENwled78fOmzp1qkycqGLTfRx8GxQcNMSMGHd54YM6Qh2l2ht9SfQt8Pp41T3wINT8Ugcv2g-A/s1600/Picture-54.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="598" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgdE-wJP2qyRKxCyT15qBckrT-4NPbrXLJF5D4BTE5XehyphenhyphenRKUBYgUyo1s7wxp1gqqOENwled78fOmzp1qkycqGLTfRx8GxQcNMSMGHd54YM6Qh2l2ht9SfQt8Pp41T3wINT8Ugcv2g-A/s200/Picture-54.png" width="184" /></a></div>
(but she let us keep any kosher candy we got on the
side). For several years, she drove us 45 minutes each way to attend yeshiva.
<b>She lived a life that was the epitome of Torah, chessed and tzedakah.</b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9eAP5KCU5WtsKnKNZAJrw_Eyp6tHDmQAERMe718K4o3b7EAZ4Ro-rzxWec4QF45pa19n3VXd7y4fVwcE_He7_lkzPStgh0QX6Gfx96tLbYIdoSr44IfPbM9bEpUG6ILFGOSa6R0QPrU/s1600/21-Mar-1968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="357" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9eAP5KCU5WtsKnKNZAJrw_Eyp6tHDmQAERMe718K4o3b7EAZ4Ro-rzxWec4QF45pa19n3VXd7y4fVwcE_He7_lkzPStgh0QX6Gfx96tLbYIdoSr44IfPbM9bEpUG6ILFGOSa6R0QPrU/s200/21-Mar-1968.jpg" width="200" /></a>After my parents’ divorce, she returned to work as
a guidance counselor and tutor. Yes, she was a guidance counselor in my high
school while I was a student there, with the resultant stunting of any
misbehavior on my part. She was a founder of an alternative high school for talented, creative teens who didn't flourish in traditional educational structures. She was active in the P.T.A and the School Board and a regular
contributor of Letters to the Editor of the local paper whenever she felt the
local politicians strayed from their duty, especially to students and the
handicapped. She was also active in the local chapter of the League of Women
Voters and several other civic organizations.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
When the second wave of deinstitutionalization of
mental health patients came to Massachusetts in the 1970s, my mother worked for
the State, as a social worker, to place these individuals in the community. She
mastered IQ and other testing with her in house guinea pigs. She was a champion
for the disabled and the mentally ill and fought injustice wherever she could
find it. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
In later years, she lived alone. Her house was
filled with books and the many local libraries became a second home to her
wherever she lived. Among many other collections, she had a complete, eleven
volume set of <i>“The Story of Civilization”, </i>by Will and Ariel
Durant and to this day, I am convinced she is the only one to have read it
cover to cover. She enjoyed modern Jewish philosophical texts and lectures as
well as the social sciences.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
She lived to see many milestones of her children </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpW_DYIYLI6XmAPNQ6kJERD0Hh2TDCDS33FS_NG8onS10_n4aOhoUx3JmDYZx-YrOZHzN68RFJ-FCGkBKQ2AvF3kKIP8TCz8HC5FcNzCW23WksnHyJftWFaoOPMwk5bMcGY4ZOV1sDBYg/s1600/IMG_6704...jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1600" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpW_DYIYLI6XmAPNQ6kJERD0Hh2TDCDS33FS_NG8onS10_n4aOhoUx3JmDYZx-YrOZHzN68RFJ-FCGkBKQ2AvF3kKIP8TCz8HC5FcNzCW23WksnHyJftWFaoOPMwk5bMcGY4ZOV1sDBYg/s320/IMG_6704...jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6WKG1Di5C9Pvf-kBhr4r1bNkpJnetlbOBhXoo7Dmc546t3aJqpsx-cZdJLtQq8Oio2PwAlKmGHZ4hyBY14tGICSfiQdE4S8bPAPPWBdMNoWfmCJLit1Xi-46pD4Vw4y6G1S9-0B8odw/s1600/IMG_3822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6WKG1Di5C9Pvf-kBhr4r1bNkpJnetlbOBhXoo7Dmc546t3aJqpsx-cZdJLtQq8Oio2PwAlKmGHZ4hyBY14tGICSfiQdE4S8bPAPPWBdMNoWfmCJLit1Xi-46pD4Vw4y6G1S9-0B8odw/s320/IMG_3822.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
and four beloved grandchildren (Tali, Yoni, Joshua and Arielle) as well as her niece and nephew (Ari and Dina). She saw them all grow into fine young adults. In the end, she was taken by the Covid-19 pandemic. It was not surprising or really unexpected given that she was living in a nursing home and with her high risk co-morbidities.</div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsd1UEhsnWZDviUM5d6-tFjCz0MGO3B4LAUewA0Fba5lHe9MRRfgYReagKv0e7ilSq9tsWlPvH65e2ItGjqHk8s16hYY2Mgg-hzzZjxnlp4HNhrYn8xsz4fKcYI0epHhhfU0JiwrWDmTE/s1600/IMG_20200202_183108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsd1UEhsnWZDviUM5d6-tFjCz0MGO3B4LAUewA0Fba5lHe9MRRfgYReagKv0e7ilSq9tsWlPvH65e2ItGjqHk8s16hYY2Mgg-hzzZjxnlp4HNhrYn8xsz4fKcYI0epHhhfU0JiwrWDmTE/s320/IMG_20200202_183108.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">
What is ironic is that her last and deepest wish, to be buried alongside her family in Israel, will be delayed for just a little bit longer.</div>
Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-25546324307059192572019-12-30T10:10:00.000-06:002019-12-30T10:26:51.595-06:00An American Jew<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am an American Jew, American...Jew. I am the son of a Romanian immigrant refugee. My mother came to the USA at the age of 9 with her parents in 1939, just a few months before Germany invaded. My grandfather sold a working farm for three boat tickets and considered himself to have gotten the best part of the deal. I have heard tales of pogroms, antisemitism and the ultimate antisemitism, the Holocaust since the day I was born; first in Yiddish then English.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I saw antisemitism, first hand, as a kid, when the goyim in a small Connecticut town harassed my grandfather because his name was Chaim ("Life" in Hebrew; unfortunately, Haimy, in English). Like many of his generation he was a self made success (a story I am writing for another day). They would key his car and bend his license plate (within 500' of a state police barrack). I'm sure they were just trying to thank him for escaping the Holocaust to teach himself to be a machinist so he could make aircraft engine parts for Pratt and Whitney during the War. Everyone of my grandfather's generation in America had stories of anti-semitic acts against them, their families and friends. It didn't bother them because they knew it could be much, much worse. The opportunity in America outweighed many a small evil.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My father (another great story for another day) was born in Connecticut into a small Jewish community (The Hartford Jews in between the NY Jews and the Boston Jews). He, too, was bullied in anti-semitic fashion but grew up to be a tough kid. With his brother, they could take care of themselves.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I, in my turn, was bullied as a kid, mostly not because I was Jewish, but because millions of kids were bullied every year in America even before the Internet. But, hey, let's throw on some anti-semitism. Slowly, I, too, developed my defensive skills. Skills I have honed them to this day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We would hear of antisemitic acts around the country; but rarely close to home or to a degree to raise concerns. <b>There has been a baseline of antisemitic acts in the USA since its inception.</b> There are peaks and valleys to the activity. For the most part, at least in my youth, we were much more concerned about the safety of Israel than our own.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Regardless of how you feel about Israel and its politics, however, today, <b>any attack on a known-to-be-Jew outside of Israel, is an act of antisemitism until proven otherwise</b>. (In Israel, it's a bit more complicated in that an attack could be ordinary crime, antisemitic in nature, anti-Zionist, domestic terrorism, foreign terrorism or act of war. It is important to distinguish these cases.) Let me repeat, however, <b>any attack on a known-to-be-Jew outside of Israel, is automatically an act of antisemitism until proven otherwise.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>These cannot and will not be tolerated.</b> We will not accept collective punishment for your misconceptions about our religion, its role in our society or your perceived injustices of Israeli politics. Those may be topics for discussion, debate, boycotts and protests, but <b><i>never </i></b>violence. