Come spring 43F will feel tropical. And 20F will be normal. And single digits and below will be the challenge range. I say that knowing that each year I get older I have more difficulty enduring the cold. Not sure what to expect this year but hope it won’t change too much.

So far I’ve not had to go the UHaul route you did. I’ve thought about what I would do if I was caught out far from home in a sudden snow. Especially with so little cell coverage in many of the places I ride. I make sure I have a warm hat, food and water, and something to build a fire with. Probably should add a foil blanket to the topcase. In case I have to spend some extended time outdoors in the snow…

43 seems almost tropical now after seeing and reading your latest post. I have left home For Easter weekend rides with temps in the mid 20’s but with absolute dry conditions and balmy forecasts for points south. On one occasion in the mid 1990’s four of us had to rent UHaul vans to get our bikes home to Ontario out of PA as we woke Easter Monday morning to simply too much snow to ride in. As long as it is dry and there’s hasn’t been any salt laid down used to be the measure. Not so much anymore. I’m sure that most of your cosy destinations are more than capable of providing tasty vittles. I have perused a number of menus and it all looks pretty good to me. Helps too that I enjoy a good cup of coffee.

I remember some fine meals at the Millheim Hotel in the 1970s. Then it faded. Not sure what it’s like now.

Ingleby is a really cool, strange little village. I’ve been back through there a number of times, and have viewed it from the mountain top on the other side of Penns Creek. Need to take another ride out that way.

Paul sold the Fly to make way for the Vespa Primavera or ET4 he hopes to buy. He’s just waiting for the perfect paint/seat combo he’s after.

I was too relaxed on that ride. Didn’t make many pictures on the road or in the coffee house. Lazy rider/photographer/blogger.

Autumn seems to support a lot of slow, easy riding. There have been times I want to pull off the road and take a nap in the afternoon.

Riding in Germany is one of my riding fantasies though in my case in the Alps. Germany, Austria, Italy and Scotland. And much of America. Plenty of dreaming on my plate.

I count at least five different routes to get there from Boalsburg. And more if swinging around and coming from the north or east. Lovely rural countryside to tour through.

43F is getting chilly, at least for me so early in the cool weather season. But after a few chilly rides I’m comfortable and ready for the next drop toward freezing.

Quite a ride for you to find yourself at the Inglebean Coffee House. If you do make the trip, upstairs from the coffeehouse is the Triple Creek Lodge. A cozy place to stay in Penns Valley.

As far as using me as a good eats person, I have to confess my draw to places is more about the atmosphere than the food. I’m a bore when it comes to food — taste and interest. Just ask my wife. I’m usually looking for comfortable spaces to relax, talk or think…

Inglebean coffee shop is named after Ingleby, a tiny resort/ghost town less than ten miles out of Millheim, one road in that dead ends on Penns Creek at Ingleby. That’s a great destination for a Vespa ride, just saying…