The objective when I started the ride on my TW200, Yagi, was to ride to the American Girl Mine to see what was there. The mine was a source of gold back in the day.
According to Google maps it was 1.8 mi from my campsite so what the hell, why not?
What I found was that the road would turn very sketchy about halfway there, with large loose rocks in ruts, steep slopes up and down and just generally uncomfortable conditions.
I chickened out at .6 miles from the mine when the road went down a steep steep steep incline filled with rocks and loose gravel!
I was so unnerved by this section that I just quickly turned around and started making my way back, even without taking a picture of the steep sloping trail!
Here's some views on the way back:
I also stopped to take pictures of a couple of open pit mines, I think operated currently by AJ Mix. At least, that's what the logo said on the equipment within the fenced area.
6 comments:
Was there a fee to visit the center of the world? Have passed that place numerous times, always assumed it must be a religious order of some type. Odd that France would recognize it...
CCjon,$10 to get in. The creator/Mayor of Felicity/U.S. Marine LTC is of French descent. More info here: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2036
Never heard of the Official Center of the World. That is very interesting.
I'm thinking Mr Istel was a very persuasive man, Oz. There's a short video as part of the venue, and it shows appearances by the French ambassador, senior officers are both the US Marine corps and the French Foreign Legion at various dedication ceremonies. For example there's a whole role dedicated to the Korean war and the vets that died have their names there. There's another row just for the French foreign legion. But anyways, I think he was smart enough to claim the title of center of the world, since no one else had claimed it and got an official entity to agree.
I' confused, I always thought the center of the world was the Earth's core in geological terms or as per calculation of Andrew J. Woods, a scientist from San Diego located in Turkey, near the district of Çorum (in geological terms). What aspects would this the official center of the world? I have questions...
SonjaM, here's how it came about: https://www.historyingranite.org/things-to-see/center-of-the-world/
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