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cantunamunch

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Willyum215

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Greetings all,
It's been a while since I posted in the cycling section. I hope everyone had a great summer.
This is a late post but wanted to share some photos from my first-ever century ride from Leighton, PA, to Union Dale, PA (home of Elk Mountain, PA) on 9/2/22.
It was primarily via the D&L, Heritage, and D&H trails, but also had some road sections - mainly around the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area.
The weather was perfect, the spirits were high, the scenery was beautiful, and it was an all-around amazing day.

Jim Thorpe train station, just a few miles into the journey:
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Lehigh Gorge:
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Buttermilk Falls:
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Nature/fuel break, somewhere along the D&L:
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Somewhere near Wilkes-Barre:
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We ran into Joe Snedeker, weatherman for WNEP - an avid cyclist and a bit of a local celebrity in NE PA:
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The final mile, with Elk Mountain in the background.
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Can't wait to do it again next year!

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Tom K.

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Greetings all,
It's been a while since I posted in the cycling section. I hope everyone had a great summer.
This is a late post but wanted to share some photos from my first-ever century ride from Leighton, PA, to Union Dale, PA (home of Elk Mountain, PA) on 9/2/22.

Great pics!

Congrats on your first century. :beercheer:
 

Willyum215

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Here are a few flicks from this past Saturday's 25-mile round-trip ride on the D&H trail between Union Dale and Carbondale PA.

Nice canopy section close to the Carbondale trailhead:
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Bridge over the Lackawanna river heading into Carbondale:
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Carbondale Post Office - took this shot from the patio of Burning Bush Coffee, close to the Carbondale trailhead:
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Closed off spur between Carbondale and Simpson:
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Stillwater Dam, built by the US Army Engineers in 1960:
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Willyum215

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I finally got my first outdoor rides of the season in last weekend on the D&H. Some flicks from Saturday below:

Sinkhole Swamp - much prettier than the name implies:
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The D&H Rail Trail Council has finally started making improvements north of Ararat, PA - while I have "snuck" back here before, this was the first time I've seen this gate open since I started riding in the area. Definitely much improved conditions, and I expect they will lay down some bike-friendly gravel soon.
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Some cool old relics from the train days:
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In or very close to Thompson, PA
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Overpass shot from the top of the above gate platform. I only got about 20 more yards until two large and territorial dogs wanted to "greet" me.
Since I was solo, I decided not to risk it and turn back.
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Loose and slightly uphill on the 12.5 mi return:
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Stopped to see my buddy on the way back:
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This showed up on my feed this morning as part of a Franklin Land Trust fundraiser. D2R2, maybe 2013ish, at the top of Patten Hill around mile 98. I'm second wheel, and looking pretty haggard, but its almost all the way downhill from here, including a truly ripping and chunky gravel descent coming up in the next mile or so. Best part of the ride.

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