I felt a million times better this morning and left the motel an hour and a half earlier than I had to as I was pretty excited to get to State College and see Penn State. I walked through the town of Phillipsburg before running up the climb outside of town. After a few miles, Bike Route V turned to the north and I left it by staying on 322. It was kind of unsettling not knowing if the roads were going to be good, but State College was a place I wanted to see while I was in the area.
After a mountain descent, I arrived into the town of Port Matilda. After a short break here I began the climb of Skytop Mountain and then the descent into Happy Valley. Following Google's biking directions I ended up in a subdivision north of town looking for a bike path that would take me into the heart of Penn State's campus after 4 miles. I soon found out that this "bike path" was a little single track dirt trail. I had to walk a ways on it before it opened up into a wider rails-to-trail path.
As promised, after crossing through the Penn State Arboreteum, I was spit out right at Penn State's enormous campus. I walked on one of the main roads that took me right past the 106,000+ capacity Beaver Stadium. Penn State football had a bye today, but it would've been pretty cool to be passing through during a game day. I walked the remainder of the way to the hotel I would be staying in for the next couple of nights that my mom donated to the cause, the Country Inn.
I was at first bummed out about how it was two miles from town, but then I learned it had a shuttle service. After getting situated I got a ride to Pickles, a taproom in the heart of downtown, where I enjoyed dinner and company with State Collegians. I ended up sticking around quite a bit later than the 10:30 ending time of the shuttle service and had to walk back.
After a mountain descent, I arrived into the town of Port Matilda. After a short break here I began the climb of Skytop Mountain and then the descent into Happy Valley. Following Google's biking directions I ended up in a subdivision north of town looking for a bike path that would take me into the heart of Penn State's campus after 4 miles. I soon found out that this "bike path" was a little single track dirt trail. I had to walk a ways on it before it opened up into a wider rails-to-trail path.
As promised, after crossing through the Penn State Arboreteum, I was spit out right at Penn State's enormous campus. I walked on one of the main roads that took me right past the 106,000+ capacity Beaver Stadium. Penn State football had a bye today, but it would've been pretty cool to be passing through during a game day. I walked the remainder of the way to the hotel I would be staying in for the next couple of nights that my mom donated to the cause, the Country Inn.
I was at first bummed out about how it was two miles from town, but then I learned it had a shuttle service. After getting situated I got a ride to Pickles, a taproom in the heart of downtown, where I enjoyed dinner and company with State Collegians. I ended up sticking around quite a bit later than the 10:30 ending time of the shuttle service and had to walk back.
Beaver Stadium
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