Day 0: Pittsburgh, PA

Today’s Highlights:
We loaded the van this morning and departed from Chris and Stacia’s house at 7:30. The entire five-hour drive to Pittsburgh was on highway with fast, heavy traffic. It will be refreshing tomorrow when we travel at a much slower pace on a trail away from traffic and noise. After dropping off the rental car and loading all our gear on the bikes, we headed to Point State Park where the very end of the Greater Allegheny Passage is. We enjoyed the scenery around the park and fountain and the convergence of three large rivers. It was a beautiful summer day, and many people were enjoying the waterways with all kinds of boating activities.

We cycled from the Point to the hotel and met Stephanie and Tom there. All of us went on a walk back down to the river to scout out the official GAP trail starting point for tomorrow morning. From there, we walked over one of the 400 bridges that Pittsburgh has, and had dinner on the South Side. The bridge we walked over was designed by the same person who later designed the Brooklyn Bridge.

Dinner at Joe’s Crab Shack was fine. After a pleasant walk back we just chilled for a while, then wished Stephanie and Tom a safe trip back to Buffalo. We are all looking forward to the ride tomorrow

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