Hobo Jungle

[healey36]

Looking westward to Catoctin this evening:



Cheers...

Healey

[E7]

Healy,

Nice Pic! Looks like a small "burg" in the foreground......might it be Thurmont?

Rich

[rogruth]

We used to spend the night in Thurmont when going to Poughkeepsie to visit our son.

We would try to get there a little early and walk around town a little.
We also would stop in Point-Of-Rocks.

Those days are gone.Our son now lives about 500' away from us.

I will miss the trip to New York but I also know that I am not really able to do it anymore.

People often make comments about the beauty and attractions of certain areas.
I can't do that.I have found every part of the country to be interesting,attractive
and beautiful in its own way.I have not been to every state but I don't think the
rest of them,14 of the contiguous 48, would disappoint me.

Beautiful photo Healey.Show us more please.

[healey36]

That pic is from my backyard in Westminster, Md, looking toward Thurmont which is about twenty-five miles due west. The lights in the foreground are Westminster and in the distance the town of New Windsor, about six miles west of Parr's Ridge. The Maryland Midland Railroad cuts through Parr's Ridge on the old Western Maryland mainline, about a mile-and-a-half from where I'm standing.

One of the best train shops around is in Thurmont...Catoctin Mountain Trains. If you guys ever make it through Thurmont again, make sure you stop in. They are a great shop and repair center (fixed many of my DOA's over the years).

Healey

[rogruth]

Every time I was in Thurmont the railroad shop was closed.

[E7]

Next time I get over that way I will try and check out Catoctin Trains. Absolutely great scenery in that area! Rt. 15 seems to have escaped much of the blight that is inherent with other Interstates.

Rich

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Next time I get over that way I will try and check out Catoctin Trains. Absolutely great scenery in that area! Rt. 15 seems to have escaped much of the blight that is inherent with other Interstates.

Rich

Once you get a bit North of Frederick, it's a nice drive up to Gettysburg. If you go cross-country taking the lesser roads from there to say, Shippensburg, you can do some serious time travel backwards to earlier eras.

[J. S. Bach]

...snip...
Once you get a bit North of Frederick, it's a nice drive up to Gettysburg. If you go cross-country taking the lesser roads from there to say, Shippensburg, you can do some serious time travel backwards to earlier eras.

I took some back roads to Strasburg and you are so right, even US 30 is somewhat of a back road east of Lancaster; east of Chamberpot to around a little west of Gettysburg even more so. Not to mention a pleasant drive.

BTW, Rufus, did those gears in your head finally explode?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

...snip...
Once you get a bit North of Frederick, it's a nice drive up to Gettysburg. If you go cross-country taking the lesser roads from there to say, Shippensburg, you can do some serious time travel backwards to earlier eras.

I took some back roads to Strasburg and you are so right, even US 30 is somewhat of a back road east of Lancaster; east of Chamberpot to around a little west of Gettysburg even more so. Not to mention a pleasant drive.

Been driving a lot of those roads for about 40 years now -- still able to get onto one that just makes me want to pull over and enjoy the surroundings and view. However, the faint sound of banjos in the distance indicates that lingering might be somewhat unwise in some parts.......

BTW, Rufus, did those gears in your head finally explode?

Had them replaced with positron emitters.........

[J. S. Bach]

...snip...
Had them replaced with positron emitters.........

Be careful there, very, very careful:

[Rufus T. Firefly]

...snip...
Had them replaced with positron emitters.........

Be careful there, very, very careful:

To the best of my knowledge, there are no positron emitters of medical application that are also fissionable,

[healey36]

Link for Catoctin Mountain Trains:

http://www.cmtrains.com/index.html

Check 'em out...

[J. S. Bach]

To the best of my knowledge, there are no positron emitters of medical application that are also fissionable,

Fashionable?

[E7]

Been driving a lot of those roads for about 40 years now -- still able to get onto one that just makes me want to pull over and enjoy the surroundings and view. However, the faint sound of banjos in the distance indicates that lingering might be somewhat unwise in some parts.......

You're probably OK as long as you don't cross the Cahulawassee!

Rich

[E7]

Link for Catoctin Mountain Trains:

http://www.cmtrains.com/index.html

Check 'em out...

Thanks!

Rich