Here are some pictures (some as photographed and some after some tweaking) from 2 weekend rides North Central Pennsylvania in November 2012.
Ride 1 started with typical November weather, cold, damp and dreary. I met up with Forum Member RuthSLP early on a Saturday AM and we were off.
Ruth
We where headed to the PA Elk Visitor Center. Yes, PA has small herd of elk that are pseudo wild.... we saw the elk and warmed up in the visitor center.
Elk Visitor Center; Cold, damp and gray
Later in the afternoon we saw this guy:
Black Bear
A quick stop at the convenience/antique/sawmill/used car/truckstop whatever place:
Ruth gets supplies
Dirt Climb
Normally I'm not much one for campfires, but since darkness came about 5:30 PM, we gathered enough firewood for an evening fire and a morning warm up.
Sunday AM was a great contrast to Saturday... the sun broke through and started casting long shadows.
Sunday AM
More forest road
Climbing up from Mosquito Creek
By midday, it was warm enough for shorts:
On the home stretch
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Trip 2
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The next weekend was a solo strip in the same area.. with the objective checking out some trails that show up on the topo maps..
This particular Saturday was the first day of the PA bear season... so it was prudent to accessorize with blaze orange
Did another campfire...
Checking out some new to me dirt roads
Along a ridge, with some artistic license:
Looks like I'm along a body of water... that is not the case!
Out of use and forgotten road that winds it way down the mountain:
Some blowdown to contend with near the bottom
At the bottom of the mountain, a ford of a small trout stream is required:
The End
