Hardcore ADV Tag - MD, WV, PA

Is he going today? He would have to work at getting stuck going for this tag...but as I don't know him, I guess anythings possible.

Just a reminder...

You must be kidding.

OK- lots of talking smack here. I have been out with pneumonia and am finally released to play. I might have two cracked ribs but I am ready. I put the 950 back together and she is really ready to have some fun.

we better do a local ride first just in case those spare bolts and other parts were really needed after all

I didnt have any extras-this time

Carry duct tape and zip ties and you should be good to go.

Always, My boy is going to be going for this one also.

I think Bucho wants to go too - he wants to ride his ADV-Connie

I thought you were talking about a KTM, not a KLR.

I have orange zip ties and duct tape. I am not a takcy klr owner

So as <not> to not piss off any KLR owners...I was just kidding.</not>

Sensitive people should stay away from the HARDCORE arena with their sissy feelings!!!!!

I'm going away for Thanksgiving and wont be back for a week. Dont' wait for me.

today these started out clean - I was buttoning up things for the winter but the danged weather was just too nice. Then bonehead calls mumbling something about a mission...

a mission I say? Yes, and his boy Sam is coming along... A mission... good enough for me! Besides I had just bought a new HJC helmet and wanted to try it out

okay, before I get too far... here's the money shot

so we meander out Detour Road, hit a few side roads and try to get to Paw Paw the back way...

somehow we ended up on an old rail bed. I was running in the back sightseeing and didn't see where we went wrong





it got worse until...





of course bonehead starts looking for a way around the barrier. Lucky for me there wasn't one.

We find out way back out to the road and head into Paw Paw for a snack and DAMNed if bonehead didn't find something!







looked a bit ripe for me

The rail bed was closed at Paw Paw and we weren't sure exactly where the tag was at. So we went back around the other way and came in off of Detour Rd. We stopped at each likely looking spot.

This it? No.



How about this? No.



It was getting late and the sun was dropping faster than bonehead's 950... I was getting worried and wasn't looking forward to riding in the dark with all the hunters out.

finally we got to

Coming back home the shot from the top of the mountain was nice - this pic doesn't do it justice



someday I'm going to come back and eat here



No new tag - maybe yet this weekend.

Nice grab guys! Took the scenic route I see.
Did you get onto B Evans Ln. maybe. That by sects the old C&O rail line with a bridge on either side of the peninsula formed by the river. One of those bridges is the one you can see from Rt. 51 at the C&O Canal tunnel parking lot...or did you go up Magnolia to the tracks, and get on the wrong rail bed.? Magnolia is were the Panhandle tag was set. The bridge in that picture is the existing line. There is another bridge just downstream that is abandoned. There are two abandoned rail beds in the area. The one I set the tag on, which follows the river, and the one I mentioned. They parallel each other for a couple miles but the "other" one has the blocked off bridges.

Either way...
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here's out route - there is a lot of good exploring there - might go back this weekend.