Our Day 1 was a 40 mile jaunt from Pittsburgh to Belle Vernon, PA. We finally had a break from the cloudy weather and road into a cool and sunny morning. The sign that Donna is peering from gives a high level overview of our trip to Washington, DC.
We meet lots of friendly folks along the trail. Ray-Ray and Freddy gave us some tips on a places for lunch as we head southeast on the GAP.
So much industrial history along the rivers in Coal and Steel country but my observations are just a tiny fraction is left from the heyday of big steel in the US. Now we ride our bikes on the once great P&LE railway.
Mid-morning today we became the “Gang of Eight” when Annette and Terry met us not far from Pittsburgh. Annette has the turquoise jacket and Terry is just to the right. We’re pretty much a bicycle gang now and we’ll likely be intimidating trail people all the way to DC! Watch out!!
In Boston, PA we all had lunch at Betsy’s Tea Room. In spite of the name the food was great and we got a little rest before we finished our day.
Did I mention the apple pie a la mode at Betsy’s? Yummm!
Len learned something new today.
In the afternoon we encounter Barry, on the far right, who is 11 miles from home. He’s also ripped and flatted his tire. Barry told us he doesn’t believe in carrying tools or knowing how to repair a flat but he knew how to shout out to us when he was in trouble. So we donated a tube to his cause and he added the dollar bill to boot up the small tear in the tire. I modestly pumped up the tire and told him to take it easy on the way home. He tore off like a jack rabbit but at least we never saw him again so maybe he made it.
We made it to our overnight in Belle Vernon by around 4. Donna and Sue quickly researched our dinner at the nearby Cedarbrook Country Club where it just happens to be $5 Build Your Own Burger Night!! We ate till we were full and carefully sped back to our motel in the coming darkness of night without injury or scratch.
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