ABCs of Geography

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    November 21, 2017 11:34 AM PST

    Albion, PA  

    (Where Mrs. RevBigJohn was born)

    Elev 984ft 41.89 °N, 80.35 °W

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    November 22, 2017 6:29 AM PST

    Big Bend Natl Park, Texas....(has it's own zip code so it counts) and just 7 miles down the road from me.

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    November 22, 2017 10:36 AM PST

    California, PA

    Elev 774ft 40.08 °N, 79.9 °W

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    November 24, 2017 6:15 AM PST

    Davenport, IA (I wonder how many furniture stores they have)

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    November 24, 2017 1:49 PM PST

    East Berlin, PA

    Elev 515ft 39.97 °N, 76.92 °W

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    November 25, 2017 6:16 AM PST

    Falmouth, MA (no cussin allowed there)

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    November 25, 2017 1:59 PM PST

    Garfield, PA  

    (named after the president, not the cat)

    Elev 500ft 40.42 °N, 76.03 °W

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    November 26, 2017 6:29 AM PST

    Hot Coffee, MS  (L.J. Davis built a store and hung a coffee pot over his door, advertising "the best hot coffee around". )

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    November 26, 2017 11:33 AM PST

    Independence, PA

    Elev 1234ft 40.56 °N, 80.27 °W

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    November 27, 2017 5:35 AM PST

    Japan and Jeddo, PA (Both names were designated by the Hazleton Coal Company, which used the Japanese port of Jeddo.)

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    November 27, 2017 2:28 PM PST

    Keystone, PA  (makes sense)

     

    Elev 2029ft 39.82 °N, 79 °W

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    November 28, 2017 7:44 AM PST

    LaJitas, Texas ( once planned to be a millionaires Texas desert resort...bust...but still pricey )

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    November 28, 2017 8:49 AM PST

    Meadville, PA 

    (home of Channellock)

    Elev 1089ft 41.61 °N, 80.15 °W

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    November 29, 2017 5:27 AM PST

    Nacogdoches, Texas...(some evidence of people living there 10,000 years ago)

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    November 29, 2017 8:41 AM PST

    Oil City, PA  (former headquarters of Quaker State)

    Elev 1040ft 41.44 °N, 79.71 °W

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    November 30, 2017 5:06 AM PST

    Port Clinton, PA...(never figured out why it was called a port...it is in the middle of the Appalachian Trail)

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    November 30, 2017 1:56 PM PST

    Queen, PA

    Elev 1240ft 40.26 °N, 78.49 °W

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    December 2, 2017 8:08 AM PST

    Rantoul, IL (spent one of the coldest winters of my life there in '71 at Chanute AFB)

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    December 2, 2017 11:14 AM PST

    Sagertown, PA.  (they used to make the world's best Ginger Ale there)

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    December 3, 2017 6:27 AM PST

    Terlingua, Texas (home of 'the' Road Dog)

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    December 3, 2017 1:23 PM PST

    Unityville, PA 

    (sounds like an agreable place)

    Elev 692ft 41.12 °N, 76.53 °W

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    December 4, 2017 4:21 AM PST

    Virginville, PA ( nice riding up there and the best weird town name ever)

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    December 4, 2017 11:38 AM PST

    Wall, PA

    Elev 1194ft 40.36 °N, 79.78 °W

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    December 6, 2017 4:18 AM PST

    Arghhh...Xenia, OH

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    December 6, 2017 11:35 PM PST

    Youngstown, OH

    Where I bought a new Ultra Classic in 2003

    Elev 873ft 41.1 °N, 80.65 °W