NERDS Ride

[bluejag]

So a few green shirts got together to ride up to NERDS

with supplies

course every ride starts with food Parker's Maple Barn

soon after Asphault Junkie (Paul) remembered he didn't change the air in his tire before we left so...

we found a nice place on the side of the road to do just that!

With new air we were off to see the secret Hobbit hut that Fred had told us about at breakfast,he said if we are real quiet we could sneek up on them and get a pic (not sure what was in Fred's egg's n hash but we followed him

Here we are sneeking up on the secret hobbit den

"I'm telling you guys they were there last time I swear"

No Hobbits

so we got a pic of the Hobbit Master

Gina explaining they are so small they can hide anywhere

After a great day of backroads and of course some dirt!we set up command central at the Commodores

Thank's Paul and Gina for a most excellent route up to NERDS Great Job! :yahoo: More to follow JAG

 

[dcarver]

excellent, keep them pix coming!

 

[Fred W]

John, Thanks for the PM alerting me to this thread. I somehow missed it this weekend.

The curious looking "Hobbit Hut" is actually something more mystical than just an old root cellar. It is known as "Calendar II" because the sun rises and shines through the stone door frame to hit the back wall two times each year, on the solstices. Who it was that built the stone chamber, what it was used for, and exactly when it was built are all mysteries. I can tell you first hand that a solo visit on a misty morning is an other worldly experience. Really cool.

The megalithic shelter is located on private property (which is the real reason for a need to be super stealthy) but although the perimeter is marked with "No Trespassing" signs, the property owners do not mind folks visiting as long as they are respectful. Speaking of the property owners, they are some pretty interesting characters in their own rights. Their names are Ann Johnston and Pritam Singh. I'll leave it up to you and your friend Google to get their stories.

It is only a hundred yards or so up a bridal path, just off of the public (unpaved) road, but you would never find it without some good clues, which are pretty hard to come by.

My pictures of Calendar II from my first visit:

Where the sun rises on the solstices:

Click the below picture for the full size panorama in a new window

 

[Fontanaman]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.