Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Trip

In August of 2019 I took a trip to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to meet up with my high school friend Len.

The time line was:
• Aug. 12 - I took the red eye out to Pittsburgh, Pa., arriving the next day.
• Aug. 13 - I arrived, and we headed for the old turn-pike tunnels near Breezewood, Pa.
• Aug. 13 evening - We stayed in Altoona off of Hwy. 99.
• Aug. 14 - We spent the day in Penn State.
• Aug. 14 evening - Heading back, we stayed in Ebensburg, Pa. off of Hwy. 22.
• Aug. 15 - We rode the Ghost Town Trail, Dilltown to Nanty-Glo and back.
• Aug. 15 evening - We again stayed in Ebensburg.
• Aug. 16 - We saw Johnstown Flood National Memorial and Johnstown and then drove to Akron OH.
• Aug. 16 - evening - We stayed in downtown Akron.
• Aug. 17 - We rode the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail along the Little Cuyahoga and took the train back.
• Aug. 17 - evening - We again stayed in downtown Akron.
• Aug. 18 - We rode the upper part of the Towpath Trail and then drove back to Pittsburgh.
• Aug. 19 - We rode the Montour Trail from Coraopolis to South Park, took a light rail into Pittsburgh, and then a bus.
• Aug. 21 - I flew out to Philadelphia

Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike Tunnels	We started out trip by investigating the abandoned Pennsylvania turnpike Sideling Hill and Rays Hill tunnels near Breezewood. These tunnels were abandoned in 1968. We walked through the Rays Hill tunnel and looked into the Sideling Hill tunnel.
Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike Tunnels
Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike Tunnels
Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike Tunnels
Penn State - Mount Nittany	The next day we drove up to State College. We started off by climbing Mount Nittany. We both did the same climb in 1968 as part of our freshman orientation.
Penn State - Mount Nittany
Penn State - Mount Nittany	Here we are looking into State College from the top of Mount Nittany.
Penn State - Football Statium
Penn State - West Halls	We had both lived in Wess Halls.
Penn State - West Halls
Penn State - Nittany Lion
Penn State - Nittany Lion
Ghost Town Bicycle Trail	The next day we drove to Dilltown and then biked from there to Nanty-Glo and back on the Ghost Town Bicycle Trail.
Ghost Town Bicycle Trail
Ghost Town Bicycle Trail
Ghost Town Bicycle Trail
Johnstown	We started the next day at the Johnstown Flood National Memorial which overlooks the remains of the dam that burst and created the Johnstown flood. We then drove into Johnstown and loaded the car onto the inclined plane and rode up to the top.
Johnstown
Johnstown
Johnstown
Johnstown
Johnstown
Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail at Akron, Ohio	After seeing Johnstown we drove to downtown Akron, OH. The next day we rode the towpath trail from Akron north along the Little Cuyahoga River to the north end of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail at Akron, Ohio
Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail at Akron, Ohio
Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail near Cleveland, Ohio	The next day we drove to the north end of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and rode north the the outskirts of Cleveland where the trail turned into surface streets. At that point we turned around and rode back to the car. We then drove back to Pittsburgh.
Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail near Cleveland, Ohio
Montour Trail	The next day we drove to Coraopolis on the other side of the Ohio River from Pittsburg and rode the Montour Trail. The trail section we rode 38 miles and was our longest ride. We finished at South Park Township and took the light rail into Pittsburg. From there we took a bus back to our starting point at Coraopolis.
Montour Trail
Montour Trail
Montour Trail - Our End Point

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