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the day I am writing this, of course, there was another <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/29/us/fort-worth-church-shooting.html" target="_blank">deadly shooting in a church</a>. An equally heinous act that should disturb the American population as much as the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/nyregion/kosher-supermarket-jersey-city.html" target="_blank">kosher deli shooting in NJ</a> or <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/nyregion/monsey-synagogue-stabbing-anti-semitic.html" target="_blank">the stabbing last night in Monsey</a>. I am not sure it does. All hate crimes are on the rise in these divisive times. They stimulate discussion around gun control, but not (yet) around 'hatred control'. Of important note in the Texas church shooting, "Parishioners acted to prevent further deaths". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> As Jews, we are the people of the book ( referring to the Torah, the Prophets, and Other Writings, in Hebrew abbreviated as the '<a href="https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm" target="_blank">Tanach</a>') and, therein, the 10 commandments. Traditionally, we are, indeed, quiet, bookish, well educated, introspective, and communal (living within walking distance of the synagogue and short driving distance to kosher food).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is is important, however, especially for anyone considering antisemitic acts in the USA, to note that as Americans, we are also people of the Constitution and its bill of rights, therein, especially, the 1st and 2nd. For that document, is the difference between antisemitism in the USA and, for example, France. <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2019/11/french-jews-fleeing-country/" target="_blank">Their only option is to flee to Israel </a>as they have done in large numbers for the past decade or more.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That is not the American way. We stand our ground. We are not your grandfather's Jew.</span></div>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Never again means never again</i></b>.</span></span></h3>
<div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k56F0AGfQmE7CpQNRxkpW2cgjq3420AXzc23qFCUZU9pqBGVmZZTH0RHNe9Vaxq6pjEK_29OEVPUXVgy6kUU6JHWnHq8SpZ0dTnz_vBBgD4TQpbbV_xo0A6rGJpqPsYshy4JnnluARI/s1600/IMG_20191229_143511%257E2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3k56F0AGfQmE7CpQNRxkpW2cgjq3420AXzc23qFCUZU9pqBGVmZZTH0RHNe9Vaxq6pjEK_29OEVPUXVgy6kUU6JHWnHq8SpZ0dTnz_vBBgD4TQpbbV_xo0A6rGJpqPsYshy4JnnluARI/s320/IMG_20191229_143511%257E2.jpg" width="240" /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifo6Qt1bq8QjC_MiYvtxLhgZ4I_bkQF4pUM_QMLWAKqRZtfnyCjEgQlLhsJCAFAgPlViwfQ3VHRUXtQms9lyB2qDKs6R1qzVA0xU2FXUlewm5oarfCDeRb-lW1Kf6iHIt895HxKN7FdVY/s1600/IMG_20191229_143752%257E2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifo6Qt1bq8QjC_MiYvtxLhgZ4I_bkQF4pUM_QMLWAKqRZtfnyCjEgQlLhsJCAFAgPlViwfQ3VHRUXtQms9lyB2qDKs6R1qzVA0xU2FXUlewm5oarfCDeRb-lW1Kf6iHIt895HxKN7FdVY/s320/IMG_20191229_143752%257E2.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-4073704123101089832019-04-18T22:03:00.001-05:002019-04-18T22:03:40.337-05:00ST: Discovery: Not a fan<p dir="ltr">For me, it is almost exactly 52 years since I first watched Star Trek as a 6 year old. My initial memory is of being scared by the aliens. Of course, I gradually fell in love with it and its credo has had a not insignificant impact on my life; second, perhaps, only to my Jewish faith. As a fan, I, of course, enjoyed the subsequent spinoffs, notably, as most would agree, TNG.<br>
As an adult, a physician and scientist with some experience in writing non-fiction science, I admire, greatly, the imagination and creative juices of not only the Star Trek writers but others in the realm of science fiction and fantasy. Some of these, Roddenberry, Tolkien, Bradbury, Clarke and Asimov (just to name a few) are etched in my memory as in a cathedral to greatness.<br>
STD, though I use that moniker not at all casually, makes me appreciate that greatness of imagination even more so. We have talents producing science fiction and films, today, but they pale in imagination compared to that previous generation. I am not a huge fan of the term, "the greatest generation", but, perhaps, it plays here.<br>
What prompted the creators and writers to go back to the decade before TOS? Lack of imagination. Why did they feel the need to bring new ST tech and new, real world CGI back to the time before? "We will never use holographic projectors on the Enterprise again", said no real captain anywhere. Literary device to cover lack of imagination. Why was it necessary to tie Burnham to Spock? Could she not have stood on her own as an ST lead? Why create a war with the Klingons (season 1) that did not have reference in any other timelines. Why reinvent the Klingons appearance rather than create something new? Even the concept of the Terran universe taken from TOS: Mirror. Why introduce even more technology into a timeline where we now it doesn't exits? The red angel suit: ironman. Even some of Burnham's kneeling positions are taken from Ironman. Why? Lack of imagination. The finale? A Star Wars (gasp!) look alike. Time crystals? Really? Can you spell Deus ex machina? (What's wrong with a good old hyperbolic trajectory toward the Sun?)<br>
Don't get me wrong, there some moments of goodness but few of greatness. I did like Like and number 1. But if you wanted to do a TOS Enterprise prequel you'd had to have focused on story and not tech. Can't do that? Then don't. The spore drive? Good. But it doesn't fit in the timeline so a distraction. I could go on.<br>
The worst part is that, at the end of season 2, we now know that the abuse of the TOS timeline was just a setup for season 3. Well, that, for me, will be only the first test of their creativity and imagination. And even then, they will have to convince me that couldn't have launched season 3 without a more creative introduction.</p>
Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-28793111539128040472018-10-10T19:56:00.001-05:002018-10-10T19:57:22.052-05:00New England and the Canadian Maritimes - 2018 Foliage Run - Day 6 - 267 miles - Bar Harbor to Moncton, NB<p dir="ltr">3-179-9-Canada-1-2. Pics and vids to follow.</p>
Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-32277548994394534812018-10-10T19:54:00.001-05:002018-10-10T19:55:33.074-05:00New England and the Canadian Maritimes - 2018 Foliage Run - Day 5 - Mt. Desert Island, Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park<p dir="ltr">Pics and vids to follow</p>
Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-6577410069248840132018-10-08T15:06:00.001-05:002018-10-08T15:06:37.684-05:00New England and the Canadian Maritimes - 2018 Foliage Run - Day - Portland to Bar Harbor, 160 miles<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mbi4YeytTXe0jbSIEKxWIiK8g_7j0QkUNG6EFKsNzak55IOVYYRL-ISdBhK5Jihh1qwihruNGjDC_JhXE7dgyr6CQBc-mDDyKX4ozSGxujff1PrdXYFMghGehD1EpoGcJnfZ6Bq-k6Y/s1600/Screenshot_20181008-154240-797721.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4mbi4YeytTXe0jbSIEKxWIiK8g_7j0QkUNG6EFKsNzak55IOVYYRL-ISdBhK5Jihh1qwihruNGjDC_JhXE7dgyr6CQBc-mDDyKX4ozSGxujff1PrdXYFMghGehD1EpoGcJnfZ6Bq-k6Y/s320/Screenshot_20181008-154240-797721.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6610080074973128370" /></a></p><div dir="auto"><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><div style="margin:15px 0px"><div><div dir="auto">The theme for today is, "chiiiilllly". The bike says the air temp this morning is 50°F! I say, "Yikes!" I am wearing my riding boots, heavy wool socks, long underwear, insulated jeans, wicking undershirt and underpants, heavy sweater and my Guideware jacket with a balaclava. Actually, with all this, I am quite comfortable. The temp slowly rises to 55 and we end the riding day at 4 PM at 57. Having dealt with the temp, the riding is otherwise spectacular! We leave Portland on 295 North but pick up Rt. 1, "coastal route" at Brunswick. We continue up the coast to Bar Harbor. Again spectacular seascapes and foliage. Each section of the road is better than the last. The small towns of Rockland and Rockport and Camden are beautiful. Lots of great pictures and video to follow.