Jakob's Hills (from last fall)

I actually did two more rides in late October and mid-November last year, but never got around to posting pictures. Here are some pics from October 21.

A new way to Upper Campus:

 

 

Bloomsburg and Fernville:

Welliver, Old Bloom Road, and hills:

Montour County sights:

Sechler Run

 Sharp turn, glowy sign

 Pretty, late-afternoon vista

Back in Columbia County:

Epic panorama of Dutch Valley. (Is there any such thing as a non-epic panorama?) (view large)

Getting late:

 Nice lighting

 Hemlock Creek

 Getting darker in Fernville

 Fishing Creek and pretty fall colors

Bloomsburg Rail Trail

Foolish shortcuts:

 Just look at that monstrosity, what possessed my 2015 self to head up that!

Had to push the bike up this :-(

Upper Campus pics (again):

 Sunset colors

 Even prettier

 An epic evening panorama (view large)

Mifflinville/Mifflin Township excursion, two weeks ago

I rode ~28 miles to the Mifflinville area more two weeks ago, on the 6th (!) but have been far too busy to write about it. I'll just dash off a quick post with a few pictures.

 Neufer Hill Road

 The Safety Lights place on Old Berwick Road

 Pretty impressive that we can build these, when you stop and think about it.

 Shot of the Susquehanna River

 

The bridge to Mifflinville

 Railroad tracks

At this point, I reached Mifflinville and headed to the gravelly, rocky Andreas Road. Things began to get harder.

 View from Andreas Road, right before heading into the woods.

 Andreas Road, looking forward

 looking back

 Rough terrain

  Seriously rough terrain

After reaching the top of Andreas Road, I headed over to Smith Hollow Road, unexplored territory. It went downhill through the woods for a while before reaching Pennsylvania Route 339.

 Something spoke to me about this view

 Smith Hollow Road, going downhill

 Smith Hollow Road again

 Route 339

Warning lights

After that, I went slogging uphill, first on Smith Hollow Road, and then on Bull Farm Road. Bing Maps told me that the latter was unpaved (I like how Bing Maps tells you that, but the printed directions are awful otherwise), which seemed strange since it started out paved. But soon it became gravel.

 Large, leaf-covered rock formation

  

 Yet another sofa in the middle of the woods

 

 Smith Hollow Road

 

Bull Farm Road rising steeply. Ugh.

 Bull Farm Road again

Rising on gravel.

At the top, there was a breathtaking view.

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I then continued on pavement, wandering along some paved roads to Hetlerville. Along the way, I was chased for a while by an angry dog, but when I took off at full speed, it gave up. My camera ran out of battery on Hetlerville Road, so I don't have any pictures from the last 12 miles or so.

 Nescopeck Mountain

Some road somewhere

After Hetlerville, I explored Kelchner Road, which eventually became very rough and unpaved, going through the woods. It was a pretty little road with a waterfall at the bottom, but steep. On the other side, back in civilization, a gnat flew straight into my eye. Of course, I wasn't wearing sunglasses, so I had to ride the last ten miles with a burning sensation in one eye. There was one last major descent, down Snyder School Road to Mifflinville, and after that it was flat on Old Berwick Road until I got back to Neufer Hill. A few minutes after that, I was home, as the light was beginning to get low.