Sunday, June 24, 2012

6/24/12

Yesterday I was only going to go about 55 miles but could not find acceptable logging and ended up on Pittsburg, 82 miles.  I discovered that the NHL draft was in town and there was a three game series between the Detroit Tigers and the Pirates so every bed in the area was booked.  I was trying to figure a way to hide out along the river for the night when a guy I had talked to earlier found me and said that a couple was about to check out of the Holiday Express so I called them to my name first in line for the room.  After some discussion about room cleaning and begging I got a room.  The down side is the price set a new record for room ransome on this tour.
After I got cleaned up I went out for dinner.  I happen to be walking with a couple that was also perusing the same establishments and ended up going to the same place and sharing a table.  They were John and Lois.  John had been in the Navy about the same time as I was and had been a university professor so we had somethings to start  conversation.  They were very interested in my tour and had a lot of good questions.  The greatest part is John picked up my tab.  He claimed they would be .  See the loving couple below.

Today was a much shorter ride although fairly long in time due to difficulty in following the bike paths through Pittsburgh.  I am in a much simpler and cheaper motel in New Castle, PA.  Tomorrow will be Meadville, PA.  Pennsylvania has some significant hills and tomorrows ride will have several and a head wind.  Looks like a repeat of the Texas hill country.


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