At Cranberry

Another transport day to Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. 

It wasn't going to be a long day so I picked a couple of points out along the Ohio River to make it a bit more scenic.

First off a short fast run up I77 until we reached the river then followed it through Weeling, West Virginia. Yep, sang the song in my head.

And yep the Olivia Newton-John song about the Banks of the Ohio also circulated my brain.

First crossing

Lots of industry along the river

 We got caught in a heavy rainstorm at one stage, our wet weather gear proving to be very good.  Only got wet gloves and a bit down the neck.  Not bad for the torrential downpour that it was.  The poor little bike did a lot of splashing through puddles.   It was quite narrow and no place to pull over.  Thankfully, the car in front switched on his four-way flashers so we could see which way the road went.

There were power stations

And the coal barges to feed them

Some small towns had very rough streets

Even three-to-a-bike transport

Eventually we made our way to Cranberry Township which is just north of Pittsburgh.  Cranberry is a huge place itself, sprawling over the hills.  All quite modern.
Settled in to our digs, we went over to the meeting place for the IBR to find our aussie mates.
We spent the rest of the afternoon looking at the bikes, catching up and dodging storms.

Happy to be here and raring to go

Only 193 miles for the day.

More IBR stuff tomorrow.