Biking Across the U.S (hopefully)
Cumberland - Frostburg 17
Hotel rooms are the best, and this one had a continental breakfast which was amazing. Not necessarily the food, but the fact that there's as much of it as you want. I totally grabbed stuff for later. The rain continued in the morning, and for whatever reason they let me have a late checkout of 2pm. So with a ton of time to kill until the rain let off, I decided it'd be a good idea to clean my bike... in the hotel shower. Makes sense right? Everything gets washed down. Nope. Not only was there three days of mud caked on the whole thing from the rough trail, every bike has a ton of chain grease that gets all over everything. So after the initial mud got washed down I was left with a plastic tub covered in chain lube that won't come off with a towel. So of course I was freaking out about getting charged to replace the whole tub. I spent the next half hour using my pot scraper soaked in chain degreaser with intermittent shower flushes to get it all out, and it still wasn't perfect. But no call from the Ramada yet. Once the rain let off I made a meager 17 mile uphill trek to Frostburg, MD. It was a steepish climb and will continue to be for a handful more miles, my legs were beat from the last two days, and the next camping spot wasn't for another 30~ miles. Before my last trips my mom would tell me to be smart and be safe. I've proven not to always be the former... so I guess I'll be the later and call it a short day. Best part about the town is a $5 all you can eat pizza place.
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Linda Reyner
6/20/2017 06:52:08 am
Love reading about your adventures! Thanks for the pictures!
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Nikki Smithson
6/24/2017 07:55:06 am
I'm loving this! I'd have died when I saw the bear. And a peacock? Hahah
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