[Whirl] Riding across the U.S.

[Jim Lay]

Looks a lot like my '05 Volae Expedition!

Rode from Confluence down to Cumberland on the GAP two weeks ago (hot!) and
counted roughly 7 recumbents along the way - the most I've seen on one ride
outside of WHIRL!  Allegheny Recumbent Tours in Confluence might have had
something to do with that. It's a great path for a 'bent with wider tires.

On Aug 3, 2016 2:54 PM, "Kathy Bilton" <kathy at fred.net> wrote:

> I don't really see all that many recumbents out here in the
> Sharpsburg/Shepherdstown area but earlier today, I came upon a recumbent
> rider who'd just rolled into Shepherdstown from Everett, WA on his way to
> Raleigh, NC.
>
> He asked me about the restaurant he had just parked in front of
> (Betty's).  I said I didn't really know about it as I never ate there. Then
> I decided to see if he might be interested in joining me at the Blue Moon
> as I was just on my way there to meet a friend for lunch.  So he headed on
> over there a couple of blocks away.
>
> Anyway, Will was riding a Volae (not sure which model). Pic here of him
> and bike in front of Betty's.
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_SdQdP4d4OHN0ZZU2E3WXNTZEk
>
> This was not his first time to make the trip.  He'd done it 8 years ago on
> the same bike.  He reported that at home though, he pretty much stuck to
> riding his upright.  A few nights previous, on the only evening where he
> didn't have somewhere arranged to stay, he'd run into a couple on the GAP
> and ended up staying in an apartmment they told him about that had been
> prepared for a couple who cancelled out at the last minute.  I'm not sure
> if they were refugees of some sort or not, but the place he stayed was a
> part of or else just very close to http://cityofasylum.org/
> http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/10/in-pittsburgh-a-refugeforendangeredwriters.html
>
> (Had his first flat a couple of days ago.  Was using Schwalbe Marathon
> Plus tires.)
>
>
> --Kathy
>
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