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        • Day 1: Arlington, VA > Arlington, VT
        • Day 1-2 (Continued) Back to VA!!!
        • Day 3: Newburyport, NH > Sandy Cove, NS
        • Day 4: Loafing around "The Neck"
        • Day 5: Sandy Cove, NS to Antigonish, NS
        • Day 6: Antigonish, NS to Meat Cove, NS
        • Day 7: Meat Cove, NS to Port Aux Basques, NFL
        • Day 8: Port Aux Basques to Port Saunders
        • Day 9: Port Saunders to Big Brook
        • Day 10: Big Brook, NL to Trans Lab Hwy
        • Day 11: Trans Lab Hwy to Pinware River
        • Day 12: Pinware River, LAB to Norris Point, NL
        • Day 13: Norris Point to Blue Beach
        • Day 14: Blue Beach, NL to Port Aux Basques Ferry
        • Day 15: Sydney, NS to Sandy Cove, NS
        • Day 16: Chillin on the Digby Neck
        • Day 17: Sandy Cove, NS to No. Sandwich, NH
        • Day 18: Sandiwch, NH to Arlington, VA (Home)
      • Algonquin Park 2013 >
        • Day 1: Home to New York
        • Day 2: Chataugay State Forest to Brent, ON
        • Day 3: Brent, ON to Nipissing River Portage at Nadine Lake
        • Day 4: Nipissing River @ Nadine Lake Portage to first island in Red Pine Bay
        • Day 5: Red Pine Bay to Hogan’s Lake
        • Day 6: Hogan’s Lake to Catfish Lake
        • Day 7: Catfish Lake to Cedar Lake to Fredonia, NY
        • Day 8: Fredonia, NY to Brookville, PA
        • Day 9: Brookville, PA to Alexandria, VA
      • Think I'll ride to Montreal this weekend...
      • Ontario on a Whim
    • Maryland >
      • How to Hit a Tree, By ME!
      • Ruckus Stealth Camping in MD
      • Ruck'n around Southern MD
      • White's Ferry and some Maryland Backroads
      • 1000mi right near da' beach (2010)
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      • Finger Lakes trip to NY (2011)
      • New York City Trip (2011)
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      • Michaux Camping
      • From a Wedding to "Where-da-fugawi?"
      • Pennsylvania Leaf Peeping (2012)
      • First Big Trip to PA (2010)
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      • What the Fog? (Northern Neck, VA - 2013)
      • Uncle Bucks Ride to Eat and Snowy SNP
      • Charlottesville Area Ride
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      • Ruck'n Across Virginia (2010)
      • Impromptu Camping with 'DC Rider' (2010)
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      • GS and an NSX? (2012)
      • Seneca Rocks Camping Two-Up (2011)
      • Panniers Only Club at Seneca Rocks, WV (2010)
      • Laurel Fork Fall 2010 on the Honda Ruckus 50cc (2010)
      • Dog Days Rally and Rella's Gift (2010)
      • Pops and Richmonders in WV (2010)
      • Rocket Boys (2010)
      • New River Gorge and Rella's (2010)
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      • Trip Preparation
      • Day 1: (Sept 3, 2010)
      • Day 2: (Sept 4, 2010)
      • Day 3: (Sept 5, 2010)
      • Day 4: (Sept 6, 2010)
      • Day 5: (Sept 7, 2010)
      • Day 6: (Sept 8, 2010)
      • Day 7: (Sept 9, 2010)
      • Day 8: (Sept 10, 2010)
      • Day 9: (Sept 11, 2010)
      • Day 10: (Sept 12, 2010)
      • Day 11: (Sept 13, 2010)
      • Day 12: (Sept 14, 2010)
      • Day 13: (Sept 15, 2010)
      • Day 14: (Sept 16, 2010)
      • Day 15: (Sept 17, 2010)
      • Day 16: (Sept 18, 2010)
      • Day 17: (Sept 19, 2010)
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Ruckus Stealth Camping in MD (2013)

9/10/2013

I decided to roughly test my Ruckus camping setup overnight last Friday.
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Picked up a Subway foot long to save on having to make dinner.
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Looked over and noticed Sugarloaf Mountain basking in the golden hour rays of the sun.
