The Bridge is Over

A weekend of awesome riding has just wrapped up. We have had a lot of rain lately, but Saturday was the second day in a row of no rain, so why go for a ride?

In the last two weeks the vegetation around the trails has REALLY grown in full and thorny…

As always a Ohiopyle is a blast to ride.

I however ran in to a bit of a problem at the trail over Jonathon Run.

They must have had some torrential rain to break this bridge.

Looking at  the gap where the bridge was.

I rode upstream and crossed at a wide spot. The creek got about 2 feet deep at one spot. But what is crazy is that the creek has no dirt in it, it is just smooth slippery rock.

 Looking back where I crossed.

And the bridge from the other side.

 A map showing where the bridge is out.

Anyhow it was great riding. I was beat!

But the weekend was not over, the forecast called for rain and thunderstorms. So I figured not a bad day for a CX ride on the rail trail. It dumped on the drive down.

But then the sun broke through.

And the monotony of the rail trail got to me. I decided to try a route I scoped out on the map a while ago. I started climbing a dirt road.

It kicked a few times.

And the higher I climbed, the worse the road got.

It got better right before the summit.

 View from the summit.

Super fast road descent back to town and the car.

View down on the valley.

Veggie Burger reward!