</div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><div style="margin:15px 0px"><div style="font-family:'roboto','helvetica neue','helvetica','arial',sans-serif"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top:32px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tbody><tr><td><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div> Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-80013521324250209132018-10-07T20:50:00.000-05:002018-10-07T21:05:47.541-05:00New England and the Canadian Maritimes - 2018 Foliage Run - Day 3 - Sharon to Portland, ME<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOw9CLpyJxbCijdXEPaRRLntsMkpFwRhW-Xyzcu74VpLEPs7ueUpTzq9aJOZRbFcM2oL1H6jx2QdrFT0zMDemloLbfOaQ0DfzENvlCeDKttN3LoK6q1GbSmqfl_wXWLK8PdpRfiMAGCE/s1600/Screenshot_20181007-214917-769714.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOw9CLpyJxbCijdXEPaRRLntsMkpFwRhW-Xyzcu74VpLEPs7ueUpTzq9aJOZRbFcM2oL1H6jx2QdrFT0zMDemloLbfOaQ0DfzENvlCeDKttN3LoK6q1GbSmqfl_wXWLK8PdpRfiMAGCE/s320/Screenshot_20181007-214917-769714.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6609797770789788274"></a></p><div dir="auto">Our luck is running good. Sunday starts out overcast but warm; over 70. Rain is forecast for later in the day, but for now, the heavy shirt is enough. We ride toward and around Boston on 95. It is pleasantly warm. There is remarkably little traffic and it is one of the most pleasant passages around Boston I have yet to experience. We are in Portsmouth, NH before we know it. <div dir="auto">Once over the Piscataqua bridge into Maine, we leave 95 for 103 and the Maine coast. This is the quintessential tour of the SE Maine coast and Rivka is enjoying the sights, sounds and especially smells along the way. </div><div dir="auto">We stop at the very scenic and photogenic, Fort McClary State Historic Site. A lovely place to get the feel of Maine.</div><div dir="auto"> As it is a long weekend, the small towns along the way are filled with tourists queueing in the crab shacks and fish markets for their lobster rolls. The tang of the sea and seaweed is all around us as is a fine mist. It remains warm enough to ride in shirt sleeves. Maine-iacs from all over the east coast are in wet suits surfing and boogey-boarding in a fairly rough chop. It is a classic day at the shore.</div><div dir="auto"> As we move north, the foliage is presenting itself in bright patches of red, orange, yellow and green. Wenlook forward to more foliage to come. The pictures and videos will be spectacular (to follow). This after the more muted early fall colors of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. </div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: sans-serif;">We continue up the coast to Kennebunkport (no sign of 41) and on to our hotel in S. Portland.</span> Aftee a brief rest, we tour the Old Port neighborhood which has been beautifully gentrified. We end our evening with our picnic dinner at Loring Memorial Park overlooking Portland's back cove. A great day and a great ride. 141 miles: Sharon to Portland. Tomorrow, on to Bar Harbor.</div></div> Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-41790979579571403952018-10-07T20:32:00.001-05:002018-10-07T21:02:06.145-05:00New England and the Canadian Maritimes - 2018 Foliage Run - Days 1&2<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoV5GyIeQ3kmm6SG1vxKNmKU3Kmw2FZmkekLxicU-DqMRbZMPC18kFCIFhor8_N6BQ0wTXNVONpQShRSG5U1WY4soURWglnHY-AiLEnZWhpXnDykOuOPByfHCRy70Yn-CdI376XUYNorY/s1600/Screenshot_20181007-211703-758445.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoV5GyIeQ3kmm6SG1vxKNmKU3Kmw2FZmkekLxicU-DqMRbZMPC18kFCIFhor8_N6BQ0wTXNVONpQShRSG5U1WY4soURWglnHY-AiLEnZWhpXnDykOuOPByfHCRy70Yn-CdI376XUYNorY/s320/Screenshot_20181007-211703-758445.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6609793000360004642"></a></p><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">We begin on a cloudy and cool morning in Vestal. Last minute packing is done and we head out. I am riding Xray2, the GoldWing. I have the luxury, this trip, of my companion in her SUV. It is about 55 degrees. I am comfortable in my insulated jeans, heavy shirt and insulated Cabela's Guidewear jacket. We advance up 81 North out of Binghamton picking up 88 to the Northeast. Halfway to Albany we transition from partly cloudy to partly sunny arriving at mostly sunny as we cross into Massachusetts on the Mass Pike. The foliage along 88, although spectacular as scenery, has yet to change color much. We will have to see if this changes on the way back. The ride through Massachusetts is pleasant though we hit inevitable traffic that makes us commit to the Connecticut route for subsequent trips. We arrive tired but satisfied in Sharon for a visit with the folks. Saturday will be a rest day with them. 331 miles: Vestal to Sharon.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div> Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-47245478069027504842017-12-20T13:26:00.000-06:002017-12-20T13:26:10.126-06:00EMR/EHR Interoperability: The Missing Link<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; page-break-before: always; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">There
has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth about the lack of interoperability
of our electronic medical and health records (EMRs and EHRs). Some of this
frustration can be directed toward a fundamental flaw of the American
Healthcare System; lack of a national patient identifier. There is, however,
another culprit whose head struggles to rise above the noise, hype and politics
of interoperability: lack of a payload for interoperability.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> As a radiologist and imaging
informaticist versed in imaging interoperability based primarily on the Health
Level 7 (HL7) and Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM)
standards and the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) integration
profile choreography of those two standards, I am flummoxed that the rest of
health care does not have the interoperability that we enjoy in Imaging. We have
a patient centered “export all” button and the rest of healthcare does not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">This
functionality has three important repercussions for health care. You can go to
any digital medical imaging department in the <i>world, </i>and with patient
consent ask for all the imaging studies of that patient. In the <i>worst</i>
case scenario, you will be given a set of CDs; in the <i>best</i> case, you
will be directed to an on-line service provider. Not only will those CDs
contain, most often, an end user image viewer with a standardized user
interface but after appropriate cross-institution, patient identity management,
you can import these studies into a subsequent picture archive and
communication system (PACS) for use as comparison studies in the clinical
setting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Of interest is
the fact that radiology reports fall somewhere in between medical images and
EMR results. Radiology reports are, in fact, often included, on CDs when image
studies are exported. They are, however, less well formally defined, there is
some variability in both their presence and the ability to import them into
electronic medical record systems in a computable fashion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">The second
repercussion of having all this data available in a standard format is that it
is available for image processing and machine learning. All of the major image
processing environments, proprietary or open, are able to process these medical
images in any number of ways.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">The third
repercussion of this function of DICOM and IHE is that you can migrate imaging
data, in bulk, from one PACS to another and this happens routinely. PACS
systems are still evolving functionality and after 7 or 10 years of service
(since PACS have been in service now for almost 25 years!) it is not uncommon
for an institution to choose a new PACS and migrate <i>all </i>of the image
data from the previous system to the new one. It is not a perfect or painless
process due, typically, to a bit of data uncleanliness that builds up over the
years, but it is insightful, straight forward, vendor supported and achievable.