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OHHH YEAHHH
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The fading rays of the sun had already passed over the Potomac River as I reached the end of the road. The verdrant vegetation only has another month or less until it brightens up for the fall colors.
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I found an ATV path just beside the train tracks and explored it until it dead ended at a creek.
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This seems like a good place to hang my head for the night!
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I crack open a Guiness, string up my hammock and kick back for a nice relaxing evening beside the babbling creek when I hear the distinct rattle of a dirt bike exhaust. Crap. It grows closer and closer. I pack up the hammock quickly, hide my beer and act like nothing is out of the ordinary...just hanging out on my 50cc scooter down an ATV trail in the woods in MD. The usual.

This 14 year old kid comes tearing through the woods on a mini sized ATV and stops just as he gets to me. His eyes were wide and I could tell he was wishing it had a reverse gear. I waved and said "Howdy!". Somewhat disarming him, I go to shake his hand, and he limply shakes mine and introduces himself as Josh. He lived in the house I passed up the gravel road. He waved back when I cruised past an hour earlier. We chatted about how him and his pop built this four wheeler out of a 125cc dirtbike engine and how much fun it is for its size because of the clutch and small tires. I moved the ruckus and he drove it into the creek to show off. It grew dark, he grew tired of riding around the creek and I helped push him out. He invited me to go night fishing but I told him I'd pass. Had a long day.
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Off he went and out came the hammock again. The frogs chirped their distinct song of summer as I hung in the hammock listening to the creek. Every 30 min or so the MARC Brunswick line rolled past and later in the night, a couple CSX freight trains.
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The morning silence wasn't broken too harshly when I started up the little 50cc Ruckus. Up and running, she blasted off into the cool morning air at a respectable 30mph. We're off like a herd of turtles!
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The sunrise over Sugarloaf Mountain was beautiful as the mist hung in the bean fields.
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I had some coffee and a fast food bfast sandwich and headed back down the road onward to home. I may not be that far from home but getting out into the country in the morning feels so right. The smells, the sights, everything stirring and waking up.
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I took a side tour down to Seneca Creek where I saw the old C&O Canal Aqueduct.
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They had a nice picnic area and some mowed trails I imagine would be great for birdwatching. Or hiding a Ruckus in the future :evil
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The morning scenery:
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Maryland is very active with cyclists on the weekends. This was outside Potomac. They really ride the roads out here with a vengeance.
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Believe me...he was moving fast.
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Nuff Said
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Stats for the trip! (My lowest everything ever) It ain't about the miles, sometimes it is about the smiles.
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Oh yeah I went back on a similar route in the afternoon with Dr. Beard on the GS's and snagged the Goose sign I missed.
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WE saw this nice 308 outside Boulangerie in Potomac.
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Then I let him go ahead on River Rd.
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White's Ferry Rd and the lovely grove of trees.
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Passing maneuver.
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And on up to Harper's Ferry
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Then a short cruise along the Shenandoah
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The elusive octopus GS rider was hot on my tail
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That's more like it.
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Caught up to this stranger on 66.
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After getting home, I loaded my inflatable kayak on the Ruckus and went down to the water for a maiden voyage.
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Beautiful Great Blue Heron
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Bald Eagle
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Fowl
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Paddled from Belle Haven to Jones Point Lighthouse
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The wind picked up making it interesting in my inflatable boat. I took a short break paddling back. Enchiladas were at 7PM and it was nearing 6:30. Time to get home and grab some beer on the way!
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It was a full Saturday!

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  • Scoot
  • Paddle
  • Pedal
  • Moto
    • The South >
      • Merchant's Millpond State Park, NC
      • BRP and a visit to Charlotte, NC
      • South Carolina and Back on my GS (2011)
      • Jaw-ja Trip #1 - Visiting my Nephew
      • Jaw-ja Trip #2 - Cousin's Wedding
      • "You rode 1300 miles for BBQ?!?" (2010)
    • Canada (eh) >
      • 2012 - Beards to Canada >
        • Day 1: Arlington, VA > Arlington, VT
        • Day 1-2 (Continued) Back to VA!!!
