by Katie Ruth | May 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
The 2016 bike trip blogs are written by riders and posted daily as Internet access allows. Follow here, on Facebook (and a bit of Twitter and possibly Instagram) with #paiplonbikes. Learn more about the ride and the riders. Today’s guest blogger: Dorothy...
by Katie Ruth | Apr 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is the first of the 2016 bike trip blogs, written by riders and posted daily as Internet access allows. Follow here, on Facebook (and a bit of Twitter and possibly Instagram) with #paiplonbikes. Learn more about the ride and the riders. I write this to you on a...
by Katie Ruth | Apr 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Meet Jon Brockopp, the final entry in our 2016 get-to-know-the-riders series. The 2016 PA-to-DC ride will take place April 29 -May 3. Back in 1983, I hitch-hiked from Greece back to Germany, where I was an undergraduate student. I both loved and hated hitching rides...
by Katie Ruth | Apr 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
This piece, written by Jonathan Brockopp, was first published in the Centre Daily Times on April 21, 2016. Read more about the bike trip, and link to profiles by each rider at paipl.org. For the fifth year in a row, I am riding my bicycle to Washington, D.C., to urge...
by Katie Ruth | Apr 25, 2016 | Uncategorized
Meet Dorothy Blair, tenth in our get-to-know-the-riders series. The 2016 PA-to-DC ride will take place April 29 -May 3. This is my third PA-IPL bike trip to Washington D.C. I wasn’t planning on going again. I thought I would make room for new bikers to enjoy the...