THE BIG 300
DAVID THOMPSON/Sun-Gazette
Weldon C. Cohick Jr. makes his 300th trip on the Pine Creek Rail Trail via bicycle.
The temperature hovered near 60 degrees, and dark, angry-looking clouds hung low in the sky, yet Linden resident Weldon C. Cohick Jr., adorned in a T-shirt, shorts and sneakers, was right where he wanted to be — in the Pine Creek valley. “Every inch of this valley is beautiful. Everywhere you look, it’s pretty enough to be in a post card,” Cohick said as he prepared to begin a 16-mile bicycle trip on the Pine Creek Rail Trail from the Darling Run Visitors Center to the Blackwell access area. The trip – on Aug. 19 – was a major landmark in Cohick’s 48-year love affair with the creek. It was his 300th trip – all documented, he claims – through the valley, either by boat, on foot or by bicycle.
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Larrys Creek Watershed Association will hold several events in coming weeks.
IN THE PARKS
(Editor’s Note: The deadline for In the Parks is noon Tuesday. Events submitted after the deadline may not be published.)
Cherry Springs State Park, Galeton
Sept.
Women Build
South. Columbia @Montoursville
Hughesville at Loyalsock
BRIDGES OF YESTERYEAR
COLUMBIA CO. TRIP 9-5-08
Washington DC Mall
Vigil for Tamara
CAPPA Fest