It happens, without much fuss every day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">None of this is
the case for EMR data. The unit of exchange in what we call EMR interoperability
(or the lack thereof) is not patient data but rather abstraction of patient
data into Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) documents. The name, itself,
positions it as nothing more than paving the cow path of the old three ring
patient information binder and its paper documents. The aggregation of all of a
patient’s CDA documents from all of a patient’s providers by no means
represents <b><i>all</i></b><i> </i>of the medical information about the
patient.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">CDAs are
designed, from the get go, to be ‘human readable’ yet they are, for the most
part, illegible. HL7 and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONCHIT) had to sponsor a challenge last year, to
improve rendering of these documents. From a technology perspective, HL7 erred in
blending the human readable and machine computable in one document. Much of
modern computing is based on the model, view, controller (MVC) paradigm wherein
data, delivery and display are separate not the least of why is so that each
may be optimized. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Note that HL7’s
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) specification does not solve
this problem. FHIR defines modular resources that represent components of the
patient’s record. There is a mechanism for bundling resources and for getting
all available resources from a single system. Modular resources have not yet,
however, been defined to cover the complete breadth of patient data. They will
continue to be developed and released for years to come (as will CDAs).
Moreover, vendors are not required to implement any given set of modular
resources and, so, availability is and will be haphazard.So, neither the
patient’s complete collection of CDAs nor all their FHIR modular resources can
be used to develop a complete clinical picture of the patient. Nor can they be
used to develop a complete computable data structure of the patient. This
hampers the development of new computer applications in health care at a time
when the technology for doing so is burgeoning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Equally
important, these collections also cannot be used to migrate patient data from
one EMR to the next. This lack of migration stifles innovation and competition amongst
EMR vendors. We want vendors to compete on novel ways of capturing, creating
and making use of patient data not on the basis of possession of patient data.
The lack of a clear, vendor neutral, affordable migration pathway traps the
customer steward of patient data in an untenable, expensive situation. We, in
Imaging, learned this important lesson decades ago; can you imagine, today,
having to purchase a proprietary interface from each imaging modality vendor?!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">So, how do we
fix this interoperability problem once and for all? I suggest that HL7
International pause and take a breath. They are perfectly suited to develop a <i>single</i>,
new extensible markup language (XML) artifact, perhaps based on the Reference
Information Model (RIM), which can be used to instantiate all of a patient’s
EMR content at a given point of time. Let’s call this the XMR for ‘exportable
medical record’. This XMR artifact, though geek readable, does not have to be
human readable (and I say that in the nicest way possible). Let the systems
that receive, aggregate and process these new artifacts compete on how best to do
so. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">The problem of
the lack of interoperability in health care information systems can be solved <i>as
has been done for decades in subdomains like Imaging. </i>This new XMR payload
artifact could be transported by any number of proprietary, IHE or FHIR
transport mechanisms for any number of purposes. At any point in time, a
patient could go to their provider and ask for their XMR (perhaps delivered on
a thumb drive). More importantly, using existing exchange and patient record
locator services EMRs could query their peers for a patient’s XMRs and these
could be aggregated and incorporated, as structured data, into the local EMR.
The collection of XMRs could be used to present more complete clinical
information, drive the development of novel computer processing of patient data
and liberate patient data from proprietary silos where it is now trapped. The
ONCHIT could then live up to its name and mandate the use of this XMR artifact
and the ‘export all’ button.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-68532518953066016442017-08-25T11:34:00.001-05:002017-08-25T11:37:49.003-05:00Photos From The Great Eclipse Ride (TGER) 2017, Elkton, Kentucky, August 21, 2017OK, here are the pictures from the eclipse. We rode down from Indiana into Kentucky trying to get as far into the zone of totality as possible before the Eclipse started. I used the <a href="http://www.eclipse2017.org/" target="_blank">Eclipse2017.org app</a> to see where we were with respect to totality. We stopped in Elkton, KY which was not to far from the center line. The town looked quite prepared. The town square had a festive look to it with a small crowd congregating about the Town Hall. Everyone was very friendly and having a great time. (And it was a sincere good time since they are a dry county!) There was music piped in for the occasion.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKN7VvFUPuGwx4u2M-Q_2nwFV5ioDlBRiTGrFW4RXQs98lvonu0fU7rEjBTNXbn4YrdtZHfHq59xDx4j5SxI0Xu-8_PI4CPA8asoXXqC32T4BxXfDgbKnkfU9kc4bpdniito-vc1PJpo/s1600/download_20170821_165305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKN7VvFUPuGwx4u2M-Q_2nwFV5ioDlBRiTGrFW4RXQs98lvonu0fU7rEjBTNXbn4YrdtZHfHq59xDx4j5SxI0Xu-8_PI4CPA8asoXXqC32T4BxXfDgbKnkfU9kc4bpdniito-vc1PJpo/s320/download_20170821_165305.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-QU_qgGVIVIOhMP8HcyMNEJTlERZw5jlHE7ZeDiK79ZJzN-ED937fjrin5s4VIv_0pKdUHTTbEbA_QMYDSOjo7avXBj-LuKePzhJ8-BGgt5W3ncZhYP0tsz2jTjV5HPlpKdKUO3p7YU/s1600/download_20170821_165301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-QU_qgGVIVIOhMP8HcyMNEJTlERZw5jlHE7ZeDiK79ZJzN-ED937fjrin5s4VIv_0pKdUHTTbEbA_QMYDSOjo7avXBj-LuKePzhJ8-BGgt5W3ncZhYP0tsz2jTjV5HPlpKdKUO3p7YU/s320/download_20170821_165301.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVbe1iuARrHF1LWrYwjLtLy6kAsVgQzCiAfayLjIvG5kfcWVH0gHCvqMuwpxKy8ddXDLiIA6qkuymm89iqIACzdVHUXCSkqpFWVOLknpbAcKqokFqmG3fVYoyTjjUycQPMA1hSuvER_I/s1600/download_20170821_165303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVbe1iuARrHF1LWrYwjLtLy6kAsVgQzCiAfayLjIvG5kfcWVH0gHCvqMuwpxKy8ddXDLiIA6qkuymm89iqIACzdVHUXCSkqpFWVOLknpbAcKqokFqmG3fVYoyTjjUycQPMA1hSuvER_I/s320/download_20170821_165303.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlsZdsTI2EDHVxSjk5GuEVsr2hDCy3FBEN-BM_nYSlo2NOjXbVVyKp1jwkSdxp8xOoeTdacgD05-fXBFkkkZdjL9Kb53FhEC0NmSCBoRLhyYVu1a006LWAwUtq94rjGWP3zXqLsSM0V0/s1600/download_20170821_165317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlsZdsTI2EDHVxSjk5GuEVsr2hDCy3FBEN-BM_nYSlo2NOjXbVVyKp1jwkSdxp8xOoeTdacgD05-fXBFkkkZdjL9Kb53FhEC0NmSCBoRLhyYVu1a006LWAwUtq94rjGWP3zXqLsSM0V0/s320/download_20170821_165317.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
