BMW Bikers of Metropolitan Washington

     This morning, I took advantage of the fact that I didn't have to substitute and got on the bike shortly after 9 am to go explore the shores of the Susquehanna North I-81/Harrisburg.

  I headed north on 15N from I-81 towards Marysville. The sun wasn't fully up over the mountains and the haze was still present over the water. I stopped ont he side of the road to take a photo of one of the many mountains there:

I took the picture and noticed something odd on the river:

There is a Statue of Liberty on what seems to be and old bridge foundation in the middle od the river (I apologize, my camera is not a fancy one and this is the best I could do in terms of zooming on the statue)

I got back on the bike and moved on. 15N is mostly long straight aways bordered on one side by the river, and by dead or dying communities on the other. The road is carved into the mountain side and one can see the various lines and curves in the rock face as one rides on the road. There are tons of boat access points that lead to the river's banks where rotting campers and trailers on stilts can be found strewn along the wide and lazy river.

sorry no pictures of the campers and trailers!

I made my way up to Northumberland/Sunbury Pa. rioughly 50 miles north of I-81. iIt is a quaint little town that smells like the coal burning powerstation just a few miles south of it. There, I found out that a fellow named Joseph Priestley (discoverer of oxygen) had his home.

Sunburry marked the point where I crossed the River and started my way back south. I took Route 147. This is a mountain road, much narrower than 15 and with a lot more hills and curves...a pleasure to ride on.
I decided to stop for a lucnh break in the country side.

My fancy lunch

My view while eating

After such a statisfying meal , I continued on my way back home. I then stopped to take a picture of the following barn. The subject is not really the barn but the ad for the tobacco. I really like barns that are painted with advertisements, they give them character. But what really caught my attention is that this was easily the fifth time I saw the very same ad painted on the side of a building. Mail pouch tobacco must have been popular in its day.

a few miles later, this cought my eye


Can anyone tell me the model and years of service of this tank? it looks recent.
Not far from the tank, I saw these two cabooses, left there as monuments to the busy commercial railway traffic in the area.

Oh! remember my writing about the carved mountains earlier, well from the other side of the river, they look even nicer

I want that house!!!!!

I finaly reconnected with I-81 around noon. I took once last picture of the river, the mountains and one of the stone railway bridges.

The ride was about three hours and 160 miles long. i wished I could have been out all day long.