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gsimmons85 · 04-10-2012, 09:39 PM

Well, at 8 am in the morning im off....

all packed up, and ready to go...

first stop Fredericksburg.......

craig s. · 04-10-2012, 10:21 PM

have fun and a safe trip.

chill · 04-11-2012, 12:02 AM

Enjoy the trip, take plenty of pics. How about meeting up when you get back.

gsimmons85 · 04-11-2012, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by chill

Enjoy the trip, take plenty of pics. How about meeting up when you get back.

you got it man.....

ok im off...

JP50515 · 04-11-2012, 07:35 AM

Have fun. Ride safely and enjoy the history.

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Paulie · 04-11-2012, 10:07 AM

I hope you brought warm clothes, we're having a cold snap right now. Temps were 35 degrees when I got up this morning. No rain in sight, enjoy the trip.

gsimmons85 · 04-11-2012, 08:30 PM

ok made it safe and sound, great trip, cold and stray showers, but good non the less...

got lots of pics....

Got to see the sunken road and the stone wall which was the main purpose of this stop,

more to come......

tigrzeye · 04-11-2012, 08:38 PM

Safe Ride !!! Looking forward to a report on and pictures of your trip.

gsimmons85 · 04-15-2012, 10:43 PM

i have 45 minute slide show im posting right now, should be ready soon... If you don't like civil war stuff, 80's rock, or cool scenery, you might not like it...

Ha sorry its so long, but whatever, there were a million other pics that i didn't take that i wish i could have, Crazy off the map places and wild goose chases, dead battery on camera phone, no turn off places to stop etc....

so be lucky it could have been much longer...

had a blast, and at little under 900 miles id say it was a legit trip, especially being solo....

Ill share stories when i have time, and the vid when its done...

gsimmons85 · 04-16-2012, 07:59 PM

Ok, one great story.... Im at Antietam national battlefield, outside of Sharpsburg, maryland.... I spent the first half of the morning in Gettysburg, and then second have there... I need to try to get to either Harpers Ferry or Charles Town, WV by night fall, so im kind of in a hurry its about 600. I was told by an older Park Ranger however about a little known Michigan Monument at a Monument on top of a mountain not far from town, it was a little bit out of the way, but i love finding things that others dont get to see. So made it it over to Reno Monument Road, you can look it up its a great road going up to the top of the mountain.. At the very top is a monument to General Reno, also the Appalachian trail intersects there.. however right where the monument was, there is a service road type path... No sign, no nothing... So just being curious i follow that path for a little bit... it goes deep deep deep into the mountain, no signs no lines, nothing, just this perfectly manicured half road... For a bit i think i might be going someplace im not supposed too. Eventually i come to a clearing, and an electrified fence, with a tower behind it... i really think im in trouble, so i turn around and head back....... if you look up Reno Monument road, you will find this unnamed road, and you will see it dead end... Well, come to find out, this is what i ran into.....

Boonsboro - United States Nuclear Forces

04-10-2012, 09:39 PM	#1 (permalink)
gsimmons85 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: greensboro, nc Posts: 109	Greensboro to Gettysburg the trip Well, at 8 am in the morning im off.... all packed up, and ready to go... first stop Fredericksburg....... Attached Thumbnails __________________

04-11-2012, 07:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
JP50515 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Minnesota Posts: 440	Have fun. Ride safely and enjoy the history. Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Motorcycle.com App __________________ Black Max - 1983 Honda Shadow VT500 - Gone but Never Forgotten

04-11-2012, 10:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
Paulie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Claymont De Posts: 8,396	I hope you brought warm clothes, we're having a cold snap right now. Temps were 35 degrees when I got up this morning. No rain in sight, enjoy the trip. __________________ A smart remark is the most effective means of birth control. Paulie 2006 Star Stratoliner Midnight,1986 VT1100C Ride Bell by Maggie and Chris

04-11-2012, 08:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
gsimmons85 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: greensboro, nc Posts: 109	bedded down in fredericksburg ok made it safe and sound, great trip, cold and stray showers, but good non the less... got lots of pics.... Got to see the sunken road and the stone wall which was the main purpose of this stop, more to come...... __________________

04-11-2012, 08:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
tigrzeye Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Posts: 791	Safe Ride !!! Looking forward to a report on and pictures of your trip. __________________ 2012 V-Star 1300 Tourer Previous bike 2009 Shadow Aero *A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop. - Robert Hughes*

04-15-2012, 10:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
gsimmons85 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: greensboro, nc Posts: 109	Great Trip i have 45 minute slide show im posting right now, should be ready soon... If you don't like civil war stuff, 80's rock, or cool scenery, you might not like it... Ha sorry its so long, but whatever, there were a million other pics that i didn't take that i wish i could have, Crazy off the map places and wild goose chases, dead battery on camera phone, no turn off places to stop etc.... so be lucky it could have been much longer... had a blast, and at little under 900 miles id say it was a legit trip, especially being solo.... Ill share stories when i have time, and the vid when its done... __________________

04-16-2012, 07:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
gsimmons85 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: greensboro, nc Posts: 109	Ok, one great story.... Im at Antietam national battlefield, outside of Sharpsburg, maryland.... I spent the first half of the morning in Gettysburg, and then second have there... I need to try to get to either Harpers Ferry or Charles Town, WV by night fall, so im kind of in a hurry its about 600. I was told by an older Park Ranger however about a little known Michigan Monument at a Monument on top of a mountain not far from town, it was a little bit out of the way, but i love finding things that others dont get to see. So made it it over to Reno Monument Road, you can look it up its a great road going up to the top of the mountain.. At the very top is a monument to General Reno, also the Appalachian trail intersects there.. however right where the monument was, there is a service road type path... No sign, no nothing... So just being curious i follow that path for a little bit... it goes deep deep deep into the mountain, no signs no lines, nothing, just this perfectly manicured half road... For a bit i think i might be going someplace im not supposed too. Eventually i come to a clearing, and an electrified fence, with a tower behind it... i really think im in trouble, so i turn around and head back....... if you look up Reno Monument road, you will find this unnamed road, and you will see it dead end... Well, come to find out, this is what i ran into..... Boonsboro - United States Nuclear Forces __________________

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