Note: All photos of the sun/eclipse were taken with my Google Nexus 6 phone! (I fried my GoPro, but that is another story for another day). I used the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.vipek.camera2" target="_blank">Manual Camera App from Geeky Devs Studio</a> (a great app). This app lets you adjust all of the functions you would find on a 35mm camera (ISO, F-stop, shutter speed, focus, etc.). I used an ISO/CE certified <a href="http://thousandoaksoptical.com/shop/solar-filters/silver-black-polymer-sheets/" target="_blank">Silver-Black Polymer Sheet solar filter from Thousand Oaks Optical</a> over the lens. I cut a square from the sheet and placed it inside my phone case wedging it over the lens so it was held in place. The morning of the eclipse, I did a test shot of the sun rising over our breakfast spot.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiFYVRRXZT5HOYpWpOCO_JU4htb6uz0OhMwU7QgUoOTLq8w47gOtdoivlCFCkdnIzKu4-9Pkeqj45FCd1Qa6La61YGE_9RXGrk0hUtX9KUk9kELr2zK5inRPWPv0kqUgYeMZCioxwCH4/s1600/IMG_20170821_083548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOiFYVRRXZT5HOYpWpOCO_JU4htb6uz0OhMwU7QgUoOTLq8w47gOtdoivlCFCkdnIzKu4-9Pkeqj45FCd1Qa6La61YGE_9RXGrk0hUtX9KUk9kELr2zK5inRPWPv0kqUgYeMZCioxwCH4/s320/IMG_20170821_083548.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
For the actual eclipse, before totality, I set the ISO very low, to about 50, otherwise the glare/flare from the remaining sun 'blossomed" on the image. I tried to keep the shutter speed around 1/250 so as to avoid motion. So the early eclipse looked like this:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovv6NBmnxj32AU69CUntQnUWXc6LbnG2eqcQuSIvMlNNbvteHJ56EVlIuVej0IuHr9WWLbEp1JG-pSeuumD6_Yaf3qNbWaddp7aFFbu-4oUyrX0CoyCGTcTCQW7f_wAyq_UHb9p0icYU/s1600/IMG_20170821_124902_122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhovv6NBmnxj32AU69CUntQnUWXc6LbnG2eqcQuSIvMlNNbvteHJ56EVlIuVej0IuHr9WWLbEp1JG-pSeuumD6_Yaf3qNbWaddp7aFFbu-4oUyrX0CoyCGTcTCQW7f_wAyq_UHb9p0icYU/s400/IMG_20170821_124902_122.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9l95lQuRVWx2owCnaMjfJmtOsNG-HpQbQEPJvMRpWRi58NQjt754y-cnE3MPV3Swtze41fbvmkZt4ggGoRzNn4RFtDDFldJWCtUBElG8Ts8jWa9MBm47kX2G7awubP4dFM_JLgdA1JS8/s1600/IMG_20170821_125428_825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9l95lQuRVWx2owCnaMjfJmtOsNG-HpQbQEPJvMRpWRi58NQjt754y-cnE3MPV3Swtze41fbvmkZt4ggGoRzNn4RFtDDFldJWCtUBElG8Ts8jWa9MBm47kX2G7awubP4dFM_JLgdA1JS8/s400/IMG_20170821_125428_825.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzzbJoqGddu_yaknFZ6Z8dWJwfEFg1BNfgi2r3EVTdJsnHgKJP4P0IGYHn08CxHA93ZgVRgs405jMv1-W7Ha1jY73hF-i3LvMIWpJaVwApnOmzhxpZwCi3svNgbJctL6K27fKJSBZLVs/s1600/IMG_20170821_130209_498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzzbJoqGddu_yaknFZ6Z8dWJwfEFg1BNfgi2r3EVTdJsnHgKJP4P0IGYHn08CxHA93ZgVRgs405jMv1-W7Ha1jY73hF-i3LvMIWpJaVwApnOmzhxpZwCi3svNgbJctL6K27fKJSBZLVs/s400/IMG_20170821_130209_498.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPaOgp9HOjOfR71mV7rlvznlQSgqs2SPkln5C_54OaMiZjjaaDEFEVloDkPphWOTuEXVlarvCAU_s5hY8jZTdNeYhY-wi9TTdiAx2fy9Fh_oyL5IECFYICV8OoRs4FoGBjB1dQOqaPJo/s1600/IMG_20170821_132033_750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPaOgp9HOjOfR71mV7rlvznlQSgqs2SPkln5C_54OaMiZjjaaDEFEVloDkPphWOTuEXVlarvCAU_s5hY8jZTdNeYhY-wi9TTdiAx2fy9Fh_oyL5IECFYICV8OoRs4FoGBjB1dQOqaPJo/s400/IMG_20170821_132033_750.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
As the sliver of sun got progressively smaller, I progressively adjusted the ISO up.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtbOXRY1TXh55EUMwFYWJx9Daf19YZBvsyEZldYKXCMnIbq6KD6XyRHs6-QtgDxsVoyWpyZEj_4v7iLsrCmdpja7voJLZD8rZqjocJkqg0lRYqfXx4y3ocpo6fHMAAJ4z83hh3P_TdiQ/s1600/IMG_20170821_132411_147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPtbOXRY1TXh55EUMwFYWJx9Daf19YZBvsyEZldYKXCMnIbq6KD6XyRHs6-QtgDxsVoyWpyZEj_4v7iLsrCmdpja7voJLZD8rZqjocJkqg0lRYqfXx4y3ocpo6fHMAAJ4z83hh3P_TdiQ/s400/IMG_20170821_132411_147.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
I was only disappointed that I didn't get the 'diamond ring' shot either coming or going.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMt_xRI7JJN2dn0TK01Qu-ulPMZPqjAIkQtpzr1G2bs_4Oip74s60TCa5sAv7U5HLMNVLWVBQIcpIT5H3aeUCQht7Gy1C03VYo2NlwU9LTwuvQTX6PeauQBecWcOTiZkt0ysI8Uq3ItJE/s1600/IMG_20170821_132632_322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMt_xRI7JJN2dn0TK01Qu-ulPMZPqjAIkQtpzr1G2bs_4Oip74s60TCa5sAv7U5HLMNVLWVBQIcpIT5H3aeUCQht7Gy1C03VYo2NlwU9LTwuvQTX6PeauQBecWcOTiZkt0ysI8Uq3ItJE/s400/IMG_20170821_132632_322.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
I used the 4X optical zoom for all the photos.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_Ky5-UHfk2uVssLhvysGiAGBpzv-9yZGx2LvFd1z_A3TAr0kgqx7ig6_XPEWnZGcEEKrJlqLuWTST4iLSaXOK4v-4KKbCp_fgH4OeD01SUfl2vdDHxE70b92gyf5PM9Wtptd1vv-lCg/s1600/IMG_20170821_132737_477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB_Ky5-UHfk2uVssLhvysGiAGBpzv-9yZGx2LvFd1z_A3TAr0kgqx7ig6_XPEWnZGcEEKrJlqLuWTST4iLSaXOK4v-4KKbCp_fgH4OeD01SUfl2vdDHxE70b92gyf5PM9Wtptd1vv-lCg/s640/IMG_20170821_132737_477.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
For this next shot, I zoomed out to get the eclipse and, I believe, Venus, just as a point of light in the lower right.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4T2nXIDDRzYGNFJqdxnhH1ghBE2kVcwmabKnVpoWCGujUmo4epEvu_Ftq_Hlvd2gTFkFtTX38317uE0DQ20NZbIpeJmVx_QW2ScRRwk3pGuXqDGbb4bQYVwLB9_WxmWJ095MZ_pDkxEk/s1600/IMG_20170821_132750_434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4T2nXIDDRzYGNFJqdxnhH1ghBE2kVcwmabKnVpoWCGujUmo4epEvu_Ftq_Hlvd2gTFkFtTX38317uE0DQ20NZbIpeJmVx_QW2ScRRwk3pGuXqDGbb4bQYVwLB9_WxmWJ095MZ_pDkxEk/s400/IMG_20170821_132750_434.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
