West coast man canoeing across country stops in Pittsburgh

Point State Park Aerial view of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a focus on the Point, the place where the Allegheny River (left) and the Monongahela River come together to form the Ohio River. The Ohio, in turn, will flow 981 miles mostly southwestward, where it will empty into the even larger Mississippi River that nearly bisects the American Midwest. (Photographer: Carol M. Highsmith/Library of Congress)

By WPXI.com News Staff

PITTSBURGH — Just keep paddling and you might find yourself traveling 7,500 miles from coast to coast, like Neal Moore.

According to our partners at TribLive.com, Moore, from Oregon, will cross 22 bodies of water on that trip, including the Ohio and Allegheny rivers. He arrived in Pittsburgh on Wednesday and planned to spend a few days before hitting the water again.

Moore said he wanted to explore the waterways to connect with people across the country. He said Pittsburgh’s rivers appear to be much cleaner than they used to be.

The plan is to dock in New York by mid-December.

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