Hell yeah, you read that right. Though, that’s 124 over two days, so it is only slightly less impressive when put into context.

On October 6th, Alex/Laz and I loaded up in my car and took off for the Black Walnut Bottom camping area along the Pine Creek Rail Trail. While he took to setting up camp, I took to the trail heading south. Since BWB is almost a halfway point in the trail, I decided to use it as a base and bisect my ride.

Day 1 took me all the way into Jersey Shore, a 25 mile ride, before turning around to head back to camp. It ended up being a six hour ride with food, foot, hydration, and bathroom breaks. Once back at the camp, Alex served up a heap of carbs so I’d have energy for the next day. We closed out the evening with some rather odd conversation about investing in evil companies and the origins of the microwave oven.

Day 2 started at 6:30 AM for breakfast. I suited up and hit the trail at exactly 8AM, having most of the trail to myself until about 25 miles into it. At that point, the trail goes into the PA Grand Canyon proper and the numbers of other visitors picks up dramatically. My goal for the day was to ride to the Ansonia trailhead (30 miles), turn around, and head back to camp to call it a weekend. That was a good goal until I unknowingly blew right through Ansonia and rode an extra 7 miles nearly to Wellsboro. That little gaffe added 14 miles total to the ride, putting me in at 74 miles for day two.

As a result, day 2 took me about 9 hours. Part of that was also the fact that I encountered a lot more people on day 2 that wanted to chat with me about my trike. A few people even stopped to take photos. I don’t mind. I’d snap some shots, too, if I saw something unique on my ride.

I managed to keep a fairly detailed log throughout the ride, chronicling wildlife encountered and what exactly I did at each stop. The intent was to post that here until I read over the notes after getting home and realized they were both repetitive and boring.

You don’t need to know how often I stopped to urinate.