First question should be, why five days? Most people do this in three or four days. Well two big reasons.

First, the best train back from Washington leaves at 4:05pm. So if we did four days, the last day we could be hustling to get a train - not fun.

Second, before we leave the Smith's and Berkebile's are taking a vacation. I don't want to cut that short, so starting the first day around noon made sense.

The first day we are starting from Brian's house and heading the wrong direction for a few miles so we can start at the McKeesport trail head. Apparently, Brian is some sort of trail hall monitor and they want to get his picture starting our trip.

The first day is designed to ease us into riding and give us plenty of time to setup camp the first night. We'll be staying at River's Edge Campgound and Cabins, just outside of Connellsvile, PA. We'll be following the Youghiogheny (jk????e??ni) River all day today, so I expect lots of bridges and old industrial parks.