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[PedalUma]

I like to watch the herons and egrets swallow whole gophers.

Patrice is bikepacking across the continent solo and made it over the continental divide in Montana. She has a highly modified Pashley Prospero with an optimized mid-drive. This is from Saturday.

 

[DaveMatthews]

That sounds like a nightmare Dave, glad you are back in the saddle buddy!

Cheers mate!
Takin' it easy. Slower than I had anticipated, but that's OK. I'd rather get it right...

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Herons are strange to me, they look so exotic that I feel everyone should be running to admire them, but they seem ordinary to most people.

Sad for people who can't see the wonder all around them. Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955):

Everything in the world is strange and marvelous to well-open eyes.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Sad for people who can't see the wonder all around them. Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955):

Stevie Wonder agrees...

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Stevie Wonder agrees...

Not surprised. Which tune are you thinking of?

 

[PedalUma]

Stevie Wonder agrees...

In the late '60's almost everyone of of his songs reveranced vision.

 

[DaveMatthews]

Not surprised. Which tune are you thinking of?

Sir Duke, "You can feel it all over"...

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Sir Duke, "You can feel it all over"...

 

[PedalUma]

She is on the move with 10932 feet in elevation gains. https://trackleaders.com/gawr26i.php?name=Patrice_McDonald
This is where she is riding right now.

 

[6zfshdb]

Took a ride on the D&L Trail through Lehigh Gorge to catch Union Pacific's #4014 Big Boy at Penn Haven Jct. It's the worlds largest operating steam locomotive. Wow what a beast!

 

[Darth_Vado]

Took a ride on the D&L Trail through Lehigh Gorge to catch Union Pacific's #4014 Big Boy at Penn Haven Jct. It's the worlds largest operating steam locomotive. Wow what a beast!

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wow, i can almost hear that thing huffing and puffing!

 

[stompandgo]

Wow. The ground must have shook like crazy.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Took a ride on the D&L Trail through Lehigh Gorge to catch Union Pacific's #4014 Big Boy at Penn Haven Jct. It's the worlds largest operating steam locomotive. Wow what a beast!

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Must've been a thrilling sight in that gorge. The Big Boy's the very definition of BIG!

We saw it at a Sacramento, CA train show many years ago. You can't really appreciate the immensity and sense of power it exudes till you're standing right next it feeling like an ant.

 

[6zfshdb]

Wow. The ground must have shook like crazy.

It did. I felt it coming long before I saw it.

 

[6zfshdb]

Must've been a thrilling sight in that gorge. The Big Boy's the very definition of BIG!

We saw it at a Sacramento, CA train show many years ago. You can't really appreciate the immensity and sense of power it exudes till you're standing right next it feeling like an ant.

Big, yes, but it looked like a model train as it crossed the historic Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct last Sunday. It's the worlds largest concrete arch bridge. The largest steam locomotive, crossing the largest concrete bridge, drew upwards of 10K spectators!

It looks like the spectators weren't the only picture takers. Check out the fireman standing on top of the tender taking pictures of the crowd. I guess he isn't afraid of heights.

 

[6zfshdb]

Here's another shot I took at Steamtown that you will likely never see again. It's a reunion of the #4014 and it's sister locomotive the #4012, two Big Boys side by side.
Talk about crowds. There were 26K visitors yesterday, and at least that many when I was there earlier today. I thought it was a Taylor Swift concert!