Pic of the week game

[Steve]

OK, since videos are apparently not allowed, let's go to a single shot.

This is under the New River Gorge Bridge, near Fayetteville, West Virginia. The bridge is about 870 feet above the bikes. My bike is the blue one that is first in the far left line.



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[Mrs. Steve]

No videos, huh? That's too bad.

In its place, here is this picture. I don't remember where it was, but the bridge itself is rather unforgettable.
In case you can't tell, that is the back end of my bike. My son is taking the picture over Steve's shoulder, you can see the front of his windshield in the bottom of the picture.

[Charlie G]

IMG_2118_1 by gillinghams2007, on Flickr

Taken from one of the "Goat Path" bridges along the Salmon river (2015 California)

[Charlie G]

Well I guess I don't do bridge photos much but here is one of about three that I do have. It's kind of a big bridge so I didn't get very close. Bridge over Deception Pass in Washington State.



by soates50, on Flickr

This was a great trip Sandy and I am sorely going to miss this years adventure!

[Steve]

Charlie, you could have used that same picture for three weeks already: reflections, water and bridge.

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[Charlie G]

Charlie, you could have used that same picture for three weeks already: reflections, water and bridge.

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I haven't really grasped how this thread works but it seemed you guys were posting pictures of bridges. What the hey. Nice pictures....I'm subscribed now.

[Steve]

Yep, the rules are in post #1. In a nutshell, a theme for the week is posted on Saturday. Entries are accepted until Thursday. Picture must show your bike (past or current bike) along with the theme. Entries are voted upon on Friday. Winner is announced on Saturday. Winner chooses a new theme.

This week's theme was chosen by Baatfam: bridges.

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[Sandy]

This was a great trip Sandy and I am sorely going to miss this years adventure!

Yah, that was one of the better trips. Maybe second to one we did in your neck of the woods. That goat trail was fun.

[Baatfam]

Just thought I would keep a list of themes, so we can avoid duplicates. Here is what I pulled from the thread so far.

Date	Theme	By
1/21/2018	Low Light	Burque73
1/27/2018	Interesting/peculiar roadside attraction	dorkburger
2/3/2018	On the border	Burque73
2/10/2018	Slightly less than perfect riding weather	Mrs. Steve
2/18/2018	Bikes of GSR Rallys	Jedz123
2/24/2018	Sports	Burque73
3/3/2018	Playing with sunlight	trevor
3/10/2018	Reflection	Redman
3/17/2018	Motorcycle packed down	storm 64
3/24/2018	Something twisty	Sandy
3/31/2018	Water	Steve
4/7/2018	On/next to a bridge	Baatfam

[Steve]

Just thought I would keep a list of themes, so we can avoid duplicates.

Good idea. Thanks, Bob.

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[Redman]

Railroad Swing Bridge.

Here the bridge is open to allow for river traffic (train traffic would have a problem).


I took this picture quickly because getting there involved trespassing on private property of a company (a dock for unloading bulk material frieghter) and then along the railroad.

I wanted to get bike out on the end of that walkway (along left side of tracks) so could see the end of the tracks and the river in foreground and then bridge more obvious IN the water (not across the water), but I was concerned about how much time that would take. And I could see some dock workers looking at me then heading into the office. So I took the picture quickly.

THen thought I would turn bike around, for a better pose, and take another quick picture before leaving. Well, in trying to walk the bike and turn it around ... long story, shorter... bike about got stuck in some loose ballast stones, and in trying to get out of that we were going downhill. Stopped with front wheel right at the rivitement edge, still pointed downhill, endanger of going over into the river. After recovering from that, and getting pointed in right direction, I could see guys heading to a company truck, so I headed down the tracks and got out of there.

[storm 64]

Here is my entry for photo of the week. This picture was taken last spring, just after a big rain, somewhere in western Pennsylvania.

[fastbysuzuki]

This week my vote is for Redman

[cowboyup3371]

I'd like to vote for mine but for the sheer risk-taking (trespassing?) I'll throw my vote to Redman too

[Baatfam]

I have to give my vote to Dorkburger....

Although Trevor and Redman were both a close second.