When you think of Colorado you think mountains- but the truth is Colorados mountains have nothing over Pa mountains, they just play a little different. Colorado drags theirs out over a long distance , Pa mountains just smack you in the face! No screwing around. You just go straight up & then straight down & then repeat!
My day started off a lot different than the past 32 days, as I got to have breakfast this day with my wife. Nice.
I also had the luxury of shedding some un needed gear that I have been carrying home with her lighting my load helping me deal better with the Pa hills. She also got lunch for me & joined me in Warren Pa for a picnic lunch in a park. She also did some forward recon for a hotel for me for the night. This allowed me to concentrate on a very big day that would take me 116 miles all the way to Port Allegany.Thanks for the help honey, couldn’t do this without you.
This day started off with some very serious climbs right out of the gate & ended doing the legendary “5 mountain climbs” between Smethport & Port Allegany! I got 61 miles in before noon & then finishing off the day @ 6:00. A very long but very productive day that leaves me with an even 100 miles tomo to get into Canton tomo nite.
To top off this great day I stopped by a house about a mile west of Port Allegany that has fascinated me for years traveling Rt6. When I reached the summit of the final climb where the house sits a couple were out front working on the house. Gary & Sue DeVore purchased this amazing place that was left to a slow death & are in the process of saving it. The house is confused as being a Frank Lloyd Wright house ( myself included ) but it turns out that it was built by Walter Hall who ended up involved with Wright on the famous Falling Water house. This house was built in 1930 as an “organic architecture “house that is ALL stone. Amazing. But also amazing is the Gary & Sue have bicycled all over the world! To add to that he is a Yuengling beer lover & had a cold one for me, & a tour of his house! A perfect end to a great day by any standard.
Tomo night I am suppose to meet @ the “New Park Hotel” in Canton @ 6:00 to receive a donation check from my buddies @ the Canton Lions Club. So the pressure is on to not be late for this event as this is a very impatient group. Tomo will be a good day for sure.
Frank's Coast to Coast Ride for Justin 
Frank, I stopped at that house years ago and no one lived there. There was a note on the door which explained the connection to Frank Loyd Wright. It was in bad shape with much frost heaving everywhere – but you could see that at one point it was special. See you soon
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I am glad you saw it – you can appreciate its significance. Very interesting people who bought it!
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