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@RolandFJ40 , didn't happen to stop by the Wheeler house by chance? Great pics btw
Drive back to Dover De. was uneventful. Approx. 325 miles today. Thanks to "Hecrod" for getting this started and to everyone involved. Met up with some great guys, had great food, and saw outstanding landmarks and beautiful scenery. Not to mention some cool 40's! Jeff & Ada
That Rosemont-Raven bridge is fantastic! You won't see that kind of filligree work anymoreContinued..
New Hope & Ivyland Railroad
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Officially in Pennsylvania
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Took this fron the Lambertville/New Hope free bridge. The small clearing up on the left hill is Goat Hill Overlook from my previous post.
One neat thing was after taking this pic a bald eagle swooped in and continued down river. Too fast for me to take a picture. There are many eagles in the valley.
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And the pass off, pleasure meeting you Brian. Had a great afternoon exploring the park and getting a cheese steak at Tony Luke's.
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This has to be the coolest thing! I see the Co-pilot was mapping your route and posted it on the pocket---Yesterday my 5 year old co-pilot and I left the DC suburbs around 7:00am and headed West on I-66 toward Front Royal, VA. There we entered Shenandoah National Park at the North Entrance of Skyline Drive. We traveled 65 miles of Skyline Drive then headed East on 33 where we met @Booch and his wife for lunch at The Barbecue Exchange in Gordonsville, VA (best BBQ I've had in years). The weather was a spectacular 70 degrees and sunny and the leaves were at or close to peak colors. My daughter and I had a fantastic adventure in the 40. We put about 245 miles on the 40, the longest single trip I've put on it and it did great. I think I will plan to put 3.70 3rds in it though for a little lower RPMs on the highways.
(Lifted from Wikipedia) Skyline Drive is a two-lane road that has 75 overlooks providing views of the Shenandoah Valley to the west and the Piedmont to the east. The drive provides access to numerous trails, including the Appalachian Trail, and is also used for biking and horseback riding. Skyline Drive is the main road through Shenandoah National Park and has access to campgrounds, visitor centers, and resorts such as Skyland Resort and Big Meadows. The scenic drive is particularly popular in the fall for leaf peeping when the leaves are changing colors. Skyline Drive is designated a National Scenic Byway and a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Plans for the road date back to 1924 when a national park was planned in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and the main feature was to be a "sky-line drive" providing views of the surrounding land. President Herbert Hoover, who had a summer home at Rapidan Camp, called for the construction of the road. Groundbreaking for Skyline Drive took place in 1931. The first section, which originally was to run from Rapidan Camp to Skyland, was extended between Swift Run Gap and Thornton Gap and opened in 1934. Skyline Drive was extended north to Front Royal in 1936 and south to Jarman Gap in 1939. The road between Jarman Gap and Rockfish Gap was built as part of the Blue Ridge Parkway in 1939 and was incorporated into Skyline Drive in 1961. The Civilian Conservation Corps played a large part in constructing Skyline Drive. Improvements have been made to the roadway since it was built. Skyline Drive was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, became a National Scenic Byway in 2005, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2008.
How about some pics....
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