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When It's Too Cold to Ride . . .

Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 8:34 am
by Old Grinner
Think of past journeys on lightly traveled roads in the warm sunny days of Summer. :D
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Re: When It's Too Cold to Ride . . .

Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 7:32 am
by Old Grinner
What . . . now it's going to be warm with heavy rain? You're kidding right?

Re: When It's Too Cold to Ride . . .

Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 7:55 am
by Old Grinner
If you look to the left of the second picture you can see the original road. Obviously it was a drought condition. When the reservoir is full it's submerged in the lower elevations further upstream. Years ago the state decided to build a dam and as a result the highway had to be relocated.
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Re: When It's Too Cold to Ride . . .

Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 11:32 am
by Old Grinner
Here's more pics of the remaining old road (Rt. 8 in Connecticut) exposed and shown in the previous post. What used to be a stream before the "dam" eventually became the reservoir. This pic was also taken during a dry season in 2008. o_O
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Re: When It's Too Cold to Ride . . .

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 9:36 am
by Mel46
Don't go too fast on that road. It kind of runs out! Oops!

Re: When It's Too Cold to Ride . . .

Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 9:07 pm
by hondamatic
It's snowing here in Missouri tonight and tomorrow so no riding for several days now. We are supposed to get from 3 to 8" in the next 12 hours. I guess I'll break out the snow shovel for the second time this winter.

Re: When It's Too Cold to Ride . . .

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:13 pm
by Mel46
What! No snow here in Atlanta yet. I think the really bad stuff gets diverted by the mountains and ends up pounding Tennessee instead of us. I'm OK with that. :lol:

Re: When It's Too Cold to Ride . . .

Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2019 8:04 pm
by big bear
the roads are all snow covered where im at cabin fever is starting

Re: When It's Too Cold to Ride . . .

Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 8:15 am
by Old Grinner
Icy here with freezing rain/rain . . ..

Looks like we got about an inch of slush last night.

Not venturing out on the scooter today. I feel sorry for those folks who had to commute to work early. :roll: