OnJeffsBike: October Weekend

Green, brown, and white are colors, but not the ones we hoped to see on our October leaf-peeping trip to Wellsboro, PA. We saw trees that had not yet turned, ones that had already lost all their leaves, and – horror – snow covered cars and grass!

Nevertheless, we had a lovely meandering trip north. Overnight in Gettysburg where the evening streets are crowded with character-dressed docents leading ghost tours, quick stops at World's End State Park (below) -- worth a return visit; in the one-street town of Forksville, founded 1790, with its covered bridge and sprinkling of Victorian houses; and odd little Wellsboro with its Winken, Blinken, and Nod fountain at the center of the town square.

We ate well too! Appalachian Brewing Co. in Gettysburg advised us the wait would be 1 to 1.5 hours unless we were willing to be seated on the patio on a chilly Friday night. But with a live band in the adjoining park, we were up for it. Great food AND entertainment. On Saturday evening, Timeless Destinations in Wellsboro provided excellent beer and pizza. (Not quite as good as the pizza at C.J. Maggie's in Buckhannon WV, but that's a very, very high standard to meet). And Front Street Diner in Harrisburg, although not the height of cuisine, provided a nice stop and chance to observe a slice of local life on Sunday.

The return trip had a 20 degree temperature span, from 31 degrees at the start to a much more reasonable 51 degrees or so at the end. Brooding clouds yielded to bright skies and a blinding winter sun. We cut a lot of the planned Sunday itinerary to avoid potentially icy conditions. So, except for a brief stop in Harrisburg, we headed home!