DC or bust!




Church in Harpers Ferry

Thomas Jefferson Rock

Potomac River

Nice section of CO

Appalachian trail marker


 Tomorrow I ride 60 miles to Washington DC or actually Georgetown. It will be a big day with the miles and a big day to finish my ride of the GAP and C&O towpath; some 335 miles in total. I can tell you I’m tired every day. 

Today was both good and bad. There