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10 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

Not the best time to ride it on a road bike. Loved the picture of the girl lifting her bike over the downed tree. The turtles in the canal look happy.

The first time I rode from DC to Pittsburgh (the year they connected the two trails) I had one day it rained for 24 hours. I have an old friend who lives in Confluence and I showed up on her doorstep looking pretty ratty. I spent the night there and she made me breakfast. I had planned on leaving at sunup which I had been doing all week but we had a lot of catching up to do and we talked for hours at breakfast. It was 10:30 by the time I finally hit the trail. All along the trail I kept seeing fresh sawdust from chainsaws and stacked firewood and brush. Just before Connellsville I caught up to the crew that was clearing the trail. They had just cleared the last fallen tree and they were resting on a log. I am blessed and highly favored. If I had left my friend’s house at sunrise I would have spent the whole morning trying to get my heavily loaded bike around all those trees.

A good tale of how the late bird gets the worms sometimes.

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14 minutes ago, Old#7 said:

Bump

I saw these.  I just thought that was "mild" stuff folks can normally expect after any storm - ie a tree down that will get moved in a day or two. But if it is like that (or worse) up and down the C&O, that is bad news.

On 6/8/2018 at 7:49 AM, Old#7 said:

The stairs are not fun with loaded touring bikes.

My old dog and my new dog both HATE those stairs.  I think the grate style is AWFUL.

Tom

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