Today we officially headed onto the Great Allegheny Pass and biked about 30 miles to the Dravo Cemetery Campground led by Ted and Leo. Cooper started us off by waking us up and getting us moving. Noah served as our safety officer while Dominic gave us moral boosts through out the day. We also got […]
Today started with a dark and gloomy late morning filled with rain. When the rain let up around 10:00, we started to make breakfast. For breakfast we had toasted bagels on the grill and topped them with cream cheese and peanut butter. After breakfast, we got our things together and left the campsite Sprung 11. […]
We woke up in the quiet stillness of the cathedral of trees, at a campground south of Port Townsend. Breakfast was a bagel and cream cheese, but with honey as strongly suggested by Will. We headed off into town, riding along a forested path that turned into a marina. A paper mill was spotted along […]
The day started out well with a great breakfast of oatmeal, bananas, blueberries, cereal and coffee, cheffed up by Leila and Will! We took the Olympic Discovery Trail for most of the ride and ended up cruising our way to the Fort Townsend campsite to get there pretty early. Upon arriving we dropped our stuff […]
On day 4 of our 1,000 miles journey, we left bright and early from Potato Creek State Park and headed to Atwood Lake in Wolcottville, Indiana. On our 60-mile journey, we traveled on lots of farm roads and steady uphills together as a team. We saw really tall tractors, interesting cars and mini towns, as […]
Hello all! We had a great first day of our trip! We covered navigation skills, rules of the road, and basic safety. Today we biked a little over 15 miles both within and on the outskirts of the city. We found ourselves in some random downpours but were able to find cover most of the time. […]
We slept in late this morning to make up for the long day yesterday, and enjoyed the noise of the rain on our cabin roof. But Patrick made sure that we didn’t waste the day by barging accidentally into the wrong cabin and waking everyone in our cabin up! After we all got up, many […]
Eight ambitious Trekkers and 2 Trip Leaders met at a Marriott Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh this morning to begin a 16 day, 300 mile adventure along the Allegheny Passage and C&O Bike Trails to Washington, DC. Along the way they will do Whitewater Rafting in Ohiopyle, PA, visit the F. L Wright Falling Water House, […]
Day 3: We woke up in Indiana Dunes State Park after a warm night serenaded by screeching owls. The nine of us left early this morning and found beautiful thick forests lining the backroads and neighborhoods to La Porte where we stopped at Kroger for a grocery trip. Early in the day, the group took […]
Today we woke up early and went down a really cool 5 mile hill through some fog. After that we went to Safeway and got bagels and cream cheese for breakfast. We also got lunch to eat later. After Safeway we biked along the bike path back to Sequim and on the way to Sequim […]