Sorry for the delay… life got in the way in the form of a conference room with no windows and a lot of contract stuff and reporting.
Back to the story…
… after grabbing lunch and visiting the Veterans park, it was time to head toward home.
(I did manage to goof around before leaving Johnny Angel’s):
While heading out, it was clear that the art of building castles was not lost in this area:
(though the art of mowing the lawn apparently is lost…)
From the saddle:
Heading along down the road:
Hills off in the distance and the road curving and heading down:
Testing to make sure the mirror still works (yeah, that’s it):
Getting closer to the hills:
More sled trail crossing (saw quite a few of these so I think I’ll be coming down with the sled in a couple months):
Apple orchards are something of a recurring theme in this area… if you ever get the chance to try apple wine I’d recommend it:
If your ears are sensitive to pressure changes due to changes in altitude, don’t come here
Along with apples, old manure spreaders being used as decorations is apparently fairly popular:
Salt on the roads from recent snowfall tended to make things a bit squirrelly in corners… that made the decision on whether or not I would be hitting side roads on the way back fairly simple since I had no intention of ending up lowsiding:
Even so, the scenery was quite good just staying on Route 20:
Even completely in the middle of nowhere there’s drainage and granite curbs:
If you look on the left side of the next few pictures, you can just see the road snaking back to the left and going up that hill you see in the distance:
Once up that hill, it again became apparent the amount of effort it took to carve Route 20 into the rock:
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