We found the Pennsylvania hills

So I'd heard all about how awful Pennsylvania hills are supposed to be from multiple sources and after yesterdays absolutely beautiful and relatively flat ride I was skeptical about whether they really existed, but today's ride convinced me they are really there. We spent the entire day on US6 which was awful. There is a tremendous amount of truck traffic on that road because of all the newly found natural gas in the area. We were constantly beig passed way too closely by dump trucks and semis and that coupled with the hills made for a very unpleasant ride. Tomorrow we head back out on the same road for another day although it will be shorter (only 45 miles instead of 60 today). We had some tough hills today including one that was at least 1.5 miles into lunch. We did get to go swimming when we got in though which was very refreshing. The only bad part was the very cold shower I had to take afterwards.

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Location:Wellsboro, PA