“Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River” John Denver: Take Me Home, Country Roads Shenandoah National Park is relatively close to NYC. It was May and we already knew that we were moving to Boston at the beginning of June. We only had a couple of weeks to visit this park by car since the distance from Boston would be too ... distant. Sure, there was a lot to pack and do but the mountains simply couldn’t wait. We hit the road early in the morning on May 22nd. The visit of West Virginia was not optional. We made a stop at Harpers Ferry. We had dinner at a restaurant along the river and of course we made a quick stop at the Appalachian Trail Visitor Center (unfortunately it was closed due to COVID). Harpers Ferry was a beautiful quintessential small town with historical landmarks. At the end of the day we built our tent in Low-Water Bridge Campground . The Shenandoah river was flowing right next to our tent but we were so tired that we did not end up going
If you own Gaggia Classic Pro espresso machine and the water flows very slowly from the group head, then you might have to clean the 3 way solenoid valve. That's exatly what happened to us recently. The whole cleaning process is well documented here: I could just stop here, since the video is sufficient to do the cleaning. However, the video does not show a real world situation since their Gaggia model is already clean. Here is what happened in out kitchen. I used these tools and products: The whole repair took me about 1:15 hour. I opened the case: I located the 3 way solenoid valve and opened it: I used the CLR cleaning product for descaling. I descaled only few parts from the valve to minimze contact with the other parts of the espresso machine. I also used disposable gloves and old plastic bottle for cleaning. At the end I used old tootbrush for removing residual particles. Before and after the cleaning process: I rinsed all cleaned parts several times and then let them dry