Early morning start.
A rare iron bridge built in 1871.
The windmills are on the top of the Eastern Continental Divide.
Handlebar visitor during a “butt break.”
The creek kept getting smaller and smaller.
Ever closer to the top.
The Eastern Continental Divide.
What was accomplished:
A nice downhill run to Cumberland ahead:
Big Savage Tunnel.
The Mason-Dixon Line, the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
The small town of Mt Savage.
The Western Maryland excursion train coming from Cumberland on its way to Frostburg.
The Brush Tunnel: bike riders are warned not to enter the tunnel if the train is coming because the smoke becomes quite thick and sparks fly everywhere.
Lover’s Leap: where an Indian princess and English trapper leaped to their deaths because they could not marry – according to the legend.
Mid-afternoon lunch in downtown Cumberland.
When I woke up this morning, I had a terrible sore throat but otherwise felt ok. By the time lunch was over, I was miserably stuffed up. After we got into our hotel room, I crawled into bed without even changing clothes, took a couple of decongestants, and fell asleep. Yuck.
Miles = 34
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