        • Day 3: Newburyport, NH > Sandy Cove, NS
        • Day 4: Loafing around "The Neck"
        • Day 5: Sandy Cove, NS to Antigonish, NS
        • Day 6: Antigonish, NS to Meat Cove, NS
        • Day 7: Meat Cove, NS to Port Aux Basques, NFL
        • Day 8: Port Aux Basques to Port Saunders
        • Day 9: Port Saunders to Big Brook
        • Day 10: Big Brook, NL to Trans Lab Hwy
        • Day 11: Trans Lab Hwy to Pinware River
        • Day 12: Pinware River, LAB to Norris Point, NL
        • Day 13: Norris Point to Blue Beach
        • Day 14: Blue Beach, NL to Port Aux Basques Ferry
        • Day 15: Sydney, NS to Sandy Cove, NS
        • Day 16: Chillin on the Digby Neck
        • Day 17: Sandy Cove, NS to No. Sandwich, NH
        • Day 18: Sandiwch, NH to Arlington, VA (Home)
      • Algonquin Park 2013 >
        • Day 1: Home to New York
        • Day 2: Chataugay State Forest to Brent, ON
        • Day 3: Brent, ON to Nipissing River Portage at Nadine Lake
        • Day 4: Nipissing River @ Nadine Lake Portage to first island in Red Pine Bay
        • Day 5: Red Pine Bay to Hogan’s Lake
        • Day 6: Hogan’s Lake to Catfish Lake
        • Day 7: Catfish Lake to Cedar Lake to Fredonia, NY
        • Day 8: Fredonia, NY to Brookville, PA
        • Day 9: Brookville, PA to Alexandria, VA
      • Think I'll ride to Montreal this weekend...
      • Ontario on a Whim
    • Maryland >
      • How to Hit a Tree, By ME!
      • Ruckus Stealth Camping in MD
      • Ruck'n around Southern MD
      • White's Ferry and some Maryland Backroads
      • 1000mi right near da' beach (2010)
    • New York >
      • Cornell, Niagara Falls and PA Coal Country (2012)
      • Finger Lakes trip to NY (2011)
      • New York City Trip (2011)
    • Pennsylvania >
      • Early Spring in PA
      • Michaux Camping
      • From a Wedding to "Where-da-fugawi?"
      • Pennsylvania Leaf Peeping (2012)
      • First Big Trip to PA (2010)
    • Virginia >
      • From the Mountains to the Sea in Ol' Virginny'
      • What the Fog? (Northern Neck, VA - 2013)
      • Uncle Bucks Ride to Eat and Snowy SNP
      • Charlottesville Area Ride
      • Serious Helmet Time in VA (2011)
      • Ruck'n Across Virginia (2010)
      • Impromptu Camping with 'DC Rider' (2010)
    • West Virginia >
      • Rella-Vous and Skippii Rescue
      • New River Gorge Ghost Town Exploration (2011)
      • Five States from Laurel Fork (Spring 2013)
      • A Little Dirt, A Little Clouds, A lotta Fun, WV (2012)
      • GS and an NSX? (2012)
      • Seneca Rocks Camping Two-Up (2011)
      • Panniers Only Club at Seneca Rocks, WV (2010)
      • Laurel Fork Fall 2010 on the Honda Ruckus 50cc (2010)
      • Dog Days Rally and Rella's Gift (2010)
      • Pops and Richmonders in WV (2010)
      • Rocket Boys (2010)
      • New River Gorge and Rella's (2010)
    • Cross Country 2009 >
      • Trip Preparation
      • Day 1: (Sept 3, 2010)
      • Day 2: (Sept 4, 2010)
      • Day 3: (Sept 5, 2010)
      • Day 4: (Sept 6, 2010)
      • Day 5: (Sept 7, 2010)
      • Day 6: (Sept 8, 2010)
      • Day 7: (Sept 9, 2010)
      • Day 8: (Sept 10, 2010)
      • Day 9: (Sept 11, 2010)
      • Day 10: (Sept 12, 2010)
      • Day 11: (Sept 13, 2010)
      • Day 12: (Sept 14, 2010)
      • Day 13: (Sept 15, 2010)
      • Day 14: (Sept 16, 2010)
      • Day 15: (Sept 17, 2010)
      • Day 16: (Sept 18, 2010)
      • Day 17: (Sept 19, 2010)
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