Another Ten For The Road -- Motorcycle Travel and Adventure Stories: Ten For The Road, #2
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Another Ten for the Road gives you a new batch of motorcycle travel and adventure stories along with a few of my observations about the road and riding.
This is the second book in my "…for the Road" series of easy reading motorcycle adventure and travel stories and observations from the open road.
I've presented each story in the same easy reading style as the assortment you'll find in my other two "…for the Road" books -- Ten for the Road and Ten More for the Road.
You can find a description of these and my other books here on my website.
I've dipped into my pool of recent and not so recent motorcycle trips across the United States and Canada to tell you about interesting people and places…about things I've seen and things I've learned along the way.
Here are stories I believe you'll enjoy…and a few pearls you can use to get the most satisfaction out of your own travel and riding adventures.
Experience with me a few rides down well known roads and to popular destinations. Let me show you a few places that don't appear on everyone's radar…
* Ride Old Mine Road through Delaware River history…
* See the Petrified Forest's Technicolor beauty…
* Cruise the Blue Ridge Mountains…
* Lean into 318 turns in 11 miles at Deals Gap…
* Meet Death Valley’s amazing diva…
* Enjoy chicken B-B-Q in the Vermont woods…
* Join me on my 24-hour, 1,500-mile Iron Butt ride…
* Hear weird geology at Ringing Rocks Park…
* A few thoughts on choosing your riding companions…
* Meet my unlikely Alaska Highway savior…
When you ride, each mile delivers its own distinct experience. Certainly some are more memorable than others.
Here are a few of my experiences for you to enjoy…
And for lots of information to help you get the most out of motorcycle riding and travel, please visit my website at
www.motorcycle-gear-and-riding-info.com.
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Another Ten For The Road -- Motorcycle Travel and Adventure Stories - Brian R. Salisbury
Introduction
Another Ten for the Road gives you a new batch of motorcycle travel and adventure stories along with a few of my observations about the road and riding.
This is the second book in my ...for the Road
series of easy reading motorcycle adventure and travel stories and observations from the open road.
I've presented each story in the same easy reading style as the assortment you'll find in my other two ...for the Road
books—Ten for the Road and Ten More for the Road.
You can find a description of these and my other book on my website.
I've dipped into my pool of recent and not so recent motorcycle trips across the United States and Canada to tell you about interesting people and places...about things I've seen and things I've learned along the way.
Here are stories I believe you'll enjoy...and a few pearls you can use to get the most satisfaction out of your own travel and riding adventures.
Experience with me a few rides down well known roads and to popular destinations. Let me show you a few places that don't appear on everyone's radar...
* Ride Old Mine Road through Delaware River history...
* See the Petrified Forest's Technicolor beauty...
* Cruise the Blue Ridge Mountains...
* Lean into 318 turns in 11 miles at Deals Gap...
* Meet Death Valley’s amazing diva...
* Enjoy chicken B-B-Q in the Vermont woods...
* Join me on my 24-hour, 1,500-mile Iron Butt ride...
* Hear weird geology at Ringing Rocks Park...
* A few thoughts on choosing your riding companions...
* Meet my unlikely Alaska Highway savior...
When you ride, each mile delivers its own distinct experience. Certainly some are more memorable than others. Here are a few of my experiences for you to enjoy...
* * *
And for lots of information to help you get the most out of motorcycle riding and travel, please visit my website at www.motorcycle-gear-and-riding-info.com.
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Ride on Old Mine Road—America's oldest road
Whenever I travel along Old Mine Road through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, the enjoyment of this winding track, the beauty of the Delaware River valley and the history surrounding this stretch of river combine to create an exceptional ride.
However, the human drama associated with the origins of this vast park adds a striking dimension to Old Mine Road and the land it threads together. It is difficult to comprehend that everything you see for nearly 40 miles along this road was once destined to disappear under 160 feet of water.
I'll explain from the beginning...
Who built the road?
History points to Dutch settlers as the folks who built Old Mine Road during the mid 1600s—more than 50 years before William Penn set foot on American soil. That makes it one of the oldest—and perhaps the oldest—continually used commercial roadways in the United States—and possibly in North America.
The first residents used the road to haul wagonloads of copper ore from mines near the Delaware Water Gap to Kingston, New York—about 90 miles north.
Homes and inns along the road protected settlers during the French and Indian War. George Washington used it to move troops and equipment during the American Revolution. Other revolutionary period icons including Ben Franklin, John Adams, Count Pulaski and General Horatio Gates traveled along this route.
During the 1800s, sections of Old Mine Road became links in the Underground Railroad.
When the mines closed and times changed, Delaware valley residents relied more heavily on farming and the local railroads, canal companies and other businesses for their livelihood. Nevertheless, they still depended on Old Mine Road as a vital means of transportation.
The road still had character
Today, within the national recreation area, the road maintains its character as a narrow,