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Although we might like to, we can't stay in Ohiopyle forever, so we head out.

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Our clothes weren't dry when we woke up and Tara is still feeling sick, so we took a "rest" day today. First thing, we went hiking up the mountain in the Ohiopyle state park to look for eagles.

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We got up at 5:30 AM and packed up our camp to avoid the discovery of our not-so-stealthy stealth camp site by any early morning trail users. That's way earlier than I could ever get up back in the real world, but things are different on a bike tour. The key is to ride hard enough during the day that you're tired enough to fall asleep as soon as it ( Read more... )

It's a lot warmer today, so no fog on the river this morning. Our campsite was at mile 173, so we only have 11 miles to Cumberland, MD, and the end of the C&O canal.

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I awoke on day 3 to a very cold morning and a beautiful display of fog lifting off the river.

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We left the hostel around 9 AM after a breakfast of bagels with peanut butter. Before starting our serious mileage for the day, we carried our bikes up a spiral staircase on the footbridge to the historic section of Harpers Ferry. We locked our bikes to a tree and walked around the town, visited the museums, hiked up the hill to the town graveyard ( Read more... )

The 4 travelers (Tara, my sister Jackie, her boyfriend Dylan, and I) woke up to a huge breakfast consisting of bagels, tofu scramble, and fruit salad, courtesy of my parents. We loaded all four bikes plus gear into my mom's minivan and drove to DC.

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Tara and I drove from New Haven, CT to Columbia, MD with our bikes and gear. We arrived around 3:30 PM after a 6-hour drive and immediately went for a 20-mile bike ride on the local paths and trails to get the blood flowing to our legs again after sitting in the car all day.

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