Originally Posted by
unterhausen
Yeah, PA bike route S is really horrible in a lot of places, but especially eastbound after Morgantown. I was dot watching someone I ride with occasionally through there and they kept stopping on that stretch, which stressed me out because it wouldn't surprise me if someone were killed on that stretch. And there is also a really big hill. I'm not familiar with it further west, but I think it's bad there too. PA bike routes are almost all bad for riding.
Sorry for taking the OP's thread so far off topic, but Ragbrai isn't really long distance as defined in this subforum.
I can relate. I was dotwatching a TABR racer at sunrise in Kansas on a stretch that I knew was risky. His dot stopped. He had already slept. I was freaking out until it started again. I would press a standard message to my loved ones that I was just resting. I wonder if a Garmin inreach would have a way to just text all your followers and friends....no worries, I am fine sort of message.