Stopped for gas and a small block 350 on trike...
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loginChecked in the hotel and threw Paul the keys to my WG to have a go. He and all his buddies ride baggers and were bust'n on Philbilly and I about old school. So I zinged back with "any of you wet behind the ears Louis Vuitton handbaggers care to slap some money on the counter I'll make ya look bad on my WG. hehe All in good fun! Guys always bust on each other, it's what we do.
Paul loved it and said I get it, I feel like I'm driving a Winnebago compared to the WG. (wish I had my XR that day...) I never understood the German helmet thing, only thing missing was a paper puncher on top. lol
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loginWe took some back road and he led us to Sach's covered bridge. They hung Confederates inside this bridge and as the story goes, it's supposed to be haunted by pissed off spirits.
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loginSach's Covered Bridge - America's most Haunted bridge. Read about it here:
http://www.astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2018/4/22/sachs-covered-bridge The Sachs Covered Bridge was built around 1854 at a cost of $1,544. On July 1, 1863, the bridge was crossed by the two brigades of the I Corps of the Union Army heading towards Gettysburg. The III Corps also crossed the bridge heading to the Black Horse Tavern. Four days later, the majority of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia retreated over the bridge after the Union victory in the Battle of Gettysburg.
The bridge was designated Pennsylvania's "most historic bridge" in 1938 by the predecessor of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the Department of Highways. After a plan in 1960 to replace the bridge, the Cumberland Township officials voted to close the bridge to vehicular traffic, while leaving it open to pedestrians, on May 9, 1968. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 25, 1980.
On June 19, 1996, a flash flood knocked the bridge from one of its abutments and it incurred substantial damage; an iron bridge on the Marsh Creek was also heavily damaged and another destroyed. A $500,000 restoration on the bridge was already in progress before the flood; an additional $100,000 was raised to repair the damage incurred. The bridge was rededicated on July 21, 1997.
Rode through the battlefield. I could spend an entire day here. So much crucial history of how this country unfolded happened right on this very battleground. Each of the states that had men fight at Gettysburg erected monuments for their fighting boys they lost. Some were simply put amazing!
New York
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loginI will revisit alone someday and view each of the monuments from our great states.
http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-gettysburgFoughtUnion Army: 82,289
Confederate Army: 75,000
Casualties23,049 Union
28,063 Confederate
To put that into perspective:- 116,516 American deaths in WW1
- 405,399 American deaths in WW2
- 43,891 American deaths in Korean War
- 58,167 American deaths in Vietnam
- 624,511 American deaths in the Civil War
- 51,112 American deaths in Gettysburg alone...
Over 50,000 American's died that day.... In my last job I worked for a 3 star general who is on the board of directors at Gettysburg. We took the staff of 80 people for a private tour of years ago and I believe 50 years after this battle a reunion was held in 1913 and these young men here in their 60s and 70s then, held up cones to their ears because most were deaf to hear the president Woodrow Wilson's recital Lincoln's Address. 50 fights broke out during that reunion with the old guys. Still some strong feelings back then.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913_Gettysburg_reunion
Okay, okay, back to bikes and stuff. Sorry folks...
