9/14/23 – Bower Hollow to Paradise

9/14/23 – Bower Hollow to Paradise

Hi Everyone,

We’ll visit both valleys with this ride! We’ll start by heading through the Narrows, hopefully followed by our friends at the Millheim Fire Company.

Sorry folks! We haven’t confirmed that the Fire Co. can follow us through the narrows so we’re switching the Two Valley’s ride to last week’s Bower Hollow to Paradise route that we had cancelled. This one keeps it to 17.6 miles with several options to shorten your route with daylight dwindling.

Safety Tip: This route includes a few miles along Route 45. The berm is pretty wide along this section and we ask that you stay to the right of the white line as much as possible to be on the safe side.

End of Year Picnic

Please RSVP for the End of Year Picnic to be held Sunday, October 1st with a 10:30am start. We ask that you RSVP by September 22nd if planning to attend (non-riding spouses, significant others, and kiddos welcome) so that we can accurately prepare the meal. This event is catered by Bobbie’s Kitchen and served Creekside. Elk Creek will only be providing beer for this event. RSVP/View Details

See you Thursday!
-Roy


Bower Hollow to Paradise via Happy Valley Ride w/ GPS: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/40446243

Shortcut Options:

  1. Skip Bower Hollow – turn right onto Rachel’s Way in Aaronsburg and follow Bartges Road to Pine Creek Rd.
  2. Skip Broad Rd + Bartges Rd – stay straight on Pine Creek Rd.
  3. Skip Paradise – turn right at the end of Pine Creek Rd and head back to Elk Creekside.

Bower Hollow to Paradise

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