Its website describes Motorcyclepedia as follows:

MOTORCYCLEPEDIA MUSEUM:
a motorcycle enthusiast’s paradise, where you’ll find:

* 85,000 square feet of museum space
* Over 450 Motorcycles
* Motorcycles from 1897-Present
* Military, Police and Harley Davidson galleries
* Rare vintage bikes such as a circa 1897 DeDion
* THREE Incredible Motordromes!
* Fun for the whole family!
* Much, much, more! Come and see for yourself!

A sign beside this sculpture reads:

The Ribbon From Her Hair

The ribbon tied to this motorcycle cap surely was given to him by the fair lady watching anxiously urging him to victory.

The Ribbon From Her Hair is a bronze sculpture by Jeffrey Huber. In this piece Glenn Curtiss, an internationally famous motorcyle racer and pilot in the early 1900s rides his Curtiss motorcycle at high speed on a wooden velodrome built for bicycles. Curtiss started riding in 1901. In 1903 her started the G.H. Curtiss manufacturing Company for which he rode with brilliant results.

Easy Rider?

The museum has a large collection of ‘Indian’ motorcycles. This, I imagine, is the ‘Indian’

Motorcycle innards

Emblem motorcycle from the Pope Manufacturing Company

1928 Bohmerland 600cc Touring Model with sidecar

Apparently Washington had a number of HQs. This one is in Newburgh, NY. Wikipedia has this (among other things) to say about it:

Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site is a historic site in Newburgh, New York, USA. It consists of the Hasbrouck House, the longest-serving headquarters of George Washington during the American Revolutionary War, and three other structures.

It is also the oldest house in the city of Newburgh, and the first property acquired and preserved by any U.S. state for historic reasons. For both that and its historic value it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

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Hasbrouck House served as Washington’s headquarters during the Revolutionary War from April 1782 until August 1783. It was chosen for its comparatively safe location north of the strategically important West Point. The 7,000 troops of the Continental Army were encamped near what is today known as Vails Gate, a few miles to the southwest.
In the headquarters at Hasbrouck House, Washington rejected a suggestion to institute an American monarchy and defused the threat of a mutiny among his officers over pay and pensions. He also created and first awarded the Badge of Military Merit which became the forerunner of the Purple Heart. On April 19, 1783, he issued an order for the “cessation of hostilities”, which formally ended the fighting of the Revolutionary War.

I’d seen pictures of the site before but had never visited it. From the pictures it appeared that it was out in the country somewhere. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that it was right in the middle of Newburgh. I was driving through some not too nice looking parts of Newburgh when I came across this ‘oasis’ overlooking the Hudson.

A nearby plaque describes this as “The Minuteman. Given by David Barclay, November 11, MCMXXIV (which I believe is 1924)

View across the Hudson to Mount Beacon (I think)

The Hasbrouk House from the Hudson River side.

The Tower of Victory. Formerly had a viewing platform with a roof on top. Apparently this was damaged in a hurricane in the 1950s and removed. Restoration efforts are underway. To find out more and to see the tower in its original glory see the Newburgh Restoration site.

The man himself: General (president) George Washington in the Tower of Victory.

Detail from the facade of the Tower of Victory.

Washington Statue from the small, but interesting museum

Tower of Victory with the Hasbrouk House in the background.

I took the dog for a walk around Danbury Fair Mall while my wife was shopping. It’s a bit more interesting than your average mall. It’s located right next to Danbury Airbport so you have planes landing and taking off. It’s also right next to some wet lands, which provide some visual interest. These pictures show how useful the Sony RX100 can be. It’s so small it easily fits into a pocket. On other occasions I might not have had a camera with me so I wouldn’t have gotten any of these. If I had had a camera with me it would probably have been the Sony NEX 5n. I love this camera but I usually take my time over subjects that don’t move (or move very slowly). So I have it set on Direct Manual Focus so I can tweak the autofocus (which I don’t entirely trust). Combined with focus peaking I find this works very well. However, it doesn’t work for very fast moving subjects. With the RX100 I just pointed and shot and was very pleasantly surprised. The picture of the geese is very severely cropped as I was a long way away from them, but at least I got something. Likewise the picture of the aircraft, which I didn’t notice until it was almost past.

Coming in for a landing


Swans on ice


Tree bark


Girders


Out for a smoke


Patterns in steel


Fountain


Porsche

St. Augustine’s is an interesting church with an amazing view out over the Hudson. It also has some interesting stations of the cross, which I neglected to photograph. The church website has an interesting page on the history of the church.

The view

St. Augustine?

Crucifix with church in the background

Flagpole. Hudson River background

Rear of the church.