After spending 6 hours listening to the drone of a bunch of suits during the New Employee Orientation for my new job I really needed to clear my head and when I stepped outside it was 71 Degrees! Oh Yeah! Time for a ride! Since the HQ was near 66 that heads straight west toward Blue Ridge the choice of destinations was obvious.
A quick buzz down 66 got me to one of my favorite roads, namely Old Route 55. After wondering around for a bit I came across a road I hadn’t explored so I hung a quick left of 55 and after around a 100 feet of pavement I found myself looking a steep uphill grave road that disappeared around a sharp righthander. After debating for moment if I wanted to tackle a twisty gavel road on the Autobasu (Highway Pig) I figured what the f… the GPS SAID it went thru so at least I wouldn’t have to worry about wrestling the beast in one-lane gravel turn-a-round (or so I hoped!) I headed up the road. Good choice as it turned out.
Most of these were tough to shoot since I was shooting into a setting sun under a clear sky....
The Road…
A nice rock wall around an old cemetery..
At the far end of the road was a nice old house circa 1860
I wound up near another favorite road that goes thru another small town called Aldie where there is a nice little lake with a “Swan Crossing” sign across the road..
An old tree stub by the lake…
And with the recent and decent amount of rain of late the old stone dam finally has water flowing over it….
And finally for all yous north of us that are still stranded in snow…..
This Buds for you…..
Spring is finally coming to DC Yeah!!!!!
And this morning, even at 5AM I didn't need my liner or electrics YEAH!!!
RM