More Scenes from the GAP trail: - Big Savage Tunnel - http://www.wqed.org/ondemand/onq.php?cat=6&id=18 - High Bridge over Yough Gorge / Ohiopyle PA - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeaqI0wgp-Q&feature=related - Salisbury Viaduct - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpC9fHOIgjk&feature=related <i>(NOTICE the cameraman's cycling cap... wonder what he was riding???)</i> - Keystone Viaduct - End of Summer bike ride, 2 young girlfriends... I really liked this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlHjL4FQ47A
Oh boy this is gonna be great... Peace, BobbyB On Jan 12, 11:24 pm, Montclair BobbyB <montclairbob...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, it's a new year, and I'm starting to get excited about Riv Rally > East 2012. Here's the quick skinny on this year's plan (so far): > > This year I'm planning the 2-day Rally to ride along the Great > Allegheny Passage, from Frostburg, MD to Connellsville, PA. > > To get you psyched up, here are a few links: > > http://www.atatrail.org/index.cfmhttp://www.flickr.com/groups/great_allegheny_passage/ > > This beautiful stretch of the GAP trail takes you through long > mountain tunnels, over high viaducts, though beautiful country along 2 > scenic rivers (including through the Youghigheny River Gorge). The > plan is to converge in Frostburg, MD on Friday evening, Apr 20th, and > ride to Confluence, PA (47 miles of mostly smooth downhill to the > North) on Saturday, where we will enjoy a nice dinner and comfy bed > (although there is camping nearby for the hardcore). Sunday we will > roll into Ohiopyle, PA, home of the famous Youghigheny Gorge, where we > may take an an optional short excursion out of town to visit the > famous Frank Lloyd Wright house, FallingWater (a trip WELL WORTH > taking). We will finish day off in Connellsville, PA, where I am > making arrangements to shuttle ourselves, bike and gear back to > Frostburg. This will be a self-supported, credit card type of tour, > which means that unless you have a buddy, spouse or otherwise hired > person to meet you in Confluence PA on the first evening, you'll need > to carry a change of clothes, toothbrush and other essentials to get > you through 2 days of riding. A small duffle on a rack shoud suffice, > or go all out with front and rear panniers... up to you. Me, I hope > to toss a duffle in my big Wald basket... that's how I like to roll.. > > I have put out inquiries on shuttles and lodging; more on that > shortly. > > In the mean time, if you are interested, please let me know. We had a > fair amount of interest early on for the 2011 Rally, but quite a few > dropped off. I hope we can get the same crew from 2011 returning this > year, along with a few of you who couldn't make it last year. To our > West Coast buddies, I'll bet we could get a few loaner bikes if any of > you would care to join us... We'd love to have you. > > So mark the calendars, April 20-22. > > Peace, > BobbyB -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
