Quiet sleep. Fixed bfast. drove down road to parking lot to do computer work waiting out AM commute traffic as I am driving into Philly to the Wisahockon trail.
Heavy traffic and several road construction and detours that just put a plug in th traffic flow.
No nibbles on sharing ride. about 1 1/2 hr drive round about to TH at Pachella field. Trail along West side of river are mostly old parkway road bed. On E side made up w/ some technical ups & downs. Forced ride to meet cal at Embassy Suites at Philly airport. The drive to there was a lesson in surface street commute traffic. I noticed in PA pedestrians have no right ofway even in recognized cross walks. I also noticed that perdestrians in cities ignore traffic regs and force themselves on drivers.
Met Cal, big shower at plush hotel, no freezing or dried insects hanging from the nozzle. He took me to dinner at a place he found in way downtown South Philly. We scored a bar seat w/ great view of TV. And then the game: last 3 innings from rained out game. Rapid Philly crowd. When Philly scored or made a great play the place rocked, the floorboards bounced up & down. The building is one of those ancient ones I was concened about watching the last of the game from the basement. When the pitcher struck out the last Ray the place exploded: cacophany, one older wacko guy shook beer in the air spraying me. We hung around for a little while. the place emptied out onto the street. Several small crowds gathered hooting & hollering. First time in my life that I was in a home town winning a home game for the championship.
I slept in the hotel parking lot. Another chilly night w/ heater on low.
Beautiful morning today.
Drove down to Delaware and White Clay State Forest ride. Short drive.
Globbed onto 2 racer chicks. What a ride. They were refreshing their memories of the trails and rode at a righteous pace. Wonderful trail system. 13.67 miles and 1493′. Worth riding again. Only stops were to figure map out. Great group ride.
More leaves remain on trees here than up North. Which has been snow dumped on. Jim Thorpe received snow. Made it out in time.
Tonight camped in a shopping center parking lot beside a bank. Main highway is about 150′ unobstructed feet away. Mostly residential.
Going to ride 1 more ride in DE, brandywine Creek park befofre moving down to MD.
Received a jury summons for Spokane County. License tabs arrived at ECM, I shipped them to Slatyfork WVA, home of my next IMBA epic.
That was a blast being part of the Philly celebration!!!! I was wondering whether my rental car would be a burned out, smoking carcass when I returned, but was glad to see it as I left it. It was good to see you and catch up with you, Craig. I hope to do it from time to time depending on where you are and where I happen to be travelling to…….safe travels, Craig!!
Cal
Hey, a tug and a rub is great for me. Bring your bike that time
Craig, really enjoying ‘being with you’ on your travels. I had last checked your website in August, so had lots of posts to catch up on. Your adventure puts “Into the wild” to shame. Looking forward to your next post. The POD is with you!!