Sunday, May 30, 2010

Lebanon Valley Rail Trail - Part 2

It's another beautiful day for a ride. My wife and I returned to this trail. Once we got unloaded and ready to ride at the Cornwall Trailhead we decided to head toward Lebanon. During our last trip we had traveled in that direction for 3 miles and then turned around. So off we went. It was mid-morning. We passed many bikers, hikers, and joggers. We ended up in Lebanon after about 4.5 miles. The last 1.2 miles was paved macadam. We turned around and headed back to the Cornwall Trailhead. All in all, a pleasant ride, plenty of shade along the way and a short trip.

We decided to have a picnic lunch at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area near Kleinfeltersville. We made our way to the kayak launching area and found a picnic table that gave us a great view of the lake. Much to our surprise there was a "wild" turkey wandering around. I have wild in quotes because it wasn't afraid of us at all. In fact, it seemed to be begging for scraps. When it wasn't making it's calling sound it was absolutely quite, like in stealth mode. It kept inching it's way closer and closer to us until it was directly behind me at the picnic table. It was about 6" from me. We got kind of freaked out by it.

After lunch we decided to top off the meal with a stop at Boehringer's Ice Cream in Adamstown. So now we need another bike ride :-)

Keep on Trekkin'.

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