Today is the last day of our trip. We slept in until about 8:00AM. We went to breakfast and packed up all of our things and checked out of the hotel around 11:00 AM. I was able to store the trailer and our baggage at the hotel so we took our bikes for a ride.
We rode down to the C&O Canal towpath trail.
It was nice to ride without having to pull the trailer. We were riding around 10 to 12MPH which was better than I was doing with the trailer but we could not go any faster because of the condition of the trail. There were a lot of mud patches due to the rain over the past few days. In general, that trail is not as smooth or as well maintained as the Great Allegheny Passage is. The towpath is well shaded by tall trees which probably why it takes so long to dry out.
The canal itself is covered with a green fungus.
The many turtles we saw would be covered in green as they sunned themselves.
We rode on an old aqueduct which was how the canal was able to cross streams and rivers.
After we had gone about 7.5 miles we turned around and headed back. It was passed our lunch time so we went back to the Crabby Pig for lunch. We decided that crabs were in order for our final meal in Maryland. Blue crabs and king crab.
Avery nice lunch!!
Then we went back to the hotel to retrieve our baggage and headed for the train station. We met a mother and son who did the same ride we did only 2 days later. They stayed at the Morgeun Toole Company B&B in the same room (Arnold room) that we stayed in. We all laughed because the old lady cooking breakfast came and told them the same life story that she told us!
The engineer that we had met the other day also was there with his grandkids so we said hi to him as well. Finally the train came and we boarded for Pittsburgh.
Turner and I went to the dining car for some dinner and talked to a young college student heading back to Colorado Springs for school. He was very impressed with Turner's knowledge of Colorado skiing.
Finally we went back to our seats for the remainder of the ride to Pittsburgh. Turner slept for a couple of hours and finally woke up when we were almost there. Brad (Turner's dad) was there to meet us and take us home. This year's adventure is over, wait until next year!
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