TREXLERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Well, it’s not really the Trexlertown Turnpike. I began the day hoping that my sister, Betsy, and I would take our dad to the Great Allegheny Passage at Rockwood and ride about 12 miles to Fort Hill. But he said he was too tired to ride (he is 85) and I had kept […]
Just short of 200 miles, I stayed one extra hour at the 24 Hours of Booty to make it 25 Hours
PINKHAM NOTCH, NEW HAMPSHIRE Each year it seems harder to bring myself to New Hampshire to ride this mountain. But it seems to be more about the 1,400-mile drive (round trip) than the ride up the mountain. And this year I wasn’t “feeling it.” I was surprised when earlier this week my daughter, Ashley, asked […]
Port Townsend, Washington and riding 25,000 miles cancer-free
SWEET HOME, OREGON This ride was simple. Find someone’s ride on RidewithGPS.com. Download it to my Garmin. Follow it. Improvise at will. I am as Pennsylvanian as they come with all my ancestors of at least five generations having been born in Pennsylvania. With one exception. My grandmother, Ruth Ann (States) Lowmaster was born in […]
ASHLAND, OREGON I have dreamed for years of visiting Crater Lake but it’s pretty isolated for this East Coaster. But when I started planning this trip I knew I could visit the lake. And not visit but to ride around it. Both Crater Lake and Alex Shepherd are in the southern part of Oregon. Alex […]
I was in Oregon and met up with the 4K. Hadn’t seen them since Pennsylvania.
PORTLAND, OREGON Portland, along with Minneapolis and Boulder, is one of those “bike Mecca” places. I’m not sure anyone is a fan of riding in urban areas but if you have to ride in a major city, try it out in one of these cities. Your turn: Portland. Alaska Airlines operated by Horizon My biggest […]
PUNXSUTAWNEY, PENNSYLVANIA I’ve done this ride before although never quite like this. It was “wheels down” at 6:30 a.m. on a cool morning with a cloud cover. I left Friedens and rode up Pa. Rte 281 to Stoystown and not a single car passed me. I stopped briefly to take a picture when I found […]
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE, NEW YORK Even as I drove with my with daughter, Ashley, to Lily Dale, New York, I wasn’t sure where I would ride. Part of me wanted to ride around Chautauqua Lake. Part of me wanted to ride back to Erie, Pa. All I knew was she was visiting Lily Dale and I […]
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