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I'll try to lookup the position of that building.

This morning I had a guest at my tent.


Here some more pictures of today.

That bug is called a cicada. Perfectly harmless. They hibernate in the soil for years and then dig out and climb up whatever is handy and shed their outer shell. What is left looks like a bug but is a hollow shell. I think that's what you have there.

The cicadas in the Mediterranean area of Europe (South of France, etc) make a heckava din, a scritchy-scratchy sound. Do these American ones do the same?

The Australian ones sure do.

When you get enough of them going at once they do! We are scheduled for our next 17-year cicada uprising in 2021.

They seem to be at their loudest on the hottest, most humid days.

Next in the Terminator series...?
"The Rise And Rise Of The Cicadas"!!

(07-09-2019, 09:58 PM)Stichill_imp Wrote: [ -> ]They seem to be at their loudest on the hottest, most humid days.

A definite signature of summer.

Django, such an awesome trip report and so great to follow your travels! ride safe and enjoy!

(07-08-2019, 12:25 PM)Stichill_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Wow, I love the Shenandoah Valley region and the Blue Ridge Highlands region of Virginia! God's country. Did you have a chance to see Big Walker Lookout or go into the Shangri-La of Burke's Garden? I think I saw that you found 16 "Back of the Dragon" between Marion and Tazewell.

I stopped Big Walker Lookout for a coffee and the view. That photo with the mountain panorama was taken there. Back of the Dragon was a great ride over those 3 hills. I also did part of the Claw of the Dragon and what not else. That's a great riding area there. They have a nice map with a collection of loops in that area (I posted a picture). I got it at the Big Walker Lookout, unfortunately after I have done most of them and at the day I was leaving. Well, at least it gave me confidence, that I didn't miss much.