Day 22, 23 and 24 – Jordan
Posted on July 29, 2011
On July 27th we left Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and rode down to the Point, where the Alliganni and the Monongahina Rivers come together and form a third river (which I don’t know the name of). We spent a little time there taking photos by the river before stopping at REI for a few biking necessities. Then we rode out of Pittsburgh on a beautiful rail trail that we spent the rest of the day on. We arrived late to lunch in Cedar Park. We then rode a relaxing nineteen or twenty miles into River Edge Campground. This campground was great. It has a river for swimming, nice showers, and a fantastic pool. The majority of the group bought ice cream within the first hour we were at the campground at the local ice cream store. The showers were great and it felt fantastic to do laundry. Tomorrow we sleep in till seven and ride twenty miles to white water rafting. Should be a great day!
On July 28th we woke up at seven at Rivers Edge Campground and continued on the rail trail twenty miles to Ohiopyle. In Ohio we ate a delicious lunch at the Firefly Grill, hot sandwiches, salads, wraps, and homemade lemonade. We then rode a mile or so to the river rafting place, changed into our bathing suits, and got put on our rafting gear (helmets and life jackets). Then we all loaded onto the school bus and went to the river where we sat on our rafts while listening to the guide talk about safety and electing our captains of the boat. Good job Captain Colby, our boat made it out alive. Colby also brought his Go pro on the raft and got some awesome video we will hopefully be able to post on facebook. We went through level 4 rapids, a few of us fell off, we got stuck in on rocks, we pushed each other out, and had raft battles.There were some epic rapids that had us flying all over the place but no worries padres, everyone made it out alive. By the time we got off our rafts it was 5:30 and we still had 10 miles to bike for the day. But before we could possibly consider leaving Ohio Pile, we had to go check out the natural water slide. A river flowing over thousands of years had formed a smooth rock water slide. People slide down the 300 yard water slide on their butts and end in a deep pool of water. The Jettriders jumped off a large boulder and into that pool of water multiple times before heading back to the Firefly Grill for some ice cream. After a delicious treat we rode the last 10 miles into our campground where we ate Abigail’s special mac and cheese for dinner and had raspberry pie for dessert.
