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- Dag 1
- zaterdag 30 april 2016 om 19:39
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Hoogte: 285 ft
Verenigde StatenBells Hill42°56’47” N 71°30’48” W
We join this build already in progress
30 april 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
I didn't take any pictures before this because I was just assembling things. Really the first picture is when I had already picked up the new bike and had just put the cargo carrier on the trailer.Meer informatie
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- Dag 1
- zaterdag 30 april 2016 om 20:00
- 🌙 11 °C
- Hoogte: 285 ft
- Verenigde StatenBells Hill42°56’47” N 71°30’48” W
Welder's work
30 april 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
When other bikers do this project they make the trailer narrower and the drawbar longer. To narrow the frame I took a Sawzall and chop chop done that was easy. To narrow the axle I took it to aMeer informatie
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- Dag 2
- zondag 1 mei 2016 om 16:59
- 🌧 8 °C
- Hoogte: 285 ft
- Verenigde StatenBells Hill42°56’47” N 71°30’48” W
Knuckles busted
1 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
I can't remember what I was going to say about the first photo. I remember the second very clearly.
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- Dag 2
- zondag 1 mei 2016 om 20:20
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Hoogte: 285 ft
- Verenigde StatenBells Hill42°56’47” N 71°30’48” W
Nah, that doesn't matter.
1 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Dad, remember what I said about the bore of hub-centric wheels needing to match the diameter of the hub? This Chinese trailer came right from the factory with wheels that don't. Look at the secondMeer informatie
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- Dag 3
- maandag 2 mei 2016 om 15:29
- 🌧 8 °C
- Hoogte: 285 ft
- Verenigde StatenBells Hill42°56’47” N 71°30’48” W
Eye candy
2 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
The obligatory "I made the trailer much stiffer" shot. ...Huh, that hardware looks good.
Are you wondering why the deck doesn't cover the back of the trailer? That's just me being clever. If you lookMeer informatie
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- Dag 5
- woensdag 4 mei 2016 om 05:59
- ☁️ 6 °C
- Hoogte: 285 ft
- Verenigde StatenBells Hill42°56’47” N 71°30’48” W
Project done
4 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
On those TV shows where they build cars they give each one has a clever name. I'm calling this project "I Love You Every Bit as Much." (Yes, it's definitely sarcasm.)
I have already bought the wiringMeer informatie
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- Dag 10
- maandag 9 mei 2016 om 08:17
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Hoogte: 233 ft
- Verenigde StatenSebbins Pond42°55’48” N 71°29’11” W
Let's go!
9 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
The trailer is full. How'd I do that?
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- Dag 10
- maandag 9 mei 2016 om 11:55
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Hoogte: 233 ft
- Verenigde StatenSouthbury41°29’29” N 73°12’49” W
Foliage
9 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
South of Hartford lots of trees still don't have leaves
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- Dag 10
- maandag 9 mei 2016 om 13:32
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Hoogte: 171 ft
- Verenigde StatenLeighfs Pond41°31’14” N 74°1’18” W
Alexis Diner
9 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Time for a break! Just went over the Hudson, beautiful weather. Bike running fine, trailer pulling great.
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- Dag 10
- maandag 9 mei 2016 om 16:01
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 351 ft
- Verenigde StatenLittle Bush Kill41°5’32” N 75°0’11” W
Delaware water gap
9 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Nice and rural here.
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- Dag 10
- maandag 9 mei 2016 om 18:05
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Hoogte: 486 ft
- Verenigde StatenMahoning Creek40°49’23” N 75°42’30” W
The lovely Mahoning Inn and Suites
9 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
I'm making up the lovely part. It's in between an auto parts store and a Ford dealer. But it's clean. The reason I picked it was I was starting to feel some fatigue. If you're not 100% focused on theMeer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 10 mei 2016 om 08:48
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Hoogte: 476 ft
- Verenigde StatenMahoning Creek40°49’22” N 75°42’30” W
Plan of attack
10 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
I'm going to be riding through rain today. I congratulate myself on being clever and planning ahead. I brought weatherstripping along (I also brought duct tape and zip ties and I've used both alreadyMeer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 10 mei 2016 om 11:38
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Hoogte: 397 ft
- Verenigde StatenHogestown Run40°14’49” N 77°1’45” W
Gas stop
10 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
I think I have to keep making entries for this site to record my route.