My friend Aaron, had taken a few pictures of the surrounds during totality:</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69TrL5V9Chb4goH2EYqJhyaJ_xzHQBGh6Iq4wAAwVZaDjEl0BE4kmFGvg1hVwBl9sC2_Ggax-oD7LDs2pQxqsYcJBdVmB3SpCgjMLd9uOWuVR74I9wwdvN3yZufZlr5tgY_ykfYxZH9U/s1600/download_20170821_165308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg69TrL5V9Chb4goH2EYqJhyaJ_xzHQBGh6Iq4wAAwVZaDjEl0BE4kmFGvg1hVwBl9sC2_Ggax-oD7LDs2pQxqsYcJBdVmB3SpCgjMLd9uOWuVR74I9wwdvN3yZufZlr5tgY_ykfYxZH9U/s400/download_20170821_165308.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLxXn-_VX8WtCCBieDglsRgqjWFYxZaqcy0wJq0Oh0eZnSCjlfgfTm47rm5dW1BSjQZhnNuA37tNBA4U6PuYlPn07Bv2D3tIVclfxBZfdtEWRJVmbeHFoi29cFiyj8SWq6rkmD43zmlE/s1600/download_20170821_165311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLxXn-_VX8WtCCBieDglsRgqjWFYxZaqcy0wJq0Oh0eZnSCjlfgfTm47rm5dW1BSjQZhnNuA37tNBA4U6PuYlPn07Bv2D3tIVclfxBZfdtEWRJVmbeHFoi29cFiyj8SWq6rkmD43zmlE/s400/download_20170821_165311.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
And I managed to remove my filter and grab one as well.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuhU7W51Dtx9u0xDrkNm5qlPzjG1JM-hQbrty6FKFFi9p_zHIW0oMdkgjSTq3i-4B7g7QTq1QH4i9Gyhd2EBcjDv2DVXEf1thDGCmJNJ5sudP899_dM4fozc_3XdGdBrogueTIpNAS1s/s1600/IMG_20170821_132659_206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuhU7W51Dtx9u0xDrkNm5qlPzjG1JM-hQbrty6FKFFi9p_zHIW0oMdkgjSTq3i-4B7g7QTq1QH4i9Gyhd2EBcjDv2DVXEf1thDGCmJNJ5sudP899_dM4fozc_3XdGdBrogueTIpNAS1s/s400/IMG_20170821_132659_206.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Then, I reversed the progress as the moon withdrew:</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEttB2Z2DJhM9Y253GvrOKZIW2rAbHVcHUhpjc6o2HTROb9K6-r4ys2bUHY8IqtkRv9bUa2VXDZBhvuFUXflAtDDjjnKnT9ZphS-Oojpveu0_8CCKowYZjPczKPWeykkZ0olA1d0Hn7w/s1600/IMG_20170821_133119_224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEttB2Z2DJhM9Y253GvrOKZIW2rAbHVcHUhpjc6o2HTROb9K6-r4ys2bUHY8IqtkRv9bUa2VXDZBhvuFUXflAtDDjjnKnT9ZphS-Oojpveu0_8CCKowYZjPczKPWeykkZ0olA1d0Hn7w/s400/IMG_20170821_133119_224.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib49HPNN8lpEdxKm9Xp8PhzhmCj-FYvpkCiuILij4jWeOZYacLquhdpQHxxpAG-JL5z5Ywtzrdy3LXdFE0A_hN_CyvdngUqZMFq6sAAAcsh_t0XztwL72udGFyK42pIqrZBuWIceEQbP4/s1600/IMG_20170821_133700_168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib49HPNN8lpEdxKm9Xp8PhzhmCj-FYvpkCiuILij4jWeOZYacLquhdpQHxxpAG-JL5z5Ywtzrdy3LXdFE0A_hN_CyvdngUqZMFq6sAAAcsh_t0XztwL72udGFyK42pIqrZBuWIceEQbP4/s400/IMG_20170821_133700_168.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-sOWCy1KhqrgvxsuZ7C4_jtGSHnJXmBqovPJhsdU5M-dm4rZ9I2OWV3yExlPa06N18kiXS0zYVeirLQZZhVNXOkVay4Encddpp6UslEJdWGEmXbZAgX7gq_Vji_IzytPTzC24PkdlQE/s1600/IMG_20170821_134043_723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-sOWCy1KhqrgvxsuZ7C4_jtGSHnJXmBqovPJhsdU5M-dm4rZ9I2OWV3yExlPa06N18kiXS0zYVeirLQZZhVNXOkVay4Encddpp6UslEJdWGEmXbZAgX7gq_Vji_IzytPTzC24PkdlQE/s400/IMG_20170821_134043_723.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Then we went to the local post office to get our envelopes and first day covers canceled:</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-K8KghZ76TNZgUfMbGX5pD_5f7jQjAqeoXIAEECc5Sjy4h_cUJQ2R9UC7AV5iz-Cj3qJ6btyvnPapUWgiXJuP_-XR5qgpcz8Aowf3SRbAQ9dRgEftlFhXyPfuqNq3egvx5OCUYnWrIs/s1600/download_20170821_165323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY-K8KghZ76TNZgUfMbGX5pD_5f7jQjAqeoXIAEECc5Sjy4h_cUJQ2R9UC7AV5iz-Cj3qJ6btyvnPapUWgiXJuP_-XR5qgpcz8Aowf3SRbAQ9dRgEftlFhXyPfuqNq3egvx5OCUYnWrIs/s320/download_20170821_165323.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkWKqmxakp7EKbJD_DlJQmiAIuXXWLZXLCiwX8GPSumggVfBtsKYcdB9OypeEKbnsq2Ua8KKxOp2QE7AFWExoMaDuMFg9fqKvTewgz_jcuKH0D8lFVcoiVPnKHGLvHefBWRObdKK9LHU/s1600/download_20170821_165321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkWKqmxakp7EKbJD_DlJQmiAIuXXWLZXLCiwX8GPSumggVfBtsKYcdB9OypeEKbnsq2Ua8KKxOp2QE7AFWExoMaDuMFg9fqKvTewgz_jcuKH0D8lFVcoiVPnKHGLvHefBWRObdKK9LHU/s320/download_20170821_165321.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5h1dRGyzQYqeERGW-Fg7-fvCjIzjyDufYCn85BpQ6LmcIyLJV0tABm5cIGZGk53jQiBWg06SV9bEvSGCdZ_KNW6hity80EJSr6oNGeW2i3rqEXhvf8t3yBZGX_24riL_2fLcP5Aquazc/s1600/IMG_20170821_141010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5h1dRGyzQYqeERGW-Fg7-fvCjIzjyDufYCn85BpQ6LmcIyLJV0tABm5cIGZGk53jQiBWg06SV9bEvSGCdZ_KNW6hity80EJSr6oNGeW2i3rqEXhvf8t3yBZGX_24riL_2fLcP5Aquazc/s320/IMG_20170821_141010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Overall, a great ride and a great eclipse experience. Planning is under way for 2024 though we won't have to travel far in upstate NY for totality!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<br />Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-75631341990944661762017-08-25T11:00:00.000-05:002017-08-25T11:39:43.196-05:00TGER2017 Homeward Bound (II)<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
"Home where my thought's escaping, </blockquote>
</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Home where my music's playing,</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Home where my love lies waiting</blockquote>
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Silently for me."</blockquote>
</blockquote>
It is another beautiful day. I have Skyline Drive to myself. Very little traffic. The way is silent; the views spectacular. I am meandering at a pace of 35-40 miles per hour. I come around a corner and there is a fawn by the side of the road; undisturbed by my presence. It is cool at over 3000 ft elevation; I am wearing a heavy shirt and my light jacket. But it is an enjoyable chill that accompanies the one running down my spine from the beauty of the moment. This is one of the East Coast's old ladies of roads. I am left with a desire to return and explore on foot.<br />
The rest of trip is anti-climactic. I slab up 81, one of my least favorite highways. Always an accident or construction to cram traffic into a miles long, single lane delay. Tonight, old 81 did not disappoint; we had both, several times over the course of 200 miles across the state of PA. But, in the end, all road lead home, in this case, not just to my "love lying waiting" but to a steak dinner with all the trimmings. What better way to end the TGER2017.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzb3HzXCH4A84fmFmzF1QsuvjXJoQZSZO0uoX24zUsNzD542pLr6sM5ySnXUADxZjcNJWdOdSGdMsFA2FzUgKjn3ftQM3X_RtqzH745cR-yjpV32fNFt5zHMf_fs9p5pbDbimXvDAWp0/s1600/IMG_20170824_084406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzb3HzXCH4A84fmFmzF1QsuvjXJoQZSZO0uoX24zUsNzD542pLr6sM5ySnXUADxZjcNJWdOdSGdMsFA2FzUgKjn3ftQM3X_RtqzH745cR-yjpV32fNFt5zHMf_fs9p5pbDbimXvDAWp0/s320/IMG_20170824_084406.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97Ja2p1wEraIa4TSHdbNZFmYD-Hq2L4jKQDBuGqNeraMnTKqvhMxTJ1P9drEyNjppX0P3jtLj8KgTuXz13HHDqRGVMZ8cSe2yLzFCE7ywwrveZNxrpnO_gHFTvtGER758PS6XpDdEJLM/s1600/IMG_20170824_091243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97Ja2p1wEraIa4TSHdbNZFmYD-Hq2L4jKQDBuGqNeraMnTKqvhMxTJ1P9drEyNjppX0P3jtLj8KgTuXz13HHDqRGVMZ8cSe2yLzFCE7ywwrveZNxrpnO_gHFTvtGER758PS6XpDdEJLM/s320/IMG_20170824_091243.