Copper Mountain
Aspen to Copper Mountain over Independence Pass and Fremont Pass.
Carbondale
Day 0 – The first day of Ride the Rockies. Check-in, go for a ride, relax.
Never Been Out of the Cul de Sac
LEESBURG, VIRGINIA My grandsons haven’t been riding bikes long. So my daughter, Bethany, sort of freaked out when I told her I would take them on a 4-mile ride on the W&OD Trail. “They’ve never been out of the Cul de Sac” she said. I tried the calming response. “They would be with me.” Didn’t […]
Little Miami Scenic Trail II
SPRINGFIELD, OHIO I left this morning for Pennsylvania with another bad weather forecast but surprisingly, as I passed Springfield, it was dry but mostly sunny. The weather forecast was showing a couple of hours with only a 15% chance of rain. I parked at Beatty Station just south of I-70 in Springfield. It was 9:00. […]
Great Miami River Trail Part II
PIQUA, OHIO I began the day riding part of the Great Miami River Trail in Dayton. That did not go so well as the trails next to the river in Dayton were covered with mud and/or under construction. That led me to this tried and true route (once before). I parked in Troy and headed […]
Great Miami River Trail Part I
DAYTON, OHIO I was excited about riding the Great Miami River Trail in the Dayton area. I wanted to ride next to the river and find the Wright Cycle Co., the historical museum site for the Wright Brothers. I also wanted to visit the Dayton National Cemetery. I have two distant relatives buried there and […]
Little Miami Scenic Trail I
LOVELAND, OHIO The weather here, and in most of the East, has been bad. It rained all day yesterday and initially was forecast to rain all day today. But at 8:00 when it was still dry I called my friend, Bob Berberich, and told him if we met by 9:00 we could get in two […]
Please Don’t Shoot Me
EAST FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA Seven years ago, almost to the day, I parked in East Freedom and rode up Blue Knob for the first time. Today’s circumstance would be different. I was traveling to visit my father in the hospital in Johnstown and I thought this would be a nice way to honor him. Needing gas, […]
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