Up & down

Had a hard time to get up today; a hard time as well to get down on my bike seat. Took a run downhill from the campground to Jim Thorpe downtown.



Exiting this once coal mine city is a long way up the hill thru the curves, sweating in the morning sun. Little up, little down and thru the countryside,



... thru the woods,



... and thru this small town of Mainville.

And there are still a few hills to ride up and down as I go west thru the Apalachian Mountains.