We got a good start today from our nice little Air BnB in the Deutschtown neighborhood in Pittsburgh, riding down rain wet streets and across the Andy Warhol Bridge and through downtown to the Great Allegheny Passage trail, which runs about 150 miles to Cumberland, MD. We left Pittsburgh along the Monongahela River but then … Continue reading Day Seventeen: Pittsburgh, PA to Ohiopyle, PA: Onto to the GAP and the YOCK- A – GAINY

We’d already planned to meet my long time friend from college, Larry, and his wife Holly, while we were in Pittsburgh - they used to live here and drove down to visit while we came through. After the last few days, I was worrying a little about another day of riding into a huge city … Continue reading Day Fifteen and Sixteen: Wheeling, WV to Pittsburgh, PA and a day off: Great friends, Warhol and a museum of bikes

Lisa: One of our “plan Bs” while biking is to rent a Uhaul truck when we need to leapfrog ahead to the next location. Uhauls come in various sizes that accommodate bikes, they are designed for one-way trips, and you can find Uhaul dealers and franchises in every city and many small towns. Last night … Continue reading Day Fourteen: Zanesville OH to Wheeling WV: So many hills, so much sun, so little time

This will be a short update mostly to let everyone know we are ok. We had a great room in Columbus and it was hard to leave. Exiting a large city by bike can be complicated- lots of navigation, which slows us down. It was hot and it seemed like the traffic was heavy everywhere. … Continue reading Day Thirteen: Columbus, OH to Zanesville, OH: Uff Da

Yesterday was incredibly wet - it rained hard from the moment we mounted up till we climbed a few steps to the door of our great B and B (the John Allen House) in Xenia. We were worried that we were too wet to go inside and started wiping our gear and ourselves off on … Continue reading Day Twelve: Zenia, OH to Columbus, OH: trailside conversations

We had made arrangements to meet up with Michael for breakfast at the Cracker Barrel across the highway from our hotel before heading out for the day, and rode over on our bikes in the early morning drizzle. It was lovely to have a long conversation over eggs and biscuits and coffee, and we finally … Continue reading Day Eleven: Richmond IN to Xenia OH: Rain and rain and rain