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Larry 8N75381

11-27-2004 06:16:03




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Fall here in Virginia was exceptional. On a scale of 1 to 10 I think it would have to rate at least a 9.5! So I thought that I should share some photos taken the end of October. I drove my 8N over to the top of a hill where the view is the best.



Here it is with the mountains of The Shenandoah National Park in the far background. It is a 1947,SN 8N11840, which I bought to “steal”parts off for my Uncle’s 8N75381. I was then going to sell it BUT.... I got SouNdguy’s syndrome! :-)



As near as I can tell from the topographic USGS maps, this hill is about 60 feet high. and drops that much in about 350 feet. I stopped a little past half way down so you can see how steep the hill is.



This shows the slope! Here the bottom of the rear wheels are at the same level as the axle of the fronts. I couldn’t get stopped higher up where the slope was even greater! I had a level with me to set up my tripod so I could take a good 360° set of photos. So, I used the level to set the tripod’s legs level so I could show where a level line would be in the photo.



This is called “The Peak” and is the most prominent Mountain to the east of me. It is a little over 4 miles away and rises to 2925 feet above sea level. To the right of it is North Marshal some 6 miles away and 3368 feet above sea level. Small by the Rockies standards, but the Appalachians are supposedly the oldest mountains in the world.



This is Fogg Mountain. It just makes it to the 1200 foot level plus a few feet. My farm is west of Fogg Mountain, but runs up the west side to about the 800 foot level in one place. The picture was taken on a hill that is about 660 feet above sea level. This is on a smaller parcel that I own that is across the road from most of my farm. At the right edge of the pasture across the road (below the rim of the hill hidden by the trees) is a road (right-of-way - better seen in the large view) that runs straight through the woods and along the east edge of my property after it gets into the woods Until it reaches the highest point along the boundary where it turns to go the top of the mountain. The pasture is a neighbors.

The images posted are reduced to load faster. If you click on one, it will load the larger version which is about 10 times larger so you can see the detail much better.

‘Njoy,
Larry

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Ed in Northern VA

11-28-2004 18:32:03




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 Re: Fall colors in reply to Larry 8N75381, 11-27-2004 06:16:03  
Rappahannock County is unbeatable! We bought some land on Red Oak mountain (Betsy Belle Mountain Rd) about 2 years ago- that's how I was able to justify getting my NAA. We live in Fairfax, but have dreams of building and moving to a better life on the "morning side of the Blue Ridge".



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Marty in VA

11-27-2004 16:42:18




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 Re: Fall colors in reply to Larry 8N75381, 11-27-2004 06:16:03  
Great pictures. We took a drive up 33 through Harrisonburg and up 81 to WV {to look at a pony for our son} but it was about a week to early for the full colors. I think all this water made the colors brighter and last longer. Looked good up here around Beaverdam (call me if you need a jump Bruce) until hunting season and the wind got here at the same time.
Hope everyone had a nice holiday,
Marty in VA /841 with 703 loader now at home ready for work

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Rick H. Ga.

11-27-2004 07:41:47




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 Re: Fall colors in reply to Larry 8N75381, 11-27-2004 06:16:03  
Great pic's, Larry. Thanks.

Rick H. Ga.



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Bruce (VA)

11-27-2004 06:58:04




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 Re: Fall colors in reply to Larry 8N75381, 11-27-2004 06:16:03  
Great pics! I always try to make it to the Valley in the Fall; as your pics show, it was beautiful. Where are you in VA? I'm in Old Church, east of Richmond.



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Flint Hill

11-27-2004 07:08:48




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 Re: Fall colors in reply to Bruce (VA), 11-27-2004 06:58:04  
12 miles south of Front Royal on US 522.



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Bruce (VA)

11-27-2004 07:25:29




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 Re: Fall colors in reply to Flint Hill, 11-27-2004 07:08:48  
Rappahannock Co, right? Been there a few times on business, as well as a "Mosby" tour a few years ago. Beautiful area.



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Larry 8N75381

11-27-2004 19:48:58




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 Re: Fall colors in reply to Bruce (VA), 11-27-2004 07:25:29  
Did your Mosby tour stop in Flint Hill to visit the grave of Albert Willis in the Flint Hill Baptist Church lot?



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Marty 2N IL

11-27-2004 06:52:07




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 Re: Fall colors in reply to Larry 8N75381, 11-27-2004 06:16:03  
Great pictures!! What a great view while enjoying your 8N.
Marty



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Al in PA

11-27-2004 06:51:22




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 Re: Fall colors in reply to Larry 8N75381, 11-27-2004 06:16:03  
I would have to agree with you: The Fall colors were exceptional in VA this year. We took a day trip to Skyline Drive at the end of October to take in the view. You are fortunate to have such great scenery surrounding you.

I like your "47 8N. I have one too, but I don"t think I"d want to trust my brakes to hold on such a steep slope.



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Larry 8N75381

11-27-2004 07:24:38




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 Re: Fall colors in reply to Al in PA, 11-27-2004 06:51:22  
Then you saw the trees up close. If I had made the image of The Peak about twice as wide (using more of the 360° photos), you could see where Skyline Drive overlooks to the east before it turns and goes between North Marshal and South Marshal. I would have expected that this Fall in PA would have been just as colorfull.

WELL.... It turns out that was where I could get the brakes to finally hold, along with the tranny in 1st gear! Earlier in the year I was coming down that same hill in 1st gear when it popped out! I was 2/3s the way down luckily, so I had a short WILD ride that was not to dangerous. Higher up I might have been in BIG trouble! This time I rode down with my hand FIRMLY on the gear shift. :-)

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