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Trains in the Allegheny
... only operates every 30 minutes. We decided to climb the 194 steps to the top which was just as well otherwise we would have missed the only train of the morning. A schedule of trains is provided but of course the trains don't run to that schedule! The only trains that run on time are the Amtrak, one at 9:42am and one at 5:20pm - the site is open 10-5 so you don't get to see them. There is a small park and ...
The Night Before
... I may just find something out there. Somewhere across America, whether in a cornfield, city, or on top of a mountain peak, there's got to be something out there for me.
I'm almost glad I don't have anything keeping me in Johnstown. I'm afraid that if I did, I wouldn't take this trip at all. If I had friends to talk to and hang out with, life in Johnstown might not be quite so unsatisfying. But the honest truth is that I don't. I have a new car, the ...
The Johnstown Flood
... Of even more importance to the events that would occur on June 1, 1889 was the South Fork Dam. Located fourteen miles up the Little Conemaugh river it created the two-mile long Lake Conemaugh. The lake and dam were part of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, a private and exclusive club for the Pittsburg rich. The dam was in poor condition when the club purchased it and alterations to it would prove devastating.
On May ...
Oh the hills...
... 4500ft of elevation gain. Two 3mi long, 1000ft mountains to pass. We made it up the first one BARELY. It was essentially 5 or 6 times the 2nd St. Emmaus Mt. ride. The last section increase 3 or 4% grade just as my legs began to feel like they were going to give. Nevertheless made it to the top only to be greeted by an 8 week old Shiba Inu puppy. You did it! Here you are! The decent was steep, kind of scary, kind of fun, but mostly a cool break from the sticky sweaty outcome of ...
Clammy ride
Well, another cold, clammy day with another final 20 mile ride in more serious rain. Temperatures ranged from 48 to 54F. But at least I was on a more pleasant set of backroads after leaving the Lehigh Valley and I-78. The northbound lanes around Hershey were a nightmare with a reduction to one lane. Something to avoid on the return trip.
This part of PA is enjoyable though, when you look at a map it's like corduroy fabric with wales ...
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