The first section of the Northwest River Trail is now open. It’s only 2.3 miles at the moment, but eventually, it’s going to be part of a 14 mile long trail along the east shore of the Susquehanna in Northern Lancaster County.
There’s a nice writeup on the Lancaster newspaper’s webpage.
Hear Ye, Hear Ye!
There is going to be a meeting about the Northern Extension of the LVRT at Jonestown United Methodist Church next Thursday night.
I took the monkey out yesterday to fart around on the Swatara Rail Trail. I had never ridden on this trail before, and it’s pretty rough. There were several blowdowns across it, and it was a muddy mess.
There were a couple of washboard sections that made me wish for a suspension fork.
The Lebanon Valley Rails to Trails people are trying to extend the trail another 7 miles to Swatara State Park.
They are having a public meeting about it on Oct 15th, if you are interested in that sort of thing.
From Swatara SP, it’s only 3 miles to the East end of the Stony Creek Rail Trail, so I really hope they are able to build this extension.
Girtong2 and I abandoned our cubicles today, and went for a bicycle ride on the YHRT.
Today: 15 miles
Sept: 21 miles
2008 Utility Miles: 244
2008 Total Miles: 536 miles