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 …
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 …
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 …
Getting our butts out of the studio (Ghost Town bike trail)
This week’s “Get Your Butt Out of The Studio” day took us to the Ghost Town trail in Cambria County. We hopped on at Nanty Glo and rode to the end at Ebensburg. Another exceptionally beautiful day, as you can see. Here’s one of the mile markers on the trail. How about that logo? It’s a ghost. On a bike. …
A Chilly Ride (GAP bike trail)
This week’s ride took us to Rockwood, PA, and we rode southeast past Garrett. Here are some of the sights along the way. This farm sits right along the side of the trail… …and we spooked a few guinea hens who weren’t very happy we were there. The clouds decided to be drama queens, too. And then there’s the Casselman River. Of …
Today’s bike ride: I so needed this
We attempted another trail ride today since the last time out the trail was a little mushy, and because…SUNSHINE! Not to mention the melancholic week I’m having. This time we started our ride from West Newton, PA, and went a little over 8½ miles before we turned around. The temperature made it to around 74° and we got to soak in …