Valley Dual-Sport Tag-O-Rama

Discussion in 'Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge' started by Skippii, Nov 10, 2008.

  1. OldnoGPS

    OldnoGPS Just a sightseer

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    I know where that is!
    If you happen to stop near the river to take off a layer and your KLR won't start - there's a nice farmer close by who will lend you a deep well 8mm to get the sidecovers off (nothing like that in the toolkit) so that you can get to your seat bolts to get to the loose battery terminals under the seat. Just sayin'. Pulling on the + battery wire to the starter relay will make the gauges work enough so you know what the problem is but won't quite make enough contact to start the bike (though it will run just fine...). Trying to McGyver a deep well tool out of a beer can with a pair of pliers doesn't work worth a damn.
    You'll have to figure out how to deal with the stinky deer carcass you're parked next to on your own though.
    :norton
  2. hppyfngy

    hppyfngy not dead yet

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    ^^^ And now I know where it is too... and I have the tools to avoid this dilemma. :D
  3. branch3r

    branch3r Adventurer

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    It is safe to assume that mtnflow.
  4. 5punksdad

    5punksdad Tag-Master-Flash

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    1 hr 14 minutes from me.........not outside my reach :evil
  5. Nick650

    Nick650 Been here awhile

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    Good tag brancher !!
  6. mtnflow

    mtnflow LFC, more pie please

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    If you need a destination, this is as good as any.:wink:
  7. JSquatch3

    JSquatch3 Orange or Die

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    The tag is right after a slab located in a quarry off of 257 in briery branch. Shouldn't be too hard to find with there only being one quarry on 257.
  8. ONandOFF

    ONandOFF more off than on

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    Welcome, Justin is it? Not sure I get where the tag is positioned. Doesn't quite look like it, but would it be at the base of the no camping sign behind your bike? Please elaborate!
  9. JSquatch3

    JSquatch3 Orange or Die

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    Yep that's me and sorry about that I did put it at the base of the no camping sign. Figured I would put it close to my house for my first tag.
  10. LXDDLE

    LXDDLE ROBBXR Supporter

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    Grab on Hone Quarry Campground road off of the road from Briery Branch and Slab to Reddish Knob. I followed the road on to it's end...3-4 rocky and mostly dry stream crossings. Nice spots to camp.
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    I figured that the dingus was bored stiff after waiting for so long to be grabbed so we decided to make it a long ride.
    We crossed the Valley and headed up the Valley, south for the uninitiated. This is what it looked like. Mighty pretty!

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    Tag at a Gap named for early settlers from the Emerald Isle on ____ Creek Road named for a plant whose latin name is urtica dioica. The three digits of the road number add up to 9.

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    The dingus is under a bit of tree bark at the base of the large tree to the right of the roadway and the bike.

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  11. OldnoGPS

    OldnoGPS Just a sightseer

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    Grab. Nettle Creek Rd., about MP 37 on the BRP.
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    Tag: About 30 miles north of the grab, below and adjacent to the BRP on a road whose # adds to 7. This road connects to the BRP in a couple of places through about a 20 foot connection. Tag is just south of the most southerly connection EXACTLY where the road changes from pavement to gravel, under the white plywood piece.

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  12. LXDDLE

    LXDDLE ROBBXR Supporter

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    Wow! And based on recent activity on this thread I had thought I would have to schedule moving it myself in 3 months. Cool!
  13. hppyfngy

    hppyfngy not dead yet

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    Wonder where that could be... :D
  14. hppyfngy

    hppyfngy not dead yet

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    Grab: Howardsville TPK, aka 610, just off the BRP where it turns from paved to dirt.

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    Tag is closer to Greenwood, actually where Greenwood Station Rd makes a tight hairpin turn. Not a dirt road, but a fun little road through Newtown. Take it easy not to hit anyone, there are people walking along here often.

    Dingus is at the base of the fence post beside my bike, just behind the road sign.


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    Nice day for it! :ricky
  15. LXDDLE

    LXDDLE ROBBXR Supporter

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    I rode by there twice yesterday. Was that you on the porch at Wyant's Store in Whitehall about 2PM?
  16. hppyfngy

    hppyfngy not dead yet

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    Nope, wasn't me. I didn't get out until nearly 6 p.m.

    Sure was nice out though... :ricky
  17. mtnflow

    mtnflow LFC, more pie please

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    Emily wanted to go for a ride so we went for the tag...grab...

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    Drop...somewhere on a knightly road...

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    Dinosaur at the end of the guardrail.

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  18. twohawks

    twohawks Not Afraid

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    ...was the grab? :deal
  19. mtnflow

    mtnflow LFC, more pie please

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  20. JSquatch3

    JSquatch3 Orange or Die

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    Grab....beside a bridge on Knightly Mill Road in Mt. Sidney

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    Nice day so I figured on going for a good ride. What's a good riding day without stopping for a brownie sundae at the Thunderbird Cafe in Mcgaheysville?

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    Drop...on a road where a dam needs some power beside a river. Tag is on the left post of the gate at the bottom.

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