A much more pleasant day of riding with no accidents, and more to look at. I got to cross West Virginia off my list by carrying my bicycle across the foot bridge into Harpers Ferry, where the civil war started and they have a museum to John Brown the abolitionist (who I know precious little about).
Ted took us on a field trip to Antietam Cemetary. It was a good ride and I enjoyed the cemetery, where his great great uncle is buried. But all I could think about - because of the Ukraine war - is how stupid wars are, and how many young people had to die for this one. I’m not a Civil War buff, I guess.
The path itself improved greatly, which is good because my ankle was giving me all kinds of fits. It got better as the day went on because we weren’t bumping around quite so much.
I can’t believe the trip is almost over, this is our last day of riding tomorrow.
Also I got to see a Paw Paw for the first time. Somebody was asking about why Paw Paw, WV is named that and we happened to ride past some on the ground so Ted showed us one, but it was too rotten to eat.
Oh! And I won the wildlife photo contest with a picture of a blue heron I took the other day.
