VISION RIDE 2010

The ride begins in beautiful Happy Valley which is also known as State College, PA. State College is the home of the Pennsylvania State University and offers some of the best riding in Pennsylvania. The ride will make its way up the valley towards another college town, Lewisburg. Home of Bucknell University, Lewisburg sits on the west bank of the Susquehanna River. After a brief rest stop the ride will cross the mighty Susquehanna and make its way down the eastern shore to Sunbury, PA. The ride will again cross the Susquehanna where the North & West brances of the river converge. Once at Sunbury the ride will turn east again and heads toward anthracite country. Coal counrty. Around mile 80 the ride makes it first real mountain climb. Up and over into an the coal mining town of Trevorton. Once through Trevorton comes the second mountain climb of the day. Then it winds along a mountain side to finish up in Pottsville, PA. Home of the oldest brewery in American, Yuengling. We will stay the night in Pottsville.

Day 2 starts out in Pottsville as we head towards Orwigsburg. Once through Orwigsburg we will heade to the first the world's first refuge for bird's of prey, Hawk Mountain. The ride will climb over Hawk Mountain. Decsending the other side towards Kempton, the ride heads toward its third and final college town, Kutztown, home to Kutztown University. Winding through scenic farmlands the ride makes a stop at Green Lane Park in Perkiomenville. At this point the ride will take on a more family oriented ride on a very flat rail trail called the Perkiomen Trail. It winds along the Perkiomen Creek by the Old Poole Farm in Schwenksville which is home to the Philadelphia Folk Festival. Passing Spring Mountain Ski Area, through the town of Schwenksville, towards Graterford. Turning left on the Skippack Trail takes us towards the village of Skippack and finally to our final destination of Cedars.

VisionRide will be raising funds for the Foundation for Retinal Research(FRR). The FRR is committed to finding treatments and cures for Retinal Degenerative Diseases and supporting the lives of affected families. In the past couple of years, with the help of the FRR, researchers have moved gene therapies to human clinical trials. These trials have been successful in restoring vision in individuals who are blind or severly visual impaired. With the help of organizations like the FRR, it is no longer if there will be a cure for blindness but WHEN!!
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