Today was a nice pleasant day of riding. Weather was a bit overcast and slightly chilly, which is honestly perfect. Path was very pleasant, hard packed gravel. Visited a variety of scenic tourist-y type things along the way, like tunnels, and vistas, and train stations.
One highlight of the day was stopping at a tiny diner in Meyerdale; I ended up being the only one who went to that diner. The waitress was a younger woman who had a shirt on that I thought had a cool design with the Cat in the Hat and it was about cancer so I told her I liked it and asked where I could get one but she said it was a shirt she had made for a friend of hers. Then she got quiet and said that her friend hadn’t made it. So we had a good long conversation about her friend and about my brother. It felt good to tell that story to someone because it has a happy ending. Plus the patty melt was good.
Dinner was a crab place here in Cumberland. Shower was at a YMCA. We’re staying at a church. It all feels “peak Bike The US for MS”.
My right achilles started acting up today and it’s swollen as all get out. I hope it improves tomorrow. Can’t wait for more riding. Really enjoying the trip so far.
