My Walk Club

We were in Meyersdale, Pa for the Maple Festival over the weekend.  What a great area.  Early Saturday Terri, Peg and myself walked through town to the bike path  We walked about 3 miles.

As we walked up Meyers Ave the old houses are all different.  Each home has a different story to tell.  Many have been doctor's homes where they actually practiced.   During winter the smell of coal burning is prevalent.  Something we don't have in Virginia.

The climb up main street to the old train depot is steep but short.  Then we began our walk on the bike path.  Frost was on the plants and the sun was just starting to come over the mountain.  We talked, laughed and walked.  It was too cold to ride bikes but the walk was brisk and fun.

I like the bike path because it goes from one town to another.  This spring we want to ride down to Cumberland, Md.  That may sound like a big deal but it's mostly down hill.  Don't tell anyone. ha ha

Last year Matt and I rode over to Rockwood.   I think that's about 14 miles one way.  We stopped for a snack at the  Playhouse.   It is a dinner theater which books all sorts of entertainment.

So what can you do in Meyersdale?

1. bike path - walking or biking this path is an old rail line running from Pittsburgh, Pa to Cumberland, Md. and connects with the C&O bike path which goes into Washington, DC.

2. Flight 93 Memorial is about 1/2 hour away.

3. Amish farms, buggies and business' surround Meyersdale.

4. Penn Alps - Amish restaurant and craft center, and a mill which still grinds flours.  Their buckwheat pancake mix is a favorite!

5. Springs, Pa - wonderful little store with lots of spices, bulk items and bakery.  Also during the summer the farmers market and flea market is alive with great bargains!

6. Meyersdale is the Maple Syrup capital of Pa with a Festival lasting 2 weekends in the spring.

7.  Meyersdale is also the center of the universe (according to the locals, and I believe them!)

Those are just a sampling of things we have found.  It is a wonderful area with great people!  Visit Meyersdale and tell them Ron sent you!

Until tomorrow, keep walkin,

Ron

Today is a new day filled with new and old problems, but more importantly a new day with more possibilities.  As I walked this morning the sun brought new radiance to everything it shined on.  Not just the picture perfect setting but the fenced dog barking, and the house with stuff strewn all over the lawn.

Life is not what the movies portray where each setting captures what a director thinks is appropriate.  Life is a mix of stuff.  The ordinary and the magnificent.  The closer I look the ordinary is usually magnificent too.

We took our usual walk through Water Street and Mark parted company in town.  Noel and I walked over the low water bridge past the campground on our way to Palmyra Road.   I wonder about the "whys" and one is a stone wall going up the hill from the campground.  Perhaps the road went another way one time.  Now it is covered over in the woods.  No  real function or reason?  Why?  There is probably a very good why.

The walk on Palmyra is a fantastic view.  Edinburg Gap is ominous before us and rolling fields behind.  The mountains and field have taken on so  many colors this last winter.  It is quite a show.

We cut down another side road that walks along the river.  There are a few cottages but the river is wide, jumping over the rocks.  Not exactly rapids but more like jumping.

We headed back on Palmyra and took the next road past an old park  of some sort.  My mother in law, Marie, remembers going there as kid with a pool and having picnics.

The subdivision up the road is a mix of small vacation houses  with some that are now year round living.  One yard I have another why. Why did they choose these particular plants and bushes?  Were some gifts at Easter or did they plant them according to some scheme or was it an eclectic plan?  It doesn't look like a plan was used but you had the sense they loved them.   Perhaps the smells or color of the flowers.  Some yards are barren suggesting no joy at all.

It was a nice walk.  Try Palmyra Road sometime, you will enjoy it!

Keep walkin,

Ron