Belle isle was incredible

[Bonduranto]

i dont know about the rest of you guys, but i thought that uniing at
belle isle today was incredible, some of the highlights were Muniracer
falling, he should have died and exploded, but wasnt hurt, and me
totally owning a certain trail, oh, and being owned by a certain trail


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[harper]

Pictures, please.


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-Greg Harper

B L U E S H I F T

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[Bonduranto]

sorry harper, none yet, i think john glazer's dad took some, though

hell (get it, "hell", i left out the apostrephe so i could make a joke
about our name) hopefully get them up soon


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[chirokid]

Great to hear you guys had a great, and safe, day riding.

I think I speak for the whole unicycle community when I say we were
envious of all you that got to experience the Richmond ride today.
Those 47 posts just getting ready for the ride was sort of rubbing our
nose in it, but we rejoiced with you too!

I'll watch for the pictures. --chirokid--


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[grey]

You mean that you didn't mean Belle Isle, in the Detroit River? Seeing
the subject line got my hopes up. :(

I have ridden around there once this summer. Will do it more next
summer.


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grey - George Kleinert

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prosthetic device to keep the earth away." - cyberbellum
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[hell-on-wheel]

I didn't know there was another Belle Isle. This Belle Isle is in James
River. Also known as "Island of Misery", Belle Isle was used by the
Confederates as a 'prisoner of war camp'
(http://www.censusdiggins.com/prison_bellisle.html) during the Civil
War.

Some pictures 'here' (http://www.mdgorman.com/belle_isle_prison.htm).

Walt Whitman once commented on prisoners leaving Belle Isle:

"Can those be men? Those little livid brown, ash streaked,
monkey-looking dwarves? - are they not really mummified, dwindled
corpses?"

Here's a 'list' (http://www.mdgorman.com/belle_isle_burials.htm) of the
known soliders buried there. Evidently their remains were moved when
they put in the Lee Bridge.

Belle Isle has also been home to a rock quarry, a hydro-electric plant,
and parts of a steel factory. Now, its crazy trails and rock formations
are used by mountain and trials unicyclists.

But man, that was a fun day. Mike totally helped us push our limits on
some of the crazier descents and trials lines. I think everyone had a
good time. Can't wait to see the pictures.

-Frank


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