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Potomac Chapter Spring Tour - May 2009
To Blackwater Falls and Canaan Valley, West Virginia
Paul & Karen Johnson - 64 Convertible / Bob & Donna Johnstone - 64 GT Hawk / Bob & Anne Devore - 64 Cruiser
Dave & Susan Eppig - 64 Sedan / Larry & Pat Merhaut - 62 Lark Convertible / Paul & Dorothy Thrush - 54 Pickup
Bob & Diana Wagner - 63 GT Hawk / Steve & Mary Walter - 56 Power Hawk / Dave & Susan Witmer - 60 Hawk
 ..A cool, rainy, drive north toward Hagerstown |
 ...to meet the group, early.. |
 ...more... |
 ...up Routes 70/68 to... |
 ....Seidling Hill Visitors Center... |
 ...then towards West Virginia.. |
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 ....windmills in West Virginia....( More)... |
To....
....Blackwater River Valley..South
....East....
....North....
...at the Falls parking lot
....two hundred and ..how many steps...
...a group of the finest....
...a drive to another view..
...from the top...
...that evening at the Lodge..
..Darrell Carr entertained the club! ( He's good!)
....
Next AM, Paul marshalls everyone outside Blackwater Lodge..
..and we stop at the ..
...Nature Center ..
..then to the Canaan Valley Resort
...Lunch at the Lodge
....
...Photo Op behind ...
.. Group Shot at an Overlook
Paul has ... another.... "near Miss"
..They're all over the place...
...through the meadows..
..Then we start DOWN the mountain(s)...
Note the angle of the trees vs the road...
10% grade and Turner brakes never felt
or "smelled" so good..
see that curve up ahead...
....slingshot....
...again to the left...
...down more...
...yeehah!..
...finally levelling out....
...we stop at the Smoke Hole Caverns, for a pit stop...
...then on to Winchester, VA and home... Great Trip!