Thunder in the Valley

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Riding near Ligonier and Johnstown I saw a ton of motorcycles


Happy Happy Pain Pain

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A traditional club ride from Myersville, Md. to Penmar, Pa. and a climb on Penmar mountain.


Over a Mountain and Back in Time

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Rode over Blue Knob State Park and discovered the house where I had lived 50 years earlier.


Disappointing Dozen

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I went to Pittsburgh to ride the Dirty Dozen, up 13 of Pittsburgh’s steepest climbs. It did not end so well.


Horseshoe Curve – The First Time

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ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA I was up early at my parent’s house in Friedens and decided to ride some more in the mountains. I drove to Jennerstown and parked on Main Street. I rode the mile or so out of town then the steep descent on U.S. Rte 30. After a quarter-mile drop, one is at the […]


Biking Around the Tour

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While I was a marshal at the Tour of Pennsylvania in Bedford and Ligonier, I was able to slip away and go riding in the Laurel Mountains and Altoona.


Tour of Pennsylvania – II

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Stage 5 of the 2008 Tour of Pennsylvania. I volunteered to be a marshal and after meeting in Ligonier, rode my bike out to Stahlstown.


Tour of Pennsylvania

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I volunteered to work the Tour of Pennsylvania as a course marshal


USA Cycling Championships

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I was a course marshal at the US Cycling Championships at Seven Springs


Pittsburgh to Washington D.C. – Day 2

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Day 2 from Pittsrburgh to DC and I had to go off trail, that meant on road.