Thursday, August 27, 2015

Susquehanna River Walk

On Thursday, we decided to take the day off from baseball and just enjoy a nice, relaxing day.  Bonnie and I both worked on our blogs that morning and then after lunch, we decided to take the bikes and go for a short bike ride in Williamsport.

The Susquehanna River Walk is a paved bike trail that runs for a total of about 8 miles along both sides of the Susquehanna River.



There were several informational signs along the trail that talked about the logging industry from years past and how the logging companies used to float the logs down the river.



This old guy is a statue of a man from those years who worked to help float those logs down the river.  He was called a "wood hick."


Williamsport is located on the north side of the river and South Williamsport where the Little League complex is located is on the south side of the river.  As we rode our bikes along the north side of the river, we could see downtown Williamsport and the building where the old Grit newspaper was printed.  Ken said he delivered Grit newspapers when he was a kid.  The owners of Grit, the Lamade family, are who donated the land on which the Little League World Series is located.


As we continued up the trail, we passed by a small dam that went across the Susquehanna River.


There were a few people fishing on the banks below the dam.


After riding a few miles, we crossed over the Susquehanna River...



...and began riding back on the south side of the river.


We continued riding the trail until it took us to almost where we had parked last night when we went to the game.  We then turned around and headed back across a different bridge back to where we started on the trail.



It was a very nice day for a bike ride and we rode about 8 miles.  After we got back to the campground, we sat outside for a long while talking about everything and then grilled a late dinner.  Bonnie fixed wax beans which Chuck and I had never had but thought were very good.  We finished up our evening with a game of SkipBo and a game of Pinochle.  What a nice relaxing day!

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