Do you remember the stone wall as you get into Cumberland, at the bottom of the hill, with all the crosses painted on it for those who didn’t make it?
Used to scare me to death, as a kid.
The road up to the hairpin curve is now something out of the apocalypse.
We take the bikes up there all the time on the way to Little Orleans and there are literally little saplings growing on the centerline.
They haven’t repaved that stretch of 40 in forever, which, for some reason, makes it all the more attractive to me.
The tourist trap right at the hairpin is now someone’s house and even the picnic tables on the “scenic view” side are fallen apart.
It is total Zombieland and I love it. :D
You should see what they’ve done with the old Town Hill Inn...
And I freaking love Berkeley.
I creep around the cemetery taking infrared photos whenever I can.
I hated when they made the cut.
70 went from barely any traffic to the Autobahn after that.
Friday the flatlanders tear west to God knows where and Sunday, they race back east again.
The only thing interesting about the cut is waiting for all that loose shale to crash down.
Every time I go by, it’s worse and the pitiful wire “fence” they put up to stop the rocks is next to useless.
I hang over in the fast line when I have to go through there...and I keep my eyes on the cut.
WOW. I haven’t been by the Town Hill Inn, in say, 30 years. Looks really good. The flatlanders, half of them are citified snots making their way up to their weekend getaways around Deep Creek Lake. I guess someone has to keep the businesses open up there, but that’s another nice ride. Not sure about which rock wall you’re referring to, coming in, is that coming down from the Maryland Ave. exit? If you haven’t seen that in a while, the city finally claimed eminent domain on that row of old houses at the bottom just as you hit the bridge, because someone else came in too fast and drove right into them. This time, the whole shebang burned, so they razed it and put in a parklet. LOL