Jim and Ray of the Erie Outing Club did a ride on the Allegheny River Trail and the Samuel Justus Trail. I have a ICE tadpole trike and he has a Bacchetta Giro 20.
My brother and I decided to take a vacation day from work since the weather for Tuesday was forecast to be warm and sunny.
We started at the Samuel Justus trailhead located in Oil City. The Samuel Justus Trail is a five mile trail which goes to Franklin. At Franklin its connect into the Allegheny River Trail. We stopped their to have lunch. There are some picnic tables their by the river.
We continue on to the Belmar Bridge. The Belmar Bridge is 1385 feet long with a wooden deck and railings and a great view of the river. The Sandy Creek Trail runs goes across the bridge and goes east and west.
We then proceeded on to Indian God Rock. On the way I notice a stairway going down to the river. So we stopped to investigate it. It was a wooden platform with two chairs on it. It look like a nice place to meditate or read a book , and have a great view of the river.
We then continued on to the Indian God Rock. The rock has carvings created by Indians dating back to 1200 A.D.
I haven’t been on the trail in a little while. I glad we went because there might not be to many nice days left this year. I will have to try to make it down here more often. It was a very nice Indian Summer Day on the trail in November.
Jim
