Friday, October 14, 2011

Fall Bicycling in Big Valley, Belleville, PA

The weekend of October 7 - 9, we went to Belleville to do the annual "Moon Pie Bike Ride". Our friends from Lancaster have invited us the past few years to join them on this ride. The Valley isn't flat by any means. Most of the 56.6 miles was rolling, however, there were several hills that were 9% to 15% grades. Not flat like Indiana! But it was fun. We stayed in a cabin on Stone Mountain overlooking the Valley. The changing colors of the leaves were at their peak. Here are some photos of our ride.






And yes, we did ride our tandem












Sunrise which we saw from the cabin where we spent the weekend








Here are some fall color scenes.






























On our ride through the valley we saw numerous farm scenes.




























On our way home, we stopped in Rockton, PA to visit the town where Ruthann's Father was born and her Brilhart Grandparents are buried.  As we entered Rockton, we saw these scenes of color reflected in the water of a dam.














We easily found the grave site.

It was a quick trip, but worth it.

7 comments:

KBP said...

Great pictures, especially the shadow one. Was that mom's idea or dad's? I know the reflection of the leaves on the water was dad's...

Chet and Ruthann said...

The shadow picture was Mom's idea. Who else can ride on the tandem without hands and take a picture!!

Sally Jo said...

Great photos. We do miss the fall colours.

Goshen Old Spokes said...

So is this ride now an annual event?

Chet and Ruthann said...

Yes it is.

Martha Helmuth said...

Nicely documented. I like the first one on the tandem.

John Yoder said...

Love the shadow photo of you on the tandem.