Rt 72 Drive in WV

[Must69ang]

We took the old cars out 2 weekends ago into West Virginia. We put 453 miles on the cars in one day - leaving home at 8:30am and pulling back into the driveway at 9:20pm - only stopping to eat lunch for 45 minutes at the DQ in Petersburg, WV (and to get gas). What a beautiful fall day!

I made a video with the GoPro of the drive on Rt 72 out of Parsons, WV, but it's 23 minutes long and I'm undecided on whether to post it to YouTube or not. I finally discovered a location for the external microphone that picks up the engine/exhaust sound but none of the wind noise. If I clip the mic to one of the aluminum louvers on the back window, it works great. However, after watching the video I discovered that there is a crack in the center rib of the louver assembly. As the car flexed under turns and acceleration, the two sides of the cracked metal ground together, producing a sound like a dentist digging at your teeth with sharp pick. After about 6 hours worth of editing the soundtrack with Audacity over the past 2 weeks, I was able to remove most of the horrible dentist pick noise, but it's still there in several spots - just not nearly as horrible as the original. (Some of my sound edits make the car sound like it has a miss though - it doesn't!)

So lots of good came from this experience: I found the crack in the louver and will be able to weld it before it propagates any further; I discovered the free audio editing software called Audacity - which seemed tailor made for removing this type of periodic noise - which showed up really clearly on the sound waveform; and I discovered some killer-looking fishing spots in the Monongahela Forest that I'll be going back to in the spring.

Here's Rt 72 from the air (courtesy of Google Maps). What an unbelievable road.

   

[Steven Harris]

All in all a great day then!

Enjoy the opportunities - winter is coming.

[Mustangmike]

That looks like a nice scenic road trip and I am sure the motor enjoyed the cooler temperatures of Fall. If you post the video please let us know, I would enjoy seeing it. Also, please post a before and after pic of the repair to the louver. I would like to see how that comes out.

[Must69ang]

That looks like a nice scenic road trip and I am sure the motor enjoyed the cooler temperatures of Fall. If you post the video please let us know, I would enjoy seeing it. Also, please post a before and after pic of the repair to the louver. I would like to see how that comes out.

Here you go Mike. I don't imagine many people sitting through a 23 minute video, but what the hell. I'll be reliving it on the big screen when the snow's flying in about a month. I get out of Parsons and onto Rt 72 right about the 4:10 mark. Parsons is kinda cool though.

http://youtu.be/dPG57IbRFPw

[Mustangmike]

That looks like a nice scenic road trip and I am sure the motor enjoyed the cooler temperatures of Fall. If you post the video please let us know, I would enjoy seeing it. Also, please post a before and after pic of the repair to the louver. I would like to see how that comes out.

Here you go Mike. I don't imagine many people sitting through a 23 minute video, but what the hell. I'll be reliving it on the big screen when the snow's flying in about a month. I get out of Parsons and onto Rt 72 right about the 4:10 mark. Parsons is kinda cool though.

http://youtu.be/dPG57IbRFPw

Thanks for posting...I would hate to have to drive down that road at night. Also, I think I saw something scramble across the road at the 21 minute mark on your video. Did you see that?

Thanks for sharing!

[Must69ang]

Also, I think I saw something scramble across the road at the 21 minute mark on your video. Did you see that?

Thanks for sharing!

Wow! Good eyes Mike. I didn't even notice that while I was driving. I guess I had been looking at the mountain scene to the left at that time. I'm going to zoom in on that in the original, high-def recording to see what it was - it looked something like a weasel, definitely black - perhaps a cat? I'll post a still of it once I zoom in on it

Hutch

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I can't believe you picked that out...

[Steven Harris]

Very nice drive. Thanks for sharing the video.

Never would have caught the squirrel!

[Oztrailer]

Thanks for posting. Very nice countryside.

[Mustangmike]

Also, I think I saw something scramble across the road at the 21 minute mark on your video. Did you see that?

Thanks for sharing!

Wow! Good eyes Mike. I didn't even notice that while I was driving. I guess I had been looking at the mountain scene to the left at that time. I'm going to zoom in on that in the original, high-def recording to see what it was - it looked something like a weasel, definitely black - perhaps a cat? I'll post a still of it once I zoom in on it

Hutch

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It was a very long squirrel I think. The GoPro studio software allowed me to zoom in on it and pan to the left as I drove by. I also slowed down the video. Here's a look at the critter...

http://youtu.be/zdKKUjpgHfk

I can't believe you picked that out...

Thank God you hesitated a few seconds at the fork in the road a ways back or it could have been the end of the road for that fellow.

Thank you for taking the time to re-post the video That is quite the camera you have.