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp9r9wKAFVrjBwyLkiagCefiMvq0fFRUNWasoYTrYXbINUCL2HCc3RDIzV1YHHj2HoqN7238kikVnkLPZnJwhEOOQxSnWdgTKocGziP-20RasZ9rbIfIhjChlIefcjoj0_5cdz2zxn3E/s1600/2017-08-25_11-51-22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="813" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp9r9wKAFVrjBwyLkiagCefiMvq0fFRUNWasoYTrYXbINUCL2HCc3RDIzV1YHHj2HoqN7238kikVnkLPZnJwhEOOQxSnWdgTKocGziP-20RasZ9rbIfIhjChlIefcjoj0_5cdz2zxn3E/s320/2017-08-25_11-51-22.jpg" width="214" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-63778490311905401532017-08-25T10:39:00.001-05:002017-08-25T10:39:28.005-05:00TGER2017 - Homeward bound (I)As Mr. Burns (<a href="http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Charles_Montgomery_Burns" target="_blank">no, not that one</a>), said, “The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft a-gley.” It looks like the road to Charleston is paved with stormy weather. So, I turn the wheels northeasterly and begin the journey home. Last night we noted the tail of a bank of storms passing through the mid-Atlantic all the way up the coast. I will slip just west of them. The line of the front accompanies me on the right the majority of the day, but I am dry. I have dodged the weather once more. I take 11W north. Another enjoyable country road. The national forests are to my right. Then I join 219 for a bit. This is the same 219 that I took down on Day 1 next to the Allegheny National Forest. Interestingly, as I was riding the 11, I noticed some debris on the road. A sheriff that I had just passed lit up his lights. <b>I was not going that fast. </b>I pull over at the next driveway. He is slow to get to me. When he does, <b>he apologizes. </b> "I only turned on my lights so as to safely remove the debris. I didn't mean to pull you over." It turns out he is a biker, too. We had quite a good chat about riding, the Cherohela, Dragon's Tail and, surprisingly, he had high recommendations for 219. This is a road that needs exploring!<br />
But the highlight of the day were the roads through the Monongahela National Forest and the Washington and Jefferson National Forest. From the look of the trees on the map, they look like the same forest but they span the WV and VA border. On the WV side, the road to beat is the 92, "The Pocahontas Trail". Spectacular riding. I then took the 250 across to the VA side and it, too, is great. Several challenging, pronounced, "harrowing", turns. Great fun. I should have continued 250 to 64 and the base of Skyline Drive. Instead, I followed Google Maps on a meander to Harrisonburg, VA and the upper segment of the Drive, for tomorrow. Don't get me wrong, it was a great meander.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdN-IGOsPXX1zWznvOKs6KAlEymPV795iEwAJ5ENzhKVdjCW0NYcjLjdErLvkZ-QEWRqxBrZUhjmDSzxud3uX-KXuqz-legAQeh_VE6JmYbWZ6CI7EtwwKNH7OnOOoOs9E8I26a6y_xA/s1600/Screenshot_20170823-193025.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijdN-IGOsPXX1zWznvOKs6KAlEymPV795iEwAJ5ENzhKVdjCW0NYcjLjdErLvkZ-QEWRqxBrZUhjmDSzxud3uX-KXuqz-legAQeh_VE6JmYbWZ6CI7EtwwKNH7OnOOoOs9E8I26a6y_xA/s320/Screenshot_20170823-193025.png" width="180" /></a></div>
<br />Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-10038652859298907602017-08-21T17:00:00.001-05:002017-08-22T21:32:41.689-05:00TGER2017 Elkton, Kentucky - SuccessWe rose, early, to a clear sky just lightening to the east. The cool and the dew gave us just the right frisson of anticipation. We rode south from the Brown County In heading for Kentucky and the zone of totality. 46 was a lovely,winding road through the woods the enjoyment of which was just slightly reduced by an unexpected amount of traffic. An omen of things to come? Fortunately not. We continued on 37 South an enjoyable road, in its own right, that led through the Hoosier National Forest. By now, the heat was building as was the anticipation. We knew we were approaching the zone. We crossed the Ohio River into Owensboro, Kentucky past the Glenmore Distillery. We meandered south going further into the zone passing occasional small gatherings waiting for the eclipse.<br>We settled on the town of Elkton very close to the centerline of totality. It seemed like the entire town was gathered around the square. There was music piped in from somewhere (a lot of "Here Comes the Sun", etc.). Everyone in town was wearing Eclipse t-shirts,many promoting local businesses. After sandwiches and several bottles of water (ironically, in the heart of burbon country Elkton is is Todd County which is dry!), we found a corner in the shade to watch and wait. We took a bunch of photos that will be added when I have a better connection. The moment of totality came quite suddenly with a great cheer and oohing and aahing from the small crowd. The feel of the situation was wierd. It is twilight with this unusual ring hanging in the sky. The light is a strange color not quite black and white. Both Jupiter and Venus<div class="IMGi15e06cf847bf729ca911"><br></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqkFkZeDWsT1IViZ5Z103_pQcdtOtoaNkRVHijTF-MJYoCba2WFO_oqV31Dp7RqSKHwhfKh33gBQnvYkWak-cl3dAA7RWkxt1XOxDiIOaHQjbVRbes_YpxiQd53y14WwgzpYBuMqcwWk/s1600/IMG_20170821_132615_616-734270.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqkFkZeDWsT1IViZ5Z103_pQcdtOtoaNkRVHijTF-MJYoCba2WFO_oqV31Dp7RqSKHwhfKh33gBQnvYkWak-cl3dAA7RWkxt1XOxDiIOaHQjbVRbes_YpxiQd53y14WwgzpYBuMqcwWk/s320/IMG_20170821_132615_616-734270.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6456851259918052994"></a><div class="IMGi15e06cf847bf729ca911"><br></div> were easily visible. More photos. Calm. And then, boom, another shriek from the crowd as the retreating diamond ring appears and totality is over. We watch through the filters as the moon retreats. We then sauntered to the post office to have them cancel our first day covers. They were happy to do so with a special cancel they had ordered. We finished another 20 minute ride to our hotel just over the line in Tennessee. Met many friendly people along the way each sharing their eclipse story. I am sure there are many more to come.