GAP D3

Back to the Ohiopyle House Cafe for sweet potato pancakes with blueberries and walnuts. Sadly they are disappointing, not enough flavour and lacking a little spice. I ate them all though.
We are booked in this morning to see Fallingwater, one of the houses in the are designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It is amazing, a cantilevered house hanging over a waterfall. 

Wright incorporates natural elements into the design in a seamless fusion with construction. It is still a modern house nearly 80 years on. No air conditioning it is remarkably cool on a hot humid day. The other remarkable thing is the way the tourists are moved through. There is a new tour group starting about every 10 minutes. It is extraordinarily efficient as the tour groups don't cross each other's path and all of them fit into the limited available space. Nor do you come away feeling that you have been rushed through the house.  The grounds are beautiful, shaded, cool and with the sound of running water to enjoy.

After all that and lunch in Ohiopyle we clamber onto out trusty two-wheeled steeds for a ride of 11 miles to our next stop in Confluence. We have been closely watching the radar to see where the thunderstorms are in the region. Just one clear hour, thats all we need - and we get it. In fact we don't see any rain for the afternoon or evening. 

We have passed several people, local and touring, travelling in one direction or the other along the trail. It is good to see it so well used. All of the towns along the trail have fully embraced the cycling culture and most have a bike shop. That makes a nice change from some other trips I've been on.