This ride starts and stops at Grouseland and climbs over Sidling Hill which is worth the effort for the view. We go by the Fair View Church with its interesting cemetery. Here you can see the headstones for the Fosters whose entire family died between Oct 4-14, 1860. And you can see the Sidling Hill Cut where I-68 cleaves through the mountain, a 355' deep gash which reveals fascinating geological strata. We also go past the old school house in Amaranth, now set up as a museum to the days when children were taught in a one room building by a single woman who was forbidden by contract to even date. From her meager salary she was also expected to keep the building clean and provide the wood to heat it during the winter. Some of the hills on this ride are hard but nothing compared to the difficulty experienced by the women who toiled at this school.
There is one store along the way The Ritz Brothers general store known in the area for its meat. The store is closed on Sunday. Water can be obtained at the Fair View Church and at the school house in Amaranth.