Greetings! We went back in Ohiopyle. This time by bike. And what an awesome ride! Waterfalls and cliffs on the right, the Youghiogheny river down on the left. Sometimes it was placid and sometimes the river was roaring. And then it seemed all day perfect weather and a canopy of trees. Across from the river was a busy train track. If it came when I was in the right spot on a river bend, it sounded like it was roaring up behind me. I had a nice chat with a couple from Sacramento, California. Along the trail was a memorial to the 239 men killed in a mining explosion. As a result miners no longer wore open flames for light. A couple trees were down.! I was able to create ramps to rolle my heavy bike over them. We started on day one riding eight miles to the Pittsburgh mile marker about 150 mile. Day 2 we passed mile marker 100. Painted tanks outside a cut glass shop. I was the first to roll out of the GAP Trail campground. I ride slower than Joan. So sometime during the day she
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