Making of the Southern Crossing Photos
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Bill McCoach reviews a map of Cowan's Gap State Park. The park is the site of a luncheon stop on the Southern Crossing tour.
 
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Bill with a giant lego viking outside a toy store in Ligoner, PA 
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This shows a small bit of the recreated Fort Ligonier. In addition to the encampment, there's a museum (not pictured) where you can find out more about the French and Indian War.
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A shot from the outside of Fort Ligoner featuring the spiked fort perimeter wall. 
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Bedford County is home to 14 covered bridges; this is one they have preserved well.

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Sometimes photos don't do justice and this is one time! This is Gravity Hill, a place in Bedford County where the laws of gravity don't apply--both cars and water roll uphill!
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 As the sign says, here's the summit of the Tuscarora Mountain. Instead of climbing the mountain, we'll be going through it in a tunnel.

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The view from the Tuscarora summit. 
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Ray's Tunnel along the superhighway trail, our passage across the Tuscarora. 
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An overview of a section of the superhighway trail. The surface is quite smooth for an abandoned road of 36 years. 
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The view of the lake at Cowan's Gap State Park. 
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A typical shot of the Pennsylvania Blue Mountains in the morning dew. 
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Riding down the Fannettsburg Road toward the pentultimate mountain ridge crossing. 
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Crossing the bridge at the bottom of the climb up the Kittatinny ridge. 
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Half of a mile from the summit of the Kittatinny. 
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The switchback on the way up Kittatinny 
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Coasting down the eastern face of Kittatinny. The last ridge climb, Blue Mountain is in the distance. 
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Ribbon of farm road in Lancaster County
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Typical Lancaster County scenery. Keep on the lookout for the horse and buggy.