Harrisburg, PA Surprise Ride

Isidor Weiner As Seen At The Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, NY

Before Leaving Cooperstown this morning we stopped by the Fenimore Art Museum. They were featuring visiting exhibitions by Edward Hopper and Frieda Kahlo; their niche is American Folk Art and Native American artifacts all of which were quite well done.

Then it was as fast a 286 mile trip as possible from Cooperstown to Harrisburg, PA.

We noticed a couple of interesting things on our fast 286. One was that, this being Day 14, we have had only one day so far that didn't feature something special--visiting friends, a bike ride, Bally's, a museum. That was a pretty exciting realization.

It was also pretty exciting to discover we had a very large refund from our mortgage company that had just been riding around in one of our brief cases for six weeks. Didn't take us long to find a an envelope, stamp and mailbox.

Initially it wasn't quite as exciting to bump into each other's differences. Kirk is a strong sensate, meaning he needs accurate and timely factual information. I am much less of one. We have bumped into each other a few time around this issue in the process of route navigation on this trip: Beverly's GPS function just doesn't give us the big picture. We satisfied our differences by stopping by the AAA office and picking up some paper maps. Between the two, paper and Beverly, we hummed along so well we arrived in Harrisburg in time for an hour and a half ride and walk. That was quite a treat as neither of us was expecting to get any outside activity in today.

We found the Capital Area Greenbelt: I rode 18 miles including riding with another cyclist I happened on to. Kirk walked 4-5 miles in the heart of downtown and learned a ton about Harrisburg including the Methodist Church's role in securing Harrisburg as the State Capital in the 1890's.



I guess The Cows made it to Harrisburg, too. ;-)



One of many bridges over the Susquehanna



The Susquehanna is full of little islands some of which are big enough to be farmed, I am told.

A Five Guys burger and back to the hotel to route plan for tomorrow which will include a brief bike ride in West VA, a new state.