Journal - Day 2
We rise early, so we can go to the free yoga class at 6:30 AM.
It felt great to be guided through a series of gentle stretching
exercises to prepare our bodies for a second day of riding.
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Eat breakfast
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Pack up our belongings and put our bags on the transport truck
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We're on our bikes a few minutes before 9:00 AM.
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The day's ride takes us through a much more rural part of Pennsylvania.
Most of the ride goes through the Ohiopyle State Park.
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The trail is shaded most of the way - good thing, too, because it's another hot day.
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We are on one side of the Youghiogheny River (Yough, for short -
(pronounced Yoke)) most of the day.
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We can hear trains rolling through the area on the other side of the river.
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The day's ride of 42 miles takes us from an elevation of 800' above sea level
to just over 1300'.
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We stop for a rest at the 14-mile mark for some excellent ice cream!
The Great Allegheny Passage rail trail at our ice cream stop
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Lunch is in Ohiopyle, PA at the 32-mile mark of the day at a local bar next
to the Wilderness Voyageurs' store - great burrito bar!
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A thunderstorm rolls through, so we wait under the porch at the
Wilderness Voyageurs store next to the lunch stop.
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It doesn't last long and we're on our way to finish the
last 10 miles of the day's ride.
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We finally roll into the campsite a little after 4:30 PM.
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We're camped in two large fields at the back of a public
campground in Confluence, PA where the Yough River,
the Casselman River and Laurel Hill Creek converge.
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We pick out our tent side, get our bags, pitch our tent.
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After we wash up, we hop back on our bikes to ride
about a mile to the center of Confluence for a dinner
catered by the local volunteer fire department.
Spaghetti and marinara sauce never tasted so good.
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Back to the camp site for showers and bed.
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