The ride up here from DC was nice. Not much fall colors showing. Very mountainous. Hard to believe that I'll be riding this same distance with nothing more than a 1.5% grade. I went out for a short ride to find the trailhead; very easy to locate. Then I rode about 5 miles to loosen my legs and ease out some nerves. It was so hard to turn back to the hotel! But I have to save some miles for tomorrow, ha, ha. I was able to sight-see many of the old steel-industry sights and read tourist storyboards. The picture below is the Hot Metal Bridge. It was used to transport still molten iron across the river.
Have arrived Pittsburgh on a glorious fall day and found this tractor-trailer parked across the street! What a good omen -- unlike the 2" of rain being predicted for the first day of riding!
The ride up here from DC was nice. Not much fall colors showing. Very mountainous. Hard to believe that I'll be riding this same distance with nothing more than a 1.5% grade. I went out for a short ride to find the trailhead; very easy to locate. Then I rode about 5 miles to loosen my legs and ease out some nerves. It was so hard to turn back to the hotel! But I have to save some miles for tomorrow, ha, ha. I was able to sight-see many of the old steel-industry sights and read tourist storyboards. The picture below is the Hot Metal Bridge. It was used to transport still molten iron across the river.
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Jeanette
9/17/2012 11:01:26 am
Nice photos. Like the bridge especially. Hope rain disappears or at least you can time it so you avoid the worst.
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Deirdre
9/17/2012 09:36:14 pm
Hi Tish,
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