Thursday, September 16th, was an absolutely gorgeous day, so we decided to continue our exploration of the Heritage Rail Trail County Park which starts in York, PA and connects with the Northern Central Railroad Trail in Maryland. Please see our previous posting, Heritage Rail Trail County Park - Part 1, for our initial adventure last year.
We drove to the Glatfelters Station Trailhead to begin our ride south. The landscape surrounding this part of the trail is rural wide open spaces. The trail is shaded in parts and open in others; a very pleasant mix. We stopped at the Railroad Trailhead to eat our picnic lunch. We had ridden 10.5 miles. Reflecting on our ride we thought we had been laboring harder than usual. We thought we were out of shape. But on our return trip we realized that we had been riding on a gradual uphill grade. The ride back was much easier as now we were traveling back on a downhill grade.
As mentioned in our previous post, Heritage Rail Trail County Park - Part 1, this trail connects with the Northern Central Railroad Trail in Maryland. Our ride had brought us to within 3 miles of the border. This will be the starting point for our next adventure.
We drove to the Glatfelters Station Trailhead to begin our ride south. The landscape surrounding this part of the trail is rural wide open spaces. The trail is shaded in parts and open in others; a very pleasant mix. We stopped at the Railroad Trailhead to eat our picnic lunch. We had ridden 10.5 miles. Reflecting on our ride we thought we had been laboring harder than usual. We thought we were out of shape. But on our return trip we realized that we had been riding on a gradual uphill grade. The ride back was much easier as now we were traveling back on a downhill grade.
As mentioned in our previous post, Heritage Rail Trail County Park - Part 1, this trail connects with the Northern Central Railroad Trail in Maryland. Our ride had brought us to within 3 miles of the border. This will be the starting point for our next adventure.
Keep on Trekkin'
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