July 28-August 3, 2019

Kooser State Park

Somerset, PA

PART 4-

Ohiopyle State Park

Located on the southern reaches of the Laurel Ridge, Ohiopyle State Park encompasses approximately 20,500 acres of rugged natural beauty and serves as the gateway to the Laurel Highlands.  The park offers vast choices of activities including some of the best whitewater boating in the eastern United States.

We began our visit to Ohiopyle State Park at the Visitor Center before starting off on our 10 mile bike ride. 

 

 

The Yougiogheny River Trail is a portion of the Great Allegheny Passage which connects Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cumberland, Maryland.  The flat, crushed limestone trail was once the rail bed for the Western Maryland Railroad.

When we first started off we weren’t sure how far we were going to bike before turning around to return to the trailhead parking lot.

 

At the five mile point we began hearing thunder and decided it probably would be wise to start back.

With two miles remaining it began to pour.  I didn’t mind getting wet but I did mind my glasses getting wet and foggy making it difficult to see where I was going.

We finally made it back to the truck.  Being soaking wet we decided that we would have a change of clothes with us in the future.