2025 Motorcycle Scavenger Hunt (Page 2 of 5)
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Attached File New target: your bike and a classic car. |
“Do not put yourself at the mercy of people who have none."
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“The American sniper” Chris Kylie’s memorial.Attached File Attached File Attached File Next target your bike and an old/abandoned bridge. |
“Do not put yourself at the mercy of people who have none."
The Goose Creek Stone Bridge crosses Goose Creek in Loudoun County, Virginia. The 200-foot long stone arch bridge spans the creek in four arches. Built about 1810, it is the largest stone turnpike bridge in northern Virginia, designed to carry the Ashby's Gap Turnpike across the creek.     Some of the most famous leaders and units that served in the Civil War fought in the fields overlooking Goose Creek and on the four-arched stone bridge spanning that waterway. Among them were J.E.B. Stuart, Alfred Pleasonton, Wade Hampton, Beverly Robertson, Judson Kilpatrick, David Gregg, Hart’s Battery, Moorman’s Battery, Fuller’s Battery, Calif’s Battery and Strong Vincent’s Brigade of infantry from the Union Fifth Corps – the famed 20th Maine, 16 Michigan, 44th New York and the 83rd Pennsylvania. That stone bridge became a major chokepoint during the opening phase of the Battle of Upperville, fought on June 21, 1863. Union General Alfred Pleasonton had been assigned the task of taking his 7,000 cavalrymen west along the Ashby Gap Turnpike to the Shenandoah Valley to report on the whereabouts of General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Lee’s army was believed to be marching down the Shenandoah en route to a second invasion of the North. Facing Pleasonton’s cavalry was the cavalry force under Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart, whose job was to delay the Union army and ultimately prevent it from crossing into the Shenandoah Valley. Dismounted Confederate cavalrymen and two batteries of artillery held the hill west of the Goose Creek Bridge. Two Federal artillery batteries, along with cavalry and infantry, held the high ground east of Goose Creek. An artillery duel raged for over an hour, with dreadful effect. Finally, the Federal infantry and cavalry attacked down the steep embankment to cross Goose Creek, forcing the Confederates to retire to the next high ground to the west. General Stuart’s stand here held the Federals at bay for over two hours and gave him time to consolidate his cavalry just east of Upperville, where he again delayed the Federal advance. Stuart’s skilled delaying tactics produced hard-fought battles at Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville. He ultimately succeeded in preventing Pleasonton’s troopers from gaining any fruitful intelligence about Lee’s movement north toward the Potomac River. The Battle of Gettysburg would erupt just 10 days after the clash at Goose Creek Bridge. Next target: Your bike and a stone house |
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Attached File Next target: your bike and a welcome to state sign. Attached File |
“Do not put yourself at the mercy of people who have none."
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Crappy picture I know but should be able to see the sign. Attached File Next a classic courthouse not a modern one. |
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Originally Posted By skyflyer: Crappy picture I know but should be able to see the sign. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/65117/20250322_142845_jpg-3497349.JPG Next a classic courthouse not a modern one. Damn it! I drove across AZ, so I'm posting anyway!  CA is obvious, AZ is next to Lordsburg NM. 
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Originally Posted By meltdown: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/27134/1000001778-3500799.jpg Your bike and a a schoolbus |
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Attached File Your bike and a headstone where the person died before 1900. |
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I got your chainsaw carving. Attached File Next up: Your bike and an Exotic car. |
"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend."
"This ain't Dodge City, and you ain't Bill Hickock."
"This ain't Dodge City, and you ain't Bill Hickock."
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Originally Posted By Sokarul: That was technically the target on 2/22(scroll up). I don’t know if you want a new target. I will take your bike with an exotic car that is not at a dealership, or at a car show. This is where I spent my Saturday: Attached File |
"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend."
"This ain't Dodge City, and you ain't Bill Hickock."
"This ain't Dodge City, and you ain't Bill Hickock."
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Originally Posted By Gyrene84: I will take your bike with an exotic car that is not at a dealership, or at a car show. This is where I spent my Saturday: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/235580/1000023732_jpg-3510620.JPG Shit! I forgot all about it and missed an F40.......  |
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Cool pics guys, keep them coming. Away from home and bikes for a few weeks, so this is much needed encouragement. Anchorage area had very little snowpack, daylight riding was generally safe and fun until Monday. People are saying around 6” of new snow  Sometimes you folks in the lower 48 catch my envy, but not often! This seems like it could get kinda challenging, posters are asking things like: Next target your bike next to a 2 rail split cedar fence, on a 3 way intersection, with grass on at least one corner, aand a crow sitting on the top fence rail - not a post or it doesn’t count  Looking forward to summer. |
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Originally Posted By JTMcC: Help me out here, what's the current target? The exotic car seems to have been answered? Maybe not? I got a "bike in front of a pre 1900 headstone", but I was about 30 seconds too late  Your bike and an Exotic Car / Super Car that's not at a dealer, or your bike at a car show. |
"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend."
"This ain't Dodge City, and you ain't Bill Hickock."
"This ain't Dodge City, and you ain't Bill Hickock."