Today was the gathering of 3/4’s of our group and the beginning of both a shake down ride around Pittsburgh before we leave for DC tomorrow and a chance for us to start forming as a group. Sue, from Chesterfield, MO and I are checking out the Rec Paths on both sides of the Monongahela River that will take us into Pittsburgh proper.
The day was cool and mostly gray but thankfully dry as we worked our way across busy bridges, roads and paths towards downtown.
The official start of the GAP trail is Point Park where the Monongahela and the Allegheny River join to form the Ohio River. So of course we needed an obligatory starting picture by the fountain.
Our morning 10 mile shakedown ride proved fun and fruitful with no issues presented. We then drove about 60 miles for a tour of Frank Loyd Wrights famous Fallingwater house built in the 1930’s. The house and setting were stunning as was the history of the home.
After a hard day of touring and site seeing we had a fun dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. Upfront I present the Brothers Szmurlo (Chester & Len) followed R to L are Angela, me, Sue and Donna. Tomorrow we’ll be joined by Annette and Terry on the trail.
We did an after dinner encore of our version of Free Bird to thousands of blazing lighters and cell phones in the crowd. Tomorrow the real performance will start.
Looking forward to 'riding' along ! ! !
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