Last Day in the Mountains

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Altoona: With the long days of summer giving way to shorter days of approaching Fall, and with the author’s cancer treatment decision hanging over his head, he comes to the mountains for one last ride just to clear his head.


Horseshoe Curve Double

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Twice up Horseshoe Curve on one ride


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.