Touring pics
08-30-16 | 04:14 AM
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Those are great pics pinholecam, thanks for sharing them!
08-30-16 | 04:17 AM
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Maybe not as grand as some of the senic views presented in this thread, but sometimes I take great interest in the smaller things. I had biked down this roads many times before. It is in Arkansas on highway 71 South of Fayetteville. It is on an old section of 2 lane road that was left after they put the newer 4 lane superslab in. This little side road also has a wonderful bridge dated 1930.
I stopped and took a break and looked down at my feet and saw this. That concrete looks to be in pretty good shape for being 85 years old. Look how well the letters are formed. I love to find things like this as I travel; really gets me day dreaming. I can just picture someone kneeling down and creating those letters.
The last pic is from Google Earth that shows the old cutoff road with the location (about) of the inscription. Also a nice church and old cemetery right there at the bridge. You miss all this stuff on the superslab.
Looks like Wikipedia has a page about this section of road and it is also on the National Register of Historic Places:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_U....and,_Arkansas)
I stopped and took a break and looked down at my feet and saw this. That concrete looks to be in pretty good shape for being 85 years old. Look how well the letters are formed. I love to find things like this as I travel; really gets me day dreaming. I can just picture someone kneeling down and creating those letters.
The last pic is from Google Earth that shows the old cutoff road with the location (about) of the inscription. Also a nice church and old cemetery right there at the bridge. You miss all this stuff on the superslab.
Looks like Wikipedia has a page about this section of road and it is also on the National Register of Historic Places:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_U....and,_Arkansas)
09-14-16 | 11:15 PM
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Crossing the Dam at Sly Creek Camp Ground
After 5,000 feet elevation gain in one day with a 12 pack of cold beer in the backpack for the last 30 minutes we finally arrived at the camp.
09-15-16 | 10:24 AM
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A few photos from my last two tours. First one is of the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway in Oregon last weekend. Other four are all from my Portland2Portland run this summer. They're my four favorite photos for a few reasons; the one at Chief Joseph Pass was the toughest climb of my trip IMO; the one in Portland, Maine was the finish line; the one with the fire was a rare night (one of only three nights) that I had a fire; and the one on the BicyclePA Route was one of the nicer days I had. Enjoy.
09-16-16 | 06:39 AM
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Meteora! On those ancient rocks you can find monasteries and monks living there for centuries...
09-18-16 | 11:56 AM
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View from Mt. Constitution on Orcas Island:
Tommy Thomson bridge in Anacortes, on the way back to Seattle:
Here's the whole album from the trip:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...tEa2tCU1hqeUZB
Tommy Thomson bridge in Anacortes, on the way back to Seattle:
Here's the whole album from the trip:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...tEa2tCU1hqeUZB
09-18-16 | 01:18 PM
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View from Mt. Constitution on Orcas Island:
Tommy Thomson bridge in Anacortes, on the way back to Seattle:
Here's the whole album from the trip:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...tEa2tCU1hqeUZB
Tommy Thomson bridge in Anacortes, on the way back to Seattle:
Here's the whole album from the trip:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1Q...tEa2tCU1hqeUZB
09-18-16 | 01:24 PM
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[MENTION=425650]Ty0604[/MENTION] - great sunset!
[MENTION=156952]Doug64[/MENTION] - nice!
[MENTION=447366]tsombrero[/MENTION] - awesome panos!
[MENTION=156952]Doug64[/MENTION] - nice!
[MENTION=447366]tsombrero[/MENTION] - awesome panos!
09-18-16 | 05:16 PM
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