get back in the saddle again
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Originally Posted by
Knotty
Sounds like a nice trip, Crash. Glad you're enjoying your retirement.
I've been out of mountain biking for about a decade already but a rail trail mixed with hammock camping could convince me to get back in the saddle.
Thanx Knotty.
If you don't want to go so far, there's the St. Anthony Wilderness - Stony Creek Rail Trail, that's north of Harrisburg, PA. The A.T. runs parrallel and then bisects it. Camping is only at Rausch Gap shelter. The Rail trail is 20 miles long. If you start at Goldmine Rd. parking lot its only 3.5 miles to Rausch Gap shelter. I did that on July 1 & 2. The side benefit is just like the Greenbrier River Trail - swimming in the creek!
Yes, the GRT is a beautiful ride
I have ridden numerous sections of it, sometimes in conjunction with overnights. All of this before I was a hanger. If you visited Jack Horner's can I assume that you overnighted at the Riverside campground at Watoga SP?
I am getting back into riding (funny how if at 50 you quit bicycling you put on weight!) and I plan on doing an overnight on the GRT after I re-establish my ischial callouses.
Another trail you should look into is the Allegheny Portage Trail, which connects to the west end of the C&O Towpath. Quite a bit hillier (for a rail trail) it features the Savage Mountain Tunnel and a great section on the Casselman River, and connects to the Youghiogheny River trail at Confluence PA. What the heck - Why not just ride the whole way to Pittsburgh?
Jim
St Albans WV