Hey Bobby, Looking forward to possible RivRally East. I'll keep watching for dates and places in future threads, so I can add to a fast filling summer schedule.
Cheers, Rusty On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 9:52:32 PM UTC-5, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > > Yes, back in the 70s they were planning to build the (ill-fated) Tocks Dam > and create a massive reservoir/recreational area. It thankfully never > happened, and in the mean time the Dept of the Interior had bought up all > the cabins/houses within the reservoir's planned 'footprint', forcing > people to move from the area. To this day it's still very remote (and > virtually abandoned) thanks to the displacement of all those people as a > result of the Tocks Dam project. > > On the Jersey side is Buttermilk Falls, a beautiful cascade in the woods, > that sits on one of the dirt roads in the Water Gap Recreational Area. > > I will begin planning this... perhaps for April? > > Peace, > Bobby > > On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 5:58:36 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> Back in the 70s they were saying they were going to let Old Mine Road >> "go back to nature". I remember it as being exceptionally nice. I >> think I recall us crossing the river into PA and going up to some falls >> -- Silverthread, perhaps? -- on the ride. Details, of course, are long >> gone, as it was 40 years ago, but some 20 years later on a drive up to >> NY we went on PA 209? and stopped and walked up one of those side roads >> to see some falls. It was January, I think, bitterly cold, and >> everything was frozen, stalactites and stalagmites of ice everywhere. >> Just breathtaking. >> >> And speaking of which, a few years ago we did a tour from Front Royal >> VA, 4 days self supported, that stopped at and visited Luray Caverns and >> Shenandoah Caverns. It's an excellent tour. >> http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2078 >> http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2079 >> http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2077 >> http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2076 >> >> The only thing I'd modify on these routes is to use a dirt road rather >> than the paved road that goes by some large resort on day 2 or 3. The >> paved road was \/\/\/\ and we got stuck into a huge exodus of traffic >> from the resort, which was most unpleasant. >> >> You set up a Delaware Water Gap tour and I'm definitely in. I'll bet >> Joan would be in as well. She's resisted the Riv Rallies for a couple >> of years but has now decided she's in for them, too. >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/qu2fGKIxOHMJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