<div dir="ltr">-- </div> Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-53459641759882104752017-08-20T14:33:00.000-05:002017-08-22T06:33:07.287-05:00TGER2017 Day 2: Cold to HotI see that the theme of this ride will be morning fog. I slept like a log right after dinner. That meant I was up to ride at 5 AM. It was clear and cool as I set out guided this time by solar photons reflected off Venus. The thermometer, at 5AM, said 63 but the riding felt like 53. I had my undershirt, my riding shirt, my heavy shirt ,my light jacket and the safety vest and was just comfortable. Every 100 miles I took a layer off until I rode into Indiana naked at 92° (I am exaggerating only slightly). But the morning ride through the fog laden mountains of West Virginia was quite refreshing especially as the sun rose (verb and color) behind me. This was not light tendrils of upstate NY fog, this was the real deal, a heavy blanket. I stayed at 35-40 mph for the first hour or so. I took mostly 50 West and then 32 West both labeled the Appalachian Highway. Nice enough roads through what is the heartland of America. Farms and small towns. Interestingly, this highway has intersections so you do about 60 then stop for a light every once in a while. Crossed the Ohio River into Ohio and continued straight West. I was mostly alone until I hit (and got lost in) Cinncinati. From there westward, fellow bikers everywhere. Another 400 miles under the belt. Tomorrow into Kentucky for the eclipse! Stay tuned.<div class="IMGi15e01197e3251e21c661"><br></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjf_i7b-0jVAIzVMP60I2ouucqHpIDG-K-9pWY2qB2UZ5FmNrFdlLx7HyTAHKDf4G9U1wR3MTt0Q9ZH678RbgNV2e5K7AsdIVfzIrOSSM-jNwjymE9rYnR2ljDXYGaxuvrC-jwV9MsaE/s1600/Screenshot_20170820-152043-748448.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOjf_i7b-0jVAIzVMP60I2ouucqHpIDG-K-9pWY2qB2UZ5FmNrFdlLx7HyTAHKDf4G9U1wR3MTt0Q9ZH678RbgNV2e5K7AsdIVfzIrOSSM-jNwjymE9rYnR2ljDXYGaxuvrC-jwV9MsaE/s320/Screenshot_20170820-152043-748448.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6456442484545526274"></a><div class="IMGi15e01197e3251e21c661"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div> Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-21587833139496261622017-08-19T16:08:00.000-05:002017-08-22T06:33:30.863-05:00TGER2017 - Day 1 in the bag."Fog's rollin' in off the East River bank...." But it's not. Our fog is tendrils of cotton strewn amongst the hills that accompany the Susquehanna. With the sun rising behind me, the fog slowly lifts revealing the tree clad peaks of those hills. The road is empty and quiet. I make good time to my exit from the highway. From hone, the first leg is nearly due West. I join a new secondary road that neither I nor my bike has seen. It parallels the NY/PA border dancing from hill to farm and back again. I turn south at Bradford PA for a beautiful ride through the Allegheny National Forest. The urge to stop and explore is nearly insurmountable but my timeline does not permit. The forest is dark, cool and inviting, Clouds have come in and the radar hints at a pop-up storm so I put on the rain gear. False alarm as within a couple hours the clouds are much more friendly. In fact, its getting quite warm and I finish, sweating,in the high 80s here in WV. Tomorrow, it's, "Westward Ho!" to Indiana to meet Aaron.<div class="IMGi15dfc5368d07b96a1051"><br></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGKYD4PNRhPmOtb_FgR-5aP_wOp7XSN29WAUwWKzzq7JL8iPcdSLdjZp81zrtBwTXZpkArxWxWFAiQTUKJ2TpTucR0DP2Ma_qd97H2rhaVBtsf10oDa4XugBM9qm_laT5qCdHz737mEw/s1600/Screenshot_20170819-165538-752854.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFGKYD4PNRhPmOtb_FgR-5aP_wOp7XSN29WAUwWKzzq7JL8iPcdSLdjZp81zrtBwTXZpkArxWxWFAiQTUKJ2TpTucR0DP2Ma_qd97H2rhaVBtsf10oDa4XugBM9qm_laT5qCdHz737mEw/s320/Screenshot_20170819-165538-752854.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6456095858925026194"></a><div class="IMGi15dfc5368d07b96a1051"><br></div><div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div> Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-18558759981887957002017-08-19T05:40:00.001-05:002017-08-22T06:33:57.513-05:00The Great Eclipse Ride of 2017 (1)As I wake, the sky is a crystal clear, deep, Rich azure the likes of which one rarely sees. I am chasing the sun for its eclipse but this morning, the rising sun is chasing me westward. Down through western PA to West Virginia. The XRAY2 photon is accelerated by those that follow me from the East.<div dir="ltr">-- </div> Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5346992908676926757.post-77689864334381372912017-06-20T14:33:00.000-05:002017-06-20T14:35:10.316-05:00AI/DL/ML win or fail?!So, I recently received the following recommendations from Quora of topics / people to follow:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvFPgO21_uY_XsT2YEpGh7fLOFetaZ2z2W0zVeLpTyhRYO9GwZWmhpLe6LqDZ02XC19da4hynHFC7MIf8D-WhR9GI3pAkjDSqERuShnQwYC7qe9iuM0eqMmW_83EYfwcBzNJjdeR9ksE/s1600/Screenshot_20170620-081321.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1574" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvFPgO21_uY_XsT2YEpGh7fLOFetaZ2z2W0zVeLpTyhRYO9GwZWmhpLe6LqDZ02XC19da4hynHFC7MIf8D-WhR9GI3pAkjDSqERuShnQwYC7qe9iuM0eqMmW_83EYfwcBzNJjdeR9ksE/s320/Screenshot_20170620-081321.png" width="292" /></a></div>
This merits some work to figure out what is going on here. Note the first recommendation to follow "Jewish Theology and Philosophy." Expected recommendation: I am Jewish and I 'follow' several other Jewish topics on Quora. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_Sharon" target="_blank">Ariel Sharon</a> recommendation is, however, thought provoking. It is true that Ariel Sharon, deceased in 2014, was Jewish and was a leader of the State of Israel. Might be reasonable to suggest this recommendation based on my Judaism. Maybe Quora has access to some of my personal data (unlikely?) that shows I've been in Israel several times (I got married there). Quora says it is making the recommendation, "Because you follow Sharon, MA." At first glance, you might think this is an AI/DL/ML fail confusing the name of the person with the name of the town. I follow Sharon, MA because that is where I grew up. If you know a little more about Sharon, you know that it has (or had) a large Jewish population. It also has had a number of youth make various trips to Israel and a <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/11/22/sharon-teen-killed-israel-remembered-funeral/mqXfqUBGOuw48shusZR4bL/story.html" target="_blank">Jewish, Sharon teen was killed in Israel</a> not too long ago. So, now, it's looking like the AI/DL/ML algorithm is really smart and has examined far more data that we would think. Or not. As we start to develop AI/DL/ML in medical and medical imaging contexts, we're going to run into similar situations where we are not quite sure if the AI/DL/ML is brilliant or a moron. Of course, we're all used to dealing with the 'idiot savant' resident who occasionally blurts out a brilliant answer. Interesting times ahead.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384526285192997297noreply@blogger.com0