Another birthday on the road; three years ago Don asked what I wanted for my birthday and my reply was to be on the bike any place but home and he has tried to make that come true every year. We all watched Bernie and Shirley leave and we each wiped a tear from our eyes. We certainly will miss them. The destination today was Penn’s Cave which turned out to be a great ride and a very interesting attraction. Found a great little local restaurant in Centre Hall, Brody’s Diner, where the food was good and the prices right. A quick search in the GPS and we selected the Piper Aviation Museum in Lock Haven as our next destination. We were now in some of the most beautiful parts of PA riding what seemed to be a level road but we were really on a mountain ridge with higher mountains to the left and right and a valley between us and the far mountains. Below were farms with fields displayed as patchwork quilts with brown squares of plowed fields, or light green harvested hay baled and waiting to be stored or dark green fields of corn. Large farms with red and white barns, silos and white houses.
With still a lot of daylight remaining we headed north to Renovo for no particular reason other than a very dear person I once knew came from that town and I wanted to see it. The ride up was magnificent as we began to climb mountains rider and bike becoming one as we dance around each curve in the road. Forests of dark green creating a shelter for our ribbon of black suddenly open to reveal the Susquehanna River and allow the cool air to reach us. Reaching Renovo we gas up, take a look around and turn the bikes towards the campground 79 miles away where we plan to have dinner at The Fence Drive-In. This little place doesn’t look like much and you eat outside on picnic tables or in your car but it is packed every night. We were not disappointed – the food was very good. Just proves the point if you want good food follow the locals to their favorite spots.
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