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09-25-08, 07:34 PM
I promised to take more pix while riding. Here are some from a lunch time loop I try to do once a week but we have been busy at work most of the summer until last week and I was able to get out and ride in the awesome weather we had last Friday. It's a 20 mile loop with the first 4 miles up a mountain to warm up.
Enjoy!
The bottom/start of the climb in a little town called Coleville, PA.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7409.jpg
After the climb through Coleville you come to a fork. To the left is about another 100 yards of climbing, to the right is another 3.5 miles of climbing. Somedays I choose left, somedays I choose right. This day I went right because I was feeling pretty good when I got to the fork.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7411.jpg
There weren't any clearings to take pics from on the top of the ridge unless I went into someone's back yard and up there you may just get shot at since it is still kind of hickish(no offense to the hick Clydes). Descending the other side dumps you into a very small village(2-3 houses, a church and a general store) called Filmore which is the start of another climb but not has steep or as long, maybe a mile or so. The church is on the right and the climb is on the left.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7415.jpg
This is the mountain I just rode up and came down. At the same intersection as the above picture but looking back.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7414.jpg
Once at the top, the descent back to the mountain is very relaxing with the scenery especially on a clear day like it was.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7417.jpg
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7418.jpg
The view heading toward the ridge line I rode across in the beginning of my ride. On the way back I was still feeling good and there is another short climb to a road(the left fork in the earlier picture) that is only halfway up the mountain ahead(although some of you Westerners may call it a hill).
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7416.jpg
The view from halfway up the mountain into the valley(They call it Happy Valley and Mt. Nittany is in the background for all you Penn State fans) I just road through.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7422.jpg
These views just relax me and clear my mind, then I can go back to work and focus more easily on the tasks at hand instead of browsing BF the rest of the day.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7421.jpg
Lastly, some giant sunflowers in someone's garden just before the descent back to the office.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7423.jpg
Hope you all enjoyed my lunch time ride as much as I did.
Enjoy!
The bottom/start of the climb in a little town called Coleville, PA.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7409.jpg
After the climb through Coleville you come to a fork. To the left is about another 100 yards of climbing, to the right is another 3.5 miles of climbing. Somedays I choose left, somedays I choose right. This day I went right because I was feeling pretty good when I got to the fork.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7411.jpg
There weren't any clearings to take pics from on the top of the ridge unless I went into someone's back yard and up there you may just get shot at since it is still kind of hickish(no offense to the hick Clydes). Descending the other side dumps you into a very small village(2-3 houses, a church and a general store) called Filmore which is the start of another climb but not has steep or as long, maybe a mile or so. The church is on the right and the climb is on the left.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7415.jpg
This is the mountain I just rode up and came down. At the same intersection as the above picture but looking back.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7414.jpg
Once at the top, the descent back to the mountain is very relaxing with the scenery especially on a clear day like it was.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7417.jpg
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7418.jpg
The view heading toward the ridge line I rode across in the beginning of my ride. On the way back I was still feeling good and there is another short climb to a road(the left fork in the earlier picture) that is only halfway up the mountain ahead(although some of you Westerners may call it a hill).
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7416.jpg
The view from halfway up the mountain into the valley(They call it Happy Valley and Mt. Nittany is in the background for all you Penn State fans) I just road through.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7422.jpg
These views just relax me and clear my mind, then I can go back to work and focus more easily on the tasks at hand instead of browsing BF the rest of the day.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7421.jpg
Lastly, some giant sunflowers in someone's garden just before the descent back to the office.
http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr240/BigUgly_2008/Img7423.jpg
Hope you all enjoyed my lunch time ride as much as I did.