Guy’s GoPro Hero3 Black Adventures

[3ZHP]

The long way home from Huntsville Cars n Coffee part one!

Heading East at on SR72 at SR231, through the new construction and in to the Huntsville Five Points Historic District. Continuing up Monte Sano Mountain through some Alabama Land Trust forever wild and close to Monte Sano State Park. Near the end of part one, I pass Burritt On The Mountain @ Round to Mountain and left to the city of Huntsville back in the 50's. We make the left onto SR432/Governess Drive, that will take you to Guntersville, AL in 30 miles. I sweep to the right to follow an old country road at the base of the mountain and make a right at the light onto Cecil Ashburn Drive that take over Huntsville Mountain on a newly expand four lane. On the four lane we pass the Blevins Gap tail Head om the left, another Alabama Land Trust area. At the base of the mountain, we make a right on Carl Jones Drive and head past The Jones Farm. Jones bought it in the thirties and it the largest operating urban farm in the US.The next right is on Garth Road and follows along the Farm. Before heading into the neighborhood, I pass Jones Valley Elementary. This school was destroyed in the 1989 F4 Airport Road Tornado, Huntsville's deadliest.

Enjoy!



Part two!




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[3ZHP]

From my picture posted in the Random Photos thread; THIS is the other direction. Good decision to go right at the top of the hill.

All a result from a Heart of Dixie BMWCCA Chapter drive to the ORBIX Hot Glass in Fort Pane Alabama.




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[3ZHP]

I went back to the same area to explore the Little River Canyon Parkway in the ///M235i Vert. I'll hang the 45second Relive clip, on the Facebook page.

Ref; Little River Canyon National Preserve - National Park Service

[3ZHP]

It's been a while and the quality's been bad!

Time to make up for some of that, with a high def, full description of the drive with hyperlinks to places past by. also included is a full google map and if it works, a link to the Relive app of the complete route. I hope it all works out.

The aggravating noise is a snake type phone holder close to the GoPro for managing the Relive app. Some is its own movement and some is me.



Relive App

https://www.relive.cc/view/vdvm3K5z3N6

The drive starts on Drake Ave just west of Garth Rd, pretty much one of the ways out of our neighborhood

Right on Whitesburg, heading North

Hildegard’s to the right, a great German restaurant https://hildegardsgermancuisine.com/

Huntsville Hospital is at Governors DR 431, same road at the end of the video

Cool old school service station on the right in front of the hospital

Left on Lowe Ave, first light to the left is Twickenham Square https://mjcbdd.com/the-definitive-vi...e-shop-near-me

Pile of dirt on right is the New Federal courthouse,

Cajun Steamer that we eat at is in the square

Right, and by new Hotels and apartments on the left

Big Spring Park is in front of me at the T https://www.huntsville.org/listing/b...onal-park/862/

Dome on the left in Von Braun Center https://www.vonbrauncenter.com/

Rhythm on Monroe restaurant, is on the left at the light https://www.vonbrauncenter.com/rhythmonmonroe/

Housing projects on the left

Railroad museum on the left https://earlyworks.com/huntsville-historic-depot-museum

Veterans’ memorial just past https://www.huntsville.org/listing/h...rial-park/104/

Also entrance and exit from the I-565 interstate

Furniture Factory Bar, with a BIG outside is behind the Sherwin Williams store https://www.furniturefactorybargrill.com/

Right on Pratt, Big Ed’s pizza is on the left http://www.bigedspizza.com/

Star Super Market at the light is the heart of the 5 Points district. Old homes done with today’s high end stuff https://bigpicturehuntsville.com/pla...all-area-plan/

At the stop sign, we head up Monte Sano Mountain. Hiking trails, state park and nice homes https://www.alapark.com/parks/monte-sano-state-park

Pass Burritt on the Mountain on the right https://burrittonthemountain.com/

Left at the light, puts us back on Governors DR 431.


Beyond the video, I make a right onto Old Big Cove. This is a residential road with neighborhoods on the right (mountain side) and large acre properties on the left

At the light we make a right on Cecil Ashburn Drive and head back over the mountain. This road was recently closed for over a year to expand it to four lanes. https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/constru...es-of-traffic/

At the top, we pass the Blevins Gap Nature Preserve trail head and overlook. It is a great place to spend the day on the trails. https://www.landtrustnal.org/propert...-gap-preserve/

At the base of the mountain we pass some shops and apartments before making a right onto Carl T Jones Dr. of the Jones Farm. The Jones Farm is to the right https://huntsvillehistorycollection....nes_Valley.pdf and Valley Bend at Jones Farm is on the left. https://www.huntsville.org/listing/v...ones-farm/711/

Map of the drive

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/34.7...e1!1m1!4e1!3e0

[Oli77]

Nice drive and video (especially in the forest).

[3ZHP]

I upgraded to a GoPro 11 BLACK last year. This is a sample but, the run was with the DD and not the ZHP. The trailhead I stop at at the top of the mountain was used in the Picture Game last year. This is always a nice ride and very close to home.

https://youtu.be/I8k-do-R3wU


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[3ZHP]

This was a drive out to a Coffee n Cars with my ZHP. Mostly interstate and it gives a nice look around Huntsville, AL.

It’s maxed out in 4K so, adjust as needed!

https://youtu.be/1_lUVz7hels


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I took this last spring with my IPhone and driving our ///M235 and finally got around to editing it and posting it on YouTube. For the IPhone, it turned out very good.

And some info about the Skyway: https://cherohala.com/


https://youtu.be/w8jywJqe_xs?si=-JD1V8Kb-4ThLzRz


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