It's been cool and sprinkling but the rain gear is working.
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 10 mei 2016 om 13:21
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Hoogte: 558 ft
- Verenigde StatenGreencastle39°47’32” N 77°43’51” W
Lunch break
10 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
This town has some beautiful old houses on a tree lined street leading up to a main street with lots of brick businesses in great condition. I'll try to get a picture on the way out. I've seen aMeer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 10 mei 2016 om 15:12
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Hoogte: 656 ft
- Verenigde StatenRouss Spring39°10’7” N 78°9’41” W
Civil War sites
10 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Wow, there was like 5 battles right in this one town. I was going to stop at the Stonewall Jackson HQ house because my roommate is a history buff, but it is in the center of town and will be hard toMeer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 10 mei 2016 om 16:05
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Hoogte: 512 ft
- Verenigde StatenGuard Hill38°57’31” N 78°11’44” W
Gas, sun, and no rain
10 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
What a difference in conditions, real nice now. Im off the highway, almost to skyline drive!
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 10 mei 2016 om 17:38
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Hoogte: 512 ft
- Verenigde StatenLions Park38°55’44” N 78°11’39” W
Local lounge
10 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
I'm at the Knotty Pine bar and lounge. They forgot to add "dive" to the name. I asked for a beer list and they had bud, coors, miller, and their lites, nothing else. Well, I feel like a local with aMeer informatie
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- Dag 11
- dinsdag 10 mei 2016 om 19:12
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Hoogte: 732 ft
- Verenigde StatenDungadin Heights38°53’20” N 78°13’50” W
Campground
10 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Wow, did I stumble onto a gem. This campground is amazing. The first two pictures are the drive in. The third is the cabin I'm staying in, it's $45/night! There are two guys in the cabin next to me.Meer informatie
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 11 mei 2016 om 09:36
- 🌫 12 °C
- Hoogte: 735 ft
- Verenigde StatenDungadin Heights38°53’19” N 78°13’48” W
No view
11 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌫 12 °C
The view out my front porch is poor. I think today I will travel further south. the weather there will be better at the end of the week. I'll return here to see this road on my way back. This meansMeer informatie
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 11 mei 2016 om 11:31
- 🌧 15 °C
- Hoogte: 968 ft
- Verenigde StatenCave Hill38°39’50” N 78°29’3” W
Local attractions
11 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Change of plans. The rain is just enough to stick on my visor and the inside keeps fogging. I'm going to try and kill a couple hours. I've seen mention of these caverns while researching this trip.Meer informatie
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 11 mei 2016 om 11:45
- 🌧 15 °C
- Hoogte: 951 ft
- Verenigde StatenCave Hill38°39’50” N 78°29’2” W
Luray Caverns
11 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
The caverns was really good. They have a large variety of structures and the path through the area was really well laid out. The real thing is way better than pictures so I'll just put a couple here.Meer informatie
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 11 mei 2016 om 13:33
- 🌧 16 °C
- Hoogte: 810 ft
- Verenigde StatenMain Street Baptist Church38°39’55” N 78°27’30” W
Lunch at Uncle Buck's in Luray VA
11 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Mmm, apple butter, sweet tea, and country music. Y'all.
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 11 mei 2016 om 15:26
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 1.266 ft
- Verenigde StatenMount Sidney38°15’6” N 78°57’17” W
Hot
11 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Now it's all blue sky, some puffy clouds, and I'm freakin hot! On this highway the scenery looks identical to new england.
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 11 mei 2016 om 16:48
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Hoogte: 1.293 ft
- Verenigde StatenSpring Gap Creek37°37’41” N 79°34’13” W
Weather
11 mei 2016, Verenigde Staten ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Caught up to the downpour. Was totally blind before reaching the exit.
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- Dag 12
- woensdag 11 mei 2016 om 18:19
- 🌧 21 °C
- Hoogte: 1.312 ft
- Verenigde StatenBLRI landscaping area37°12’32” N 79°57’30” W
