Thanks Jeff. The Pa countryside makes me wish I could be more poetic so I could convey its often overlooked beauty.

I'm 30 miles due north of Harrisburg. It's a great little area. Very rural – lightly rolling hills, lots of farms (many Amish), fields, streams, and the Susquehanna river. The river is 1 mile wide and usually less than 4 feet deep. The islands and rocks in it make it the most picturesque river I’ve ever seen. Every time the river depth changes the scene changes too.

Connecting all this is a nice web of rural roads, most are lightly traveled. The people on them are used to Amish buggies and so are very considerate of cyclists. All in all, a great place for a road cyclist to live. There are thousands of wooded acres in the State Game Lands so the trail bikers love it here too.