Saturday, June 7, 2008

Bicycling the Great Allegheny Passage


The Great Allegheny Passage is a rail-trail that stretches
from Cumberland, MD to almost Pittsburgh.



Borden Tunnel. This is the second of three tunnels
we rode through this day.



The Mason-Dixon Line, obviously. We had a
few laughs trying to figure out the camera's timer.



A beautiful vista of southern Pennsylvania
on our way to the summit.



The Eastern Continental Divide.
The climb up from Cumberland, MD is only a 2% grade. Not steep at all.
But it was 22 miles of unrelenting 2%.



The Salisbury Viaduct, over 3,000 feet long.





Looking down at the Casselman River
from Pinkerton high bridge.














Typical trail through the woods.



We saw lots of streams and small
waterfalls near the trail.



Combining the C&O Canal Towpath and The Great Allegheny Passage we
rode about 354 miles in seven days. It was wonderful.



Next episode: Nature.

2 comments:

rednk-n-eurp said...

You're not going to hit many Ohio county fairs in Pennsylvania.

How did you keep this cool bike trip a secret? How neat. Better yet, no kids!

Westside News said...

County Fairs? We quickly discovered if you've seen one, you've seen 'em all.

Kids? Actually we're thinking of doing part of it again later this year with the girls.