We took advantage of the beautiful mid-60s temperatures and headed out for about 15 miles on the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail. We started at the West Newton trail head and turned around on the other side of Van Meter. The bench outside the West Newton train station visitor’s center. Texture texture texture. You never know when it will come in …
Path of the Flood Trail in Johnstown
For our latest adventure, we wanted to immerse ourselves in a little history and headed to Johnstown and the Path of the Flood Trail. It was a short ride, but we made plenty of stops to read interpretive signs, go off-trail to see an old culvert, and get lots of tunnel photos. This is the village of South Fork as …
Pine Creek Bike Trail (day 2)
Of course, I might have overdone things this time with my ankle, but we needed just one more day on the trail before we headed home. We decided to walk the trail in the opposite direction from where we had just biked the day before, which meant better opportunities for photos since we weren’t moving quite as fast. Looking down Pine Creek from …
Pine Creek Bike Trail Anniversary
For our anniversary this year, we decided to head to Slate Run, Pennsylvania, and do a little biking on the Pine Creek Rail Trail. We started at the Slate Run trail head and rode about 10 miles north to Blackwell with the incentive of ice cream at Miller’s before we turned to head back. And we enjoyed yet another beautiful day. …
Taking the Ankle to the Bike Trail
Looks like I won’t be running for a while (or hiking, for that matter), so it’s off to the bike trail for me. (Did you see my last post about the stupid thing I did to my ankle?) Otherwise, I would need to stop eating completely because, you know, calories don’t burn up much from writing blog posts. And although …
Away from my desk (and on my bike)
This week’s “Get the Stink Blown Off You” outing took us to Confluence and the Great Allegheny Passage. We rode southeast to a little past Fort Hill before we turned around to head back to reality. Our chaser was lunch on the porch at the River’s Edge Cafe. Again, another gorgeous day. Look at all that green! Here’s a little …
A Day on the Bike Trail
We’ve been running between raindrops and appointments and deadlines to carve out a little mental health time for ourselves on the trail. Today we started in Rockwood, PA, and rode through the Pinkerton Tunnel, about eight miles west. Looking toward the Pinkerton High Bridge, just east of the Pinkerton Tunnel. The Pinkerton Tunnel, built in 1911 and reopened for trail use in 2015. Until …
Ohiopyle to Confluence on the bike trail
We managed to squeeze in a beautiful day in the middle of a few not so beautiful ones, so we squeezed in a bike ride while we could. Being a Thursday (a weekday) in May (the kids are still in school), we took our chances starting at Ohiopyle, and it totally paid off. By summer, especially on a weekend, Ohiopyle …
If it has to be cold, at least it is sunny
Too cold for a bike ride today, but it was time to get out of the studio! We took a hike on the Five Star Trail that stretches between Greensburg and Youngwood. The Five Star Trail runs along a former railway system, so we had great opportunities for shots like this. The trail also runs beside towns and factories, some …
Getting set for lots of rain (on the bike trail)
Here comes the rain again. Rain is all over the forecast for next week, so we decided to get out while we could. Today we rode the Great Allegheny Passage starting at West Newton and heading southeast to a bit past Van Meter. We always take a little time with our bench just east of Smithton. And this little guy! I …
Get outside while you can
The day started off a little iffy, and we weren’t sure if we could get a hike in without rain, but the weather totally cooperated. After days and days of unseasonal and beautiful weather, it looks like we’ve hit a long stretch of rainy, drizzly, wet and soggy conditions. Today may have been our one shot at getting outside this week, …
Sunday on the Trail
We decided to take advantage of the blue skies, and today we got our nature fix on the I.C.V. (Indian Creek Valley) trail. We met this little guy while we were there. His name was Charlie. Trillium. We found some fungus that made me think of barnacles which sounds like a pirate swear word. So technically we didn’t actually see the beaver, …
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