Saturday July 11, 2009

Great Allegheny Passage. Today I started on a new trail to Pittsburg. Hooray, I do not have to compete with cars just yet. It is the “Great Allegheny Passage” trail. It is a great trail that is built on old railroad bed. It goes thru the mountains of western Pennsylvania without all of the up and down that kills you. It is 150 miles to Pittsburg but the last 10 miles have not been completed yet so it ends at McKeesport.
It follows the wild and beautiful Youghiogheny River that Kurt Lund, Bret Stevens and I floated a couple of years ago.
Met a couple of riders going to Cumberland (Mark and Alisa) in Meyersdale. We went to the grocery store and shared ½ gallon of ice cream. You meet lots of nice people on the trail. It is fun trading stories.
I camped at milepost 43 – Town of Rockwood. All of the campgrounds on this trail are privately owned. It is usually $10. per night. The Husky Campground was very nice.