It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since retiring from full time work. My dad always said that time flys by and it sure does. Last summer was spent getting ourselves organized and attending our usual music events around Michigan. On October 3, 2015 we said goodby to family and friends and struck out on our first adventure.

Day 1 was amazing, we learned to follow the GPS (Maggie) pretty faithfully. The six hour expected drive took eight because we took a “short-cut” on highway 40 in Pennsylvania. After driving up and down mountains peaking at 3200 feet I was exhausted and ready to stop.  “Maggie” said that we couldn’t safely reach our destination from our current position.  I asked directions, yes can you believe it? We ultimately made it to a beautiful Core of Engineer Park. I quickly stopped the Motorhome jumped out and kissed the ground and hugged Nancy. We had arrived at Confluence PA. The COE park is located right on the Allegheny Passage Rails to Trails bike bath. We were looking forward to a wonderful ride in the morning.

We visited the local bike shop in town and received great info from the owner.  After telling him that we only had a few days he recommended several areas to ride.