We were promptly woken by a rooster on one side of the trailer and a gobbling turkey on the other side of the trailer, apparently talking to one another. But they did get us up and at it.
We found a trailhead outside of McKeesport, PA to begin our day. We got a bit of a late start, 10:30 in fact. The trail is beautiful! It's like riding at home (CA) only without seeing the ocean and it's A LOT hotter. About halfway through Michaela's 10 miles, she had a bike malfunction that put us about 15 minutes behind Zak & Kera. But, Michaela and I did see a very large doe cross the trail right in front of us. That might be why it looked so large!
We dropped Michaela off with David at 12.5 miles. Then we head off with Zak to meet David later on. Right away there was a very long, black, round stick across the trail that turned out to be a very long, black, round snake that reeled back and brought it's head up as we passed it . . . almost causing us to crash as Zak had to skid to a stop and investigate. Later on, at 25 miles I call David to find out where he is, only to learn that the transmission on our Yukon has blown. Thankfully, we were within half a mile of him. Not thankfully, the warranty on the Yukon ran out,\. . . in January.
So, we stayed with David and the kids till the Yukon was towed to a garage and we were given a loaner to tow the trailer to a campsite to wait for the Yukon to be fixed. (Angelo! We need you here!)
Kera & I did press on and got our 50 miles in. We stopped several times to take photos of the area, it's so beautiful. The trail itself is like riding on pavement dusted with grains of dirt/pebbles. However, the last 10 miles was alongside a river through the woods with small fist sides rocks sticking up through the dirt. The last 10 was a bit rough and my rump is a bit sore! It took us a total of 9 hours yesterday, 5 of them on the bikes.
While David waits for the truck to be fixed, we will continue on. We're hoping for a quicker day.
3 comments:
I think you've already written the first few chapters of your book... a real page turner! So good to hear from Michaela on the phone yesterday and from you on the Blog today. Wonder what this new day will bring will bring!? God Bless, Sheryl
Off to a great start!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I could be there with you guys. Keep it up!!!!!!!!!
Wow! What descriptions, and a good reinforcer of the need of prayer covering for safety! It had not really entered my thinking that the vehicle would mafunction, so it is included now (better late that never!) and the bycyles more.
So, Zac, what kind of black sanke was that? You are not planning to get close enough to kiss one, I hope! Crickey!
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