ABC's of Touring July
Sunday July 23, after Church and lunch I left Cassville and road down to Shade Gap on my new Harley-Davidson Street Glide. It was warm out, in the mid 80's. I got there and said hello to my mother and her friends. I did take a distant cousin for a ride around town. She said she liked the bike very much.
I then decided to go on a ride to fill in some photo requirements for HOG's ABC's of Touring. (A to Z in Towns, A to Z in Counties. A point for each. Then points for States, Countries, HOG Rallies and plant tours. 26 points a pin, 36 points a pin and patch, 46 points pin, patch, CD case, 56 points, pin, patch, CD case, leather Valet, 66 points all of that plus a silver coin)
I rode out 522 south to Burnt Cabins and then over to Fannettsburg for my "F". Then I went through Ft Loudon and across Rt 30 to take the back road to Upton. From there I went for my "G" at Greencastle. From there I rode down I-81 to take the photo of the bike, magizine and signs of the Maryland border sign with Washington Co County. Hay, thats 4 more points. So I rode another 11 miles to West Virgina and got that photo along with Berkey Co, WVA sign for 6 points total. Then on the way back I got the Welcome to Pa sign. I made it home late, around 10pm that night.
Monday morning I went to a VA Doctor's appointment. The counselor had me so worked up that I recorded the highest blood pressure ever for me! 188 over 110. Normally it is 118 over 72! They wouldn't let me leave for 2 hours until the BP came down. So I decided to take the trip to find my V and Z. So in Northern Centre County I went. So one more point for the Centre County sign. Then off to the town of Valley View. I took Rt 550. What a great riding road this is! Many hill and thrills of switchbacks and twisties. It was a challenge for me to ride on my new bike. I found the sign to take me to Valley View but no other signs or Post Office to be found! I rode around for about 40 minutes trying to find something. I finally took a photo of the Valley View United Methodist Church and a sign pointing to the town of Valley View. I finally got my "V". Now it was time to head for my "Z", which is the town of Zion. No probablems there. I filled up the tank and got a soda and off to home I went. I always wanted to get my "M" in Mount Union but I haven't made it there yet. So I stopped over the mountain and got the Mill Creek Post Office instead. Those 2 days is what I needed. I started to question my ability on handling the Street Glide. The Yamaha V-Star was that much easier because of less weight. After these two days of riding I have rebuilt my confidence in my riding skills. I really needed this.
For my towns I need "I" "Q" and "X". If I ride to York, Pa for the HOG Rally, I get get a point for that, a point for York County, a point for the factory tour. On the way there I can get Perry County, Daulphin County, Lancaster County and just maybe take a futher trip to Quarryville for my Q and onto the town of Innercourse for my "I". I won't get my "X" The only town that begins with the letter X in the whole US of A is Xiena, Ohio. Northwest of Cinncy. Map Quest says it is 498 miles on way from Cassville. I don't need that far of a trip. I would rather get some more counties and states instead. I could leave Cassville and make it to South Carolina in less than 400 miles! That would even give me more points.
By the way, my total points for the contest is 32 points so far!!! Just 4 more until I qualify for the pin and patch!!! If I can make it to the HOG Rally I might beable to reach the 46 points and get the CD Case also! Maybe next year I can shoot for the 66 points for the Silver Coin! Some year I will do that and maybe write a book on my travels for the ABC's of Touring. Sounds like fun. For 2005 there were 3 winner tied for first place. All of them had 165 points and travels overseas to get them. They hauled their bikes or flew there bikes everywhere just to win the contest. 2 of the winners were retired couples. The other was a female solo rider. She just bought her first bike a 2005 1200 Sportster. Not a bike to go cruising around in. She became the first female solo rider in the history of HOG's ABC Touring to win it! My hats off to her. She put on 58,000 miles last year and went to 20 countries. The other couple that tied with her put on 32,000. So they drove alot of places and haul their bike, not unlike the girl.
I hope everyone is enjoying my post. Some year I would like to travel with my sons and daughters on Harley's and see if we all can win this thing.
I then decided to go on a ride to fill in some photo requirements for HOG's ABC's of Touring. (A to Z in Towns, A to Z in Counties. A point for each. Then points for States, Countries, HOG Rallies and plant tours. 26 points a pin, 36 points a pin and patch, 46 points pin, patch, CD case, 56 points, pin, patch, CD case, leather Valet, 66 points all of that plus a silver coin)
I rode out 522 south to Burnt Cabins and then over to Fannettsburg for my "F". Then I went through Ft Loudon and across Rt 30 to take the back road to Upton. From there I went for my "G" at Greencastle. From there I rode down I-81 to take the photo of the bike, magizine and signs of the Maryland border sign with Washington Co County. Hay, thats 4 more points. So I rode another 11 miles to West Virgina and got that photo along with Berkey Co, WVA sign for 6 points total. Then on the way back I got the Welcome to Pa sign. I made it home late, around 10pm that night.
Monday morning I went to a VA Doctor's appointment. The counselor had me so worked up that I recorded the highest blood pressure ever for me! 188 over 110. Normally it is 118 over 72! They wouldn't let me leave for 2 hours until the BP came down. So I decided to take the trip to find my V and Z. So in Northern Centre County I went. So one more point for the Centre County sign. Then off to the town of Valley View. I took Rt 550. What a great riding road this is! Many hill and thrills of switchbacks and twisties. It was a challenge for me to ride on my new bike. I found the sign to take me to Valley View but no other signs or Post Office to be found! I rode around for about 40 minutes trying to find something. I finally took a photo of the Valley View United Methodist Church and a sign pointing to the town of Valley View. I finally got my "V". Now it was time to head for my "Z", which is the town of Zion. No probablems there. I filled up the tank and got a soda and off to home I went. I always wanted to get my "M" in Mount Union but I haven't made it there yet. So I stopped over the mountain and got the Mill Creek Post Office instead. Those 2 days is what I needed. I started to question my ability on handling the Street Glide. The Yamaha V-Star was that much easier because of less weight. After these two days of riding I have rebuilt my confidence in my riding skills. I really needed this.
For my towns I need "I" "Q" and "X". If I ride to York, Pa for the HOG Rally, I get get a point for that, a point for York County, a point for the factory tour. On the way there I can get Perry County, Daulphin County, Lancaster County and just maybe take a futher trip to Quarryville for my Q and onto the town of Innercourse for my "I". I won't get my "X" The only town that begins with the letter X in the whole US of A is Xiena, Ohio. Northwest of Cinncy. Map Quest says it is 498 miles on way from Cassville. I don't need that far of a trip. I would rather get some more counties and states instead. I could leave Cassville and make it to South Carolina in less than 400 miles! That would even give me more points.
By the way, my total points for the contest is 32 points so far!!! Just 4 more until I qualify for the pin and patch!!! If I can make it to the HOG Rally I might beable to reach the 46 points and get the CD Case also! Maybe next year I can shoot for the 66 points for the Silver Coin! Some year I will do that and maybe write a book on my travels for the ABC's of Touring. Sounds like fun. For 2005 there were 3 winner tied for first place. All of them had 165 points and travels overseas to get them. They hauled their bikes or flew there bikes everywhere just to win the contest. 2 of the winners were retired couples. The other was a female solo rider. She just bought her first bike a 2005 1200 Sportster. Not a bike to go cruising around in. She became the first female solo rider in the history of HOG's ABC Touring to win it! My hats off to her. She put on 58,000 miles last year and went to 20 countries. The other couple that tied with her put on 32,000. So they drove alot of places and haul their bike, not unlike the girl.
I hope everyone is enjoying my post. Some year I would like to travel with my sons and daughters on Harley's and see if we all can win this thing.
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