Furnaces, Bridges, and Floods (Oh My!): A BMW Tour of Washington County, MD

Downeaster1 · 06-15-2014, 01:39 PM

I remember seeing your car at Silver Spring.

GOLFFRR · 06-15-2014, 04:06 PM

very cool

Shon · 06-15-2014, 05:20 PM

Thank you for taking your time to write the whole trip story and for taking great pictures. I wanna go for a road trip now

e92stance · 06-15-2014, 06:18 PM

Amazing pics, amazing commentary and history.....thank you so much, just moved to Annapolis and now I have some ideas on where to drive and explore!!! Awesome!!!

positiveions · 06-15-2014, 11:56 PM

Wow. Thank you for sharing photos and taking the time writing the history behind each photo.

Pure · 06-16-2014, 05:29 AM

Great history and beautiful places surrounded by trees and plants. Elegant buildings. Of the most amazing places in the United States.
Cute!

Bahn360Photo · 06-16-2014, 07:00 AM

a ton of very cool shots! looks like a nice trip, thanks for sharing

Dackelone · 06-16-2014, 08:25 AM

Another great writeup and photos! keep 'em coming!!

RARZED4 · 06-16-2014, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Rick F.

rohitsja,

Thanks! Rumor has it that my next report will be about North Carolina and Tennessee

Rick

your next tour?

Have you checked out Mad Maps? worth packing down that way

DaveL

+1. Would be great to have que sheets for these tours...

grzes · 06-16-2014, 01:47 PM

that is nice, thanks for sharing, was really nice

warmtoes · 06-17-2014, 09:36 AM

Wow, fantastic writeup and pics. Those of us who are raised on the West Coast just don't get to see the historic places that are all over the Eastern seaboard out here. It's definitely something my wife and I want to do in the future. Thanks for sharing.

BruceOmega · 06-17-2014, 09:41 AM

Really enjoyed the photos and the commentary. We go to that area periodically, either to visit the immediate area or to travel through the area to Cumberland / Bedford Springs.

We've seen a few of the sights you've photographed, but you've opened up a whole new world of locations and roads we have not visited!

Thanks
Bruce

Hops128i · 06-18-2014, 07:07 PM

thanks for this!, excited about trying this area out for a weekend.

SouthernBoy · 06-18-2014, 07:24 PM

Those 2 hikers are the best part of the photos. I admire them for hiking the Appalachian trail. There any many people who attempt to do this every year and don't make it. They even started in Georgia (my home state) which is the most treacherous part of the trail. Some people skip Georgia because of this.

dbudh001 · 06-24-2014, 01:34 AM

This place looks like one of those places you see in scary movies. And you say to yourself. Wtf. Are you doing in a place like this in the first place.

With that being said. What camera and lenses did you use ? The pics are gorgeous.

TokyoCarGuy · 06-26-2014, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick F.

TCG,

PS: I would love to see some of your pictures from Japan. I've passed through Tokyo twice on the way to other places, but I've never had the chance to do any serious touring there.

I don't do that much scenery photography anymore, as I concentrate on cars, which you can find on my blog.

I have some old photos here. but it's a mixed bag, so lots of cars, travel, useless crap, and even screen shots. That site is a bit old, but they refuse to update the layout and give better options to organize and browse.

bomorgan123 · 06-26-2014, 08:48 PM

Hey! Looks like you were In my neck if the woods. I live in Sharpsburg

Rick F. · 06-30-2014, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by rohitsja

oh great, I'm assuming it will be the blue ridge parkway ðŸ˜ƒ

I so have to do the tail of the dragon stretch !!!

rohitsja,

Only a brief stretch of the BRP. But the full Tail of the Dragon!

Rick

Rick F. · 06-30-2014, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 2mnycars

your next tour?

Have you checked out Mad Maps? worth packing down that way

DaveL

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Originally Posted by 2mnycars

We did Skyway, Blue Ridge Parkway, and Tail of the Dragon in 2009. great trip. It was hunting season though...

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Originally Posted by 2mnycars

Reading more...I see the drive is done. Great! can't wait to read the tour report!

DaveL
Little Red Wagon

Dave,

Mad Maps are great! I had a lot of them on my Garmin Zumo, but I recently gave this GPS to a friend who is now using it on his Victory Vision. I exported a number of them first, however.

Regarding my Tennessee-North Carolina trip, before I had a chance to write it up I did a tour of the Catskills Mountains resort area in New York, on my way to Cape Cod. Plus, I stopped by Thompson Motor Speedway and F40 Motorsports in Connecticut on my way back, so now I have three full reports to do!

I hope all is well in Canada.

Rick

Rick F. · 06-30-2014, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Downeaster1

I remember seeing your car at Silver Spring.

Downeaster,

Yep, that's where I bought it! I've now got 7,000 miles on it, and it's been great. Of course, I'm still learning all of the functions available through the iDrive… That process may take another year or so!

Rick

Rick F. · 06-30-2014, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by GOLFFRR

very cool

GOLFFRR,

Thanks much!

Rick

GOLFFRR · 06-30-2014, 06:44 PM

^^No prob Rick have a great week

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