The trail was in good shape and it was a perfect day for a bike ride ...I had a little trouble finding a place to park and ended up stealing some parking space from the access road at the trail head ...
The trail is mostly flat and it winds along the riverside ... There are a few spots like this one where you can get a good view of the river ... But mostly there is a line of trees separating the trail from the water ... The trail passes by some homes and buildings ... And the occasion sounds of people enjoying there weekend could be heard ...
There are lots of old rail road ties to remind you of the heritage of this trail ... It was interesting to see how nature has been slowly reclaiming the land ...
After about an hour and ten minutes I made it to my turn around point ... There was clearly something being set up in the community park are of Slatington ... When I got there a BBQ truck was just starting ... Too bad it was going to be 4 more hours until they would have food to sell ...
On my return trip I stopped to help Dave and Larry ... Dave had developed a flat tire and neither of them had spares or a repair kit .. I still had the repair kit from last years big ride so I offered to help patch up the tire ... It turns out that Dave had 4 holes in his tube ... I patched him up and got them back on their way ... It was nice to know that even though I haven't fixed a flat in nearly 30 years thatI was able to help out (even with the pathetic excuse for repair patches in my kit) ...
