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Title: First ride this Fall
Post by: Travman on October 14, 2015, 06:52:45 PM: I've been busy with life, but this afternoon was free so I took a ride to nowhere in particular.

Capon Springs, WV (http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm21/JonTravisKing/1970%20Ambassador/image.jpg2_zpslne8qatp.jpg)
Title: Re: First ride this Fall
Post by: oldbike54 on October 14, 2015, 06:53:53 PM: Beautiful :bow:

Dusty
Title: Re: First ride this Fall
Post by: jas67 on October 14, 2015, 07:01:38 PM: Quote from: oldbike54 on October 14, 2015, 06:53:53 PM
Beautiful :bow:

Dusty

:1: :thumb:
Title: Re: First ride this Fall
Post by: Bill Hagan on October 14, 2015, 07:03:29 PM: Two grand dowager queens: one on footers, the other on wheels. Both beauties who don't look their age.

Travis, I have blown by that turn-off on SR 259 countless times, and have yet to see the place. You have inspired me to go take a look.

Gotta love the directions about "GPS won't get you there." :grin: http://www.caponsprings.net/location-directions/

Bill
Title: Re: First ride this Fall
Post by: Travman on October 14, 2015, 07:19:15 PM: Bill, you should definitely stop by Capon Springs hotel. It is definitely a throw-back atmosphere. I stopped and talked with two ladies whose families have been vacationing there for 4 generations.
Title: Re: First ride this Fall
Post by: Travman on October 14, 2015, 07:39:16 PM: A few more...
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Apples were so sweet you could smell them from a distance
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Title: Re: First ride this Fall
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on October 14, 2015, 08:22:32 PM: Quote from: Bill Hagan on October 14, 2015, 07:03:29 PM
Two grand dowager queens: one on footers, the other on wheels. Both beauties who don't look their age.

Travis, I have blown by that turn-off on SR 259 countless times, and have yet to see the place. You have inspired me to go take a look.

Gotta love the directions about "GPS won't get you there." :grin: http://www.caponsprings.net/location-directions/

Bill

Be aware that the road turns to dirt (graded forest road, similar to Green Ridge) just past the hotel and on out to WV55.
Title: Re: First ride this Fall
Post by: Antietam Classic Cycle on October 14, 2015, 08:24:15 PM: Quote from: Travman on October 14, 2015, 07:39:16 PM
A few more...

I was on the same roads Sunday!
Title: Re: First ride this Fall
Post by: rdbandkab on October 14, 2015, 08:27:25 PM: We were on the west end of WV... Found a little color here and there. Made our way down to Roan Mountain on the NC/TN border as well.

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richy
Title: Re: First ride this Fall
Post by: Lannis on October 14, 2015, 10:40:32 PM: Quote from: Travman on October 14, 2015, 07:19:15 PM
Bill, you should definitely stop by Capon Springs hotel. It is definitely a throw-back atmosphere. I stopped and talked with two ladies whose families have been vacationing there for 4 generations.

Could have been one of mine. We're a 4-generation Capon Springs family. My grandparents started going to Capon Springs in the 1940s. I've been going every year, without fail, since 1968.

My sons have been every year since they've been born in 1985 and '86. Now my grandchildren are going ... Our family all gets together there for a week the last week of October each year, about 18 of us - cousins, grandchildren, great-grandchildren.

Wouldn't miss it! Lots of people wouldn't like it - no cell coverage, no WiFi, no telephones or TVs in the rooms, family-style dining but it's nice.

Going up Sunday and will be there all week .....

Lannis
Title: Re: First ride this Fall
Post by: jas67 on October 16, 2015, 06:00:04 PM: We're starting to get color in the higher elevations here in South Central PA.

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Title: Re: First ride this Fall
Post by: fotoguzzi on October 16, 2015, 06:10:27 PM: Colors nice in Minneapolis but yikes 35f on my ride in this morning.

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Title: Re: First ride this Fall
Post by: Demar on October 16, 2015, 06:40:21 PM: I was able to get the NTX out to the Sierras last weekend.

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