We are often put in a situation of what to do for a 2-day weekend. You have enough hotel points that the room will be free, you just have to find someone to come walk the dog, and an interesting…
Day Tripping with Rick – Biking the Trail to Pittsburgh
As you may know, we live just south of Pittsburgh in the Youghiogheny River Valley. Our yard abuts the Yough River Trail which is a rails-to-trails project which allows us to walk and bike along the river. The trail is…
Day Tripping with Rick – Sanibel Island by Bike
Day Tripping With Rick by Bike – Ft. Myers, FL – Sanibel Island With many of us are mired in the throes of winter, ice, snow and salt are likely to be the only things touching our feet…
Day Tripping with Rick – Cumberland, MD – The Great Allegheny Passage
Time for another biking adventure. As I may have mentioned before, we are lucky enough to live on the Youghiogheny Bike Trail. This trail is a rails-to-trails project that was started in the 1980s to make use of unused railways…
Day Tripping with Rick – Niagara Falls
Living in Pittsburgh is not convenient to many places. One place we can get to without much trouble is Niagara Falls. (I can never say “Niagara Falls” without thinking of the Three Stooges.) “Slowly I turn….step by step….inch by inch”.…
Day Tripping with Rick – Biking the Burgh – Pittsburgh, PA
Today’s trip is one of our favorites. We live near Pittsburgh. Our rivers define us. The Monongahela from the south, and the Allegheny from the north meet at Point State Park to form the Ohio. When I was a kid,…