Biking Across the U.S (hopefully)
North of Richmond - Fredericksburg - C&O 70
Woke up at the A crack of dawn again to get some miles in before the soaking humidity set in. Which was good, because only 30ish miles into the ride o took a little spill over pothole I didn't see... to my credit it was kind of dark. Bent derailleur hanger, nice dude with a pickup truck, and one commuter train later and I was back on the road... in Washington D.C. Not exactly what I wanted, but that was the only place with my hanger in the area. On the super plus side I got to start out on the C&O Canal path that links up with another trail and will run all the way to Pittsburgh. On the downside, it'll put me too far north to go through Millwood and see my dad who's playing music with a bunch of other like-minded folk for the week. Bummer. Riding through D.C was semi terrifying, and some cop in front of the White House yelled at me for abandoning my bike to take a picture. Really, it just sounds more authoritarian that way... he said please. The C&O trail was a pretty scenic ride for the first half, its right along an old canal system on one side and the shallow Potomac with exposed rocks and small falls on the other. And turtles, I saw like 85 turtles. The trail got a little dicey after that with big washouts, rocks, and mud tracks. I wish I had changed out my tires for larger ones... but who would've thought every road/trail wouldn't be pristine, newly formed pavement? Camping at a hiker/biker spot along the trail with some dude named Ed. I don't think he'll murder me.
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