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General Discussion / Re: ACA Donation Requests

« on: November 28, 2024, 01:00:34 pm »

And while I’m on a rant about their maps. Since when did Delaware and Maryland become all parks and. Forests. The background colors on all the maps are green meaning in cartography that it’s parks or forests. They need to change that.  When I look on the map, I’m looking for parks and Forest to camp out. The cartography team at ACA really blew it.


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General Discussion / Re: ACA Donation Requests

« on: November 27, 2024, 09:37:24 pm »

$100 should be lifetime membership to the forums and digital magazine. ACA is not trying to get members with their outrageous prices.

I bought the Delmarva maps and was so disappointed in it. I cycle from camp to camp only. I’m not a credit card tourist. The maps don’t clearly point out camping in easy to find spot. Nor show the park or campground entrances.

A lot of the map was on miscellaneous info that should have been on a separate page. I can’t read the tiny directions while cycling.

The Service Directory on the back has to be photo copied because it’s cut up for the individual maps. What were you thinking?


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General Discussion / Re: Best Tips for Cooking on the Road

« on: March 23, 2024, 08:01:14 pm »

I’ve been finding in convenience/ gas station stores hard boiled eggs, packets of nuts, vegetable packs and other better things now. Hot soups, pizza and salads. Credit card cooking I call it. Things have gotten better at convenience stores lately.


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General Discussion / POLL: What services are most important to you on a map?

« on: January 31, 2024, 09:04:55 pm »

I would like to see a separate box with just campsites/lodging. I want to be able to calculate my daily mileage by this.
  I have the Delmarva map and quickly locating campsites in the mixed boxes is time consuming. On the left side of the campsite/ lodging should be the milepost and then the distance off the route.
  ACA has a huge space dedicated to the history/geography that should be on a separate page. When I cut up the map I should have map on one side and have separate boxes labeled for lodging,services, emergency, etc on the other side. Quick and easy scan to find what you need.


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General Discussion / Re: Barge and Bike in the USA?

« on: July 31, 2023, 05:22:59 pm »

Canal boats in Great Britain! There are so many canals to rent boats at. In Scotland a canal goes from downtown Edinburgh to Falkirk Wheel. I’ve been on one and it’s pretty nice with bathroom, shower, kitchen. Easy to steer and dock. Maps include where to dock and go touristing.


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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: Atlantic Coast #2 Maps 22-23. Closure due to rockslide. Feb. 2023

« on: June 02, 2023, 07:37:25 pm »

Thanks, Rootchopper and Bikelicious for that info. I didn’t have time to go through to check it out myself to see if was passible.


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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: Atlantic Coast #2 Maps 22-23. Closure due to rockslide. Feb. 2023

« on: June 02, 2023, 07:37:17 pm »

Thanks, Rootchopper and Bikelicious for that info. I didn’t have time to go through to check it out myself to see if was passible.


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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: Atlantic Coast #2 Maps 22-23. Closure due to rockslide. Feb. 2023

« on: June 02, 2023, 07:37:08 pm »

Thanks, Rootchopper and Bikelicious for that info. I didn’t have time to go through to check it out myself to see if was passible.


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General Discussion / Re: Must have spare parts/tools

« on: May 15, 2023, 08:11:37 pm »

Take the Fiberfix spoke replacement. Worth it’s weight in gold.


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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: Atlantic Coast #2 Maps 22-23. Closure due to rockslide. Feb. 2023

« on: February 14, 2023, 10:57:47 am »

At milepost 7 you pass the Columcille Megalith Park.

At milepost 6 you pass an Appalachian Trail crossing. There’s a leanto about 1 1/2 in on the south side.


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General Discussion / Re: Your best single piece of advice

« on: January 11, 2023, 10:39:53 pm »

The single best piece of advice is a tip I picked up on this forum: "Never quit on a bad day".

So true!  My first backpacking trip after many years was a ‘bad day’. A torrential downpour minutes after I started. I was climbing with my hands up the mountain in mud flowing down the trail. Soaked to the bone and exhausted on the first day. I wanted to give up. I persevered and had a fantastic time. I found a cherry tree with a ton of ripe cherries. Had a bath in a warm spring. Camped with an Appalachian Trail thru hiker who played the guitar into the night. Had a coyote check me out in my hammock. Saw a bobcat. While sitting on a Ridge, a National Guard Warthog plane buzzed me several times. The pilot slowed way way down and waved to me at my level.  90 degrees a couple days I got to swim in an ice cold stream.

I’m glad I didn’t give up.


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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Atlantic Coast Sec 02 Road Closure Oct. 2022

« on: January 10, 2023, 07:31:15 pm »

Now more bad news has Rte. 611 into the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area had a rockslide. It looks like it will be closed until August. Rte. 611 on the Monroe County border just south of Water Gap, Pennsylvania.

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Temporary ACA Route Road Closures / Re: Atlantic Coast Sec 02 Road Closure Oct. 2022

« on: December 14, 2022, 07:59:49 pm »

I saw on the news today that this section north of Belvidere NJ (on the Pennsylvania side) will be closed for a much much longer period now. The rock cliff has had more rocks fall.


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Gear Talk / Re: Gear that I was glad to have taken

« on: November 13, 2022, 09:33:53 am »

My NOAA radio was a tiny one from Cabelas I bought years ago.  It had a n extendable antenna and ran on one AA battery.


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Gear Talk / Re: Gear that I was glad to have taken

« on: November 10, 2022, 08:42:40 pm »

You’ll be amazed at the lack of cellular connectivity there is out there. An NOAA Radio is my safety net.


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