… Waterfall and butt scratcher.

Summer has finally arrived in NEPA … a day late and a dollar short, as usual, but I’ll take it. A ride in the cool shade of the Gorge would be perfect for a humid day like today, we decided. Construction on I-81 “encouraged” us to choose a different route to White Haven, so we took I-380 to Tobyhanna instead, following Route 423 to Route 940 and taking that all the way to White Haven. This was auspicious for several reasons; not only did we find an interesting State Game Lands (#127) alongside Route 423 that looks nice for mountain biking, but we also discovered (once back at home) that we had passed right by a USGS triangulation station near Brady’s Lake that we’re eager to check out next time we’re in the area.

Somehow after a filling breakfast I still had room for pastry. Hey, we had to investigate the White Haven Bakery that we’d discovered last time we were here! We split a sticky bun (sticky and nutty, no raisins—a very good bun, second only to the Amish-made ones at Reading Terminal Market) and a small cup of coffee, and then we hit the trail.