Trippin' with Susan Straley

Greetings from Pittsburgh,  PA... the city of bridges. We got a shuttle from Wheelzup bike shop in Cumberland, MD.  It took close to three hours to get us up to the Golden Triange, which is the official start of the Great Allegheny Passage Trail, the driver said.  We were the only couple on the shuttle!  And he didn't pick up anyone to take back to Cumberland.   We rode the rest of the way up to Point Park where two rivers come together and which is the spot bikers usually start and end their rides on the GAP. The GAP meets up in Cumberland with the C & O Canal Trail that goes to Washington, DC.  I did both trails with Joan in... 2021?   Here is a picture of Steve in Point Park. And below is a picture of where we got on the trail at the Golden Triangle. When you ride fully loaded, people often ask where you are headed, and where did you come from.  At Point Park a couple rode up to us and asked.  They have ridden the trail a cou...

 Greetings from Inverness, Florida, I am down with a cold today.  I don't think I have enough energy to do a whole blog.  But I thought I would let you know we arrived home safely from our travels this summer.    We are planning on touring some of the mid-West this summer and this fall we will fly to Croatia for a Bike and Boat tour with our friends, Christy and Mark.  Then we will part with them and fly to Italy for another bike tour.  We may be gone a whole month! Last I wrote to you we were still in Wisconsin. There we got to reunite with new and old friends and see my son and his wife briefly.  We also got to participate with 20,000 others in the No Kings Rally at the Wisconsin State Capital.   Julie and Mark biked and marched with us in Madison, WI.  We met them when we were on a few Withlacoochee Bicycle Riders rides in Florida. Sandy and John came over from the Waukesha, WI area to camp with us in Madison, WI. I have been fri...