Thursday, May 31, 2012


Day 10, May 30th. Rockwood, Pa to Roundbottom Campground along the Great Allegheny Passage.  Mileage for the day was 58.96 miles of some of the best riding anyone can do.  We left Rockwood about 8am (early for us) and headed toward Confluence.  It was downhill, shaded, and through a beautiful mountain hardwood forest.  We crossed the Casselman River several  times over high bridges, saw the construction site where the CSX is removing a tunnel through Pinkerton Mountain, and saw lots of waterfalls and brooks.  The weather was perfect at about 70 degrees, low humidity, and blue sky.  All the way down the trail the CSX trains were passing us on the other side of the river.  We stopped in Confluence for a break and kept rolling down to Ohiopyle State Park.  We ate lunch at the Ohiopyle House Café (the KirkWood Krew might remember it from another tour).  Dave and I went to the Kayaking/Hiking/Biking store and bought more stuff.  I had to leave before it got out of hand. The ride to Connellsville was still downhill and under the trees.  We had some problems finding a dinner stop and ended up eating in the Martin’s Grocery Store.  The GAP organization has built some nice camping shelters at their campgrounds.

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