The Apple Cider Run

Hello List,
For the past four Sunday's, I've been riding my KLR650 into the mountain and back down to the valleys near Hawk Mountain. Really a blast on the thumper, fun roads, virtually no cars and great scenery. And I bring home a sack of fresh apples and a jug of cider.

Side note: I didn't get a picture of it, but I saw an old coal stove set up on a driveway being used as a mailbox! May have to go back and look for it.

Combination of dirt/gravel roads back and forth across the mountain at various locations and twisties in the valleys.

Cap~ Thanks for posting the lovely pictures.As an aside,I have just been in the Blue Mountain area recently to attend the Jacktown Gas Engine Show and it was great.What a beautiful state we have, especially in the fall of the year.You forgot to mention the crunch of the leaves under foot and that particular smell of a carpet of maple and oak leaves. Oh ya,don't forget the smell of woodsmoke as you cruise thru the little towns and villages this time of year.Pennsylvania back roads are the best in the country the way I see it. Keep 'er rollin and go easy on the right grip.

I will go out on a limb and say those are Jonagold apples in the bag. I helped make cider with a cider press in a past life. It smells good being by the fresh ground apples. I also drank the cider when it was fresh pressed and still almost clear in color. Bad idea! Belly ache the rest of the day and you know what goes with that. Cider has to set and oxidize a little before drinking.

stovepipemike wrote:Cap~ Thanks for posting the lovely pictures.

What a beautiful state we have, especially in the fall of the year.You forgot to mention the crunch of the leaves under foot and that particular smell of a carpet of maple and oak leaves. Oh ya,don't forget the smell of woodsmoke as you cruise thru the little towns and villages this time of year.Pennsylvania back roads are the best in the country the way I see it. Keep 'er rollin and go easy on the right grip.

I have to agree. I always liked the fall rides the best. Mostly through NE Pa and the NY southern tier down NY 97 along the Delaware River. Out in the open and as you said the smells of autumn.

Cap.....nice pics...Hawk Mtn is an absolutely beautiful place....a must see in our Commonwealth.

gaw wrote:I will go out on a limb and say those are Jonagold apples in the bag.

Correct! And a few *Keepsake* too.