MARCH - APRIL 2006 #1 Page

      EARLY  SPRING  FEATURES  SOME  GREAT  RIDES

 

Quite a few of us have been getting out for some winter cycling ahead of schedule.  Now we can make plans for some great Club riding.  If your bikes have been resting, its time to wake them up.  Our new President, Kelly Williams is introducing two new Feature Events for each schedule, and here are the first two:

     FEATURED RIDE OF THE NEWSLETTER 

Saturday,April 15  Connellsville to Ohiopyle,PA

Join us at Connellsville for a delightful rail-trail ride along the Youghiogheny River to Ohiopyle State Park.  The Youghiogheny Trail is part of the Great Allegheny Passage, a 100-mile rail-trail running from Meyersdale to McKeesport, with plans to connect eastward to the C&O Canal Towpath in Cumberland, MD and westward into Pittsburgh.  This should be a great time for a biking adventure with spring flowers, cycling families, and raging waters, rafters and kayakers enlivening the Yock,

 

BIKE ‘N EAT RIDE

Saturday, April 1  Black Bear restaurant, Morgantown

After our Mon Trail ride to Pricketts Fort and back, we will refuel at the Black Bear, a quiet, quaint place, serving stuffed tortilla wraps - and boy, are they stuffed! - both traditional Mexican/southwestern and other ethnic cuisines, such as Greek, Cajun, and Thai.  Portions are generous, but you will have worked up an appetite, so finishing off their “Jim’s Gym” wrap (my favorite) or their “Thai one on” wrap won’t be hard. It is one of my favorite spots in Morgantown, with healthy brown rice and fresh veggies.  Even if you can’t make the ride, join us at the Black Bear at about 1:00 p.m.

 

      RAIL-TRAIL RIDING    Five rides in this schedule give you the opportunity to sample the range of rail-trails in our region:  Mon Trail on March 4 (20 miles) and April 1 (38 miles), Deckers Creek on March 25 (32 miles), the Allegheny Highlands Trail / Blackwater Canyon on April 8 (30 miles) and the Yock Trail on April 15 (34 miles).

      THE APPALACHIAN SPRING SPECTACULAR    will be Sunday, May 7, starting from Morgantown’s Wharf parking garage at 9:00 a.m.  Choose a road rides of 25, 45 or 60 miles into Pennsylvania and back along familiar routes, with a pizza feast on the deck of the West Virginia Brewing Company, all included plus snacks, maps, and sag for a fee of $10.  We had 86 out for the Event of the Spring last year, and we hope to see you there this time.  

Left-right, Gary, Dave, Ryan, Laurel, Jack, Ray, Scott, Mike, Mary & Gregg, Ken, photo: Bill