Name That Place Game

[RossKean]

Is that Cape Race?

I'm impressed. Not many people get there.  Well off the main road and a bunch of unpaved road to get there.  Southeast part of Newfoundland's Avalon peninsula.

Cape Race Lighthouse - Google Maps

 

[Goodman4]

I'm impressed. Not many people get there.  Well off the main road and a bunch of unpaved road to get there.  Southeast part of Newfoundland's Avalon peninsula.

I haven't actually been there.  I haven't even set foot in Newfoundland.  I had a guy from there that worked for me and when we were researching our Nova Scotia trip we looked at many of the lighthouses in Canada. Just recognized it from pics.

 

[Goodman4]

Let's try this one. It might not be too difficult...

 

[hppants]

Mental note (reminder):  When the bucket list gets to Newfoundland, ask Ross for help.

 

[RossKean]

Mental note (reminder):  When the bucket list gets to Newfoundland, ask Ross for help.

By all means.  Depending on timing, I might even join you - if we ever get past the current travel restrictions. Unlikely before late next summer or early fall and that will be past the optimum weather window for 2021.

Back on topic - I have no clue on Goodman4's photo.  I even looked the manufacturer of the gear (Lawson).  Something from mining machinery?

 

[FjrVfr]

Let's try this one. It might not be too difficult...

LOVEly.

 

[Goodman4]

LOVEly.

Looks like you know it. Gotta have the name of the place or the town for a win, though.

 

[FjrVfr]

 

[Goodman4]

Yes, I think that certainly counts!!



It is Humpback Bridge in Covington VA, the oldest covered bridge in Virginia. The wheel is from the nearby paper mill.

Does anyone know if the E has been repaired? We were there in 2013 and 2016 and sometime between, a flood had taken out the artwork. 



You are up if you so choose, FjrVfr!

 

[FjrVfr]

Sure.  Here's a meatball right down the middle.  Not too many distinctive features but I'll bet you've all been there several times (and probably pulled off at the same overlook).  It's from way back when.

PG - I like your style.

 

[1911]

VA16

 

[FjrVfr]

"Man, that ball got outta here in a hurry."

Indeed it is:

You're up 1911!

 

[1911]

"Man, that ball got outta here in a hurry."

Indeed it is:



You're up 1911!

I pity the rider that hasn't done VA16 and 311 too. The only road that I can say with certainty that I have enjoyed more than 311 is Beartooth Pass, but that's probably just me.

 

[1911]

It may not be a motorbike event but it is a big event, and we rode our motorbike to it

A little vid just so everybody is clear on what's going on here

https://player.vimeo.com/video/309591443?app_id=122963



If you don't know but you have a little girl in your life with any interest at all in horses, show it to her and she'll tell you right quick

 

[Goodman4]

I pity the rider that hasn't done VA16 and 311 too. The only road that I can say with certainty that I have enjoyed more than 311 is Beartooth Pass, but that's probably just me.

The pic of Humpback bridge that FjrVfr guessed was taken exactly 2 hours after riding 311 and the day after riding VA16. Yes, those are great roads. But I agree with you that Beartooth is better.

 

[Goodman4]

8 minutes ago, 1911 said:

It may not be a motorbike event but it is a big event, and we rode our motorbike to it



A little vid just so everybody is clear on what's going on here

https://player.vimeo.com/video/309591443?app_id=122963

This certainly counts per the rules, but I have no idea even though we watch Heartland with our daughter!

 

[FjrVfr]

You folks know your roads.  The Beartooth was the last round in my clip (though the Chief Joseph deserves honorable mention).  I was lucky enough to stumble on it in 2010 when it was freshly paved.

As for the horses - could that have something to do with Assateague?  It's been so long I don't remember.

 

[SacramentoMike]

Guess I came over the Chief Joseph a little before you did.  Came up from the south and found myself at the tail end of a line waiting to follow the "follow me" truck down while they were still paving it.   We went halfway down at about 13 mph, but at least then it turned to fresh asphalt and I got to pass everybody.  So that part was good, at least.  And even that half ride was a lot better than the previous time (times?) when it was tar snakes all the way.

 

[1911]

As for the horses - could that have something to do with Assateague?  It's been so long I don't remember.

Close enough, in the name of not getting bogged down in something obscure.

Closest thing to an iron butt event we’ve done.

Somebody wrote a book about the feral horses on one of the islands around Assateague/Chincoteague, titled “Misty of Chincoteague”. Every little girl with a pony wish has read it and every chamber of commerce wishes somebody would do the same for their town.

Once a year the local volunteer fire dept rounds up the ponies and swims them across the channel. They look em over and inoculate them, auction off a few as a fundraiser, then swim the rest back over.

My wife read the book as a child and suckered me into taking a mc ride to see the event. July 2008 and it was HOT. 760 miles to get there with 0 interstate. On Tuesday we took the BRP up to Meadows of Dan then crossed VA on 58 to Norfolk and then up to Chincoteague. We got the Chamber’s  “everything on the island is booked for the pony swim” special on a musty motel room. Low tide was early Wednesday so we got up and went to watch the swim. We went back and checked out of our room then watched the World Famous Saltwater Cowboys drive the herd down Main Street to the auction pens. Then we rode all the way home. Didn’t want to burn another day off. Riding the Chesapeake Bay bridges and tunnels on a July afternoon was some special kind of hot. Fond memories.

 

[Goodman4]

Good story! I had never heard of this island but I've been reading about it since the guess. FjrVfr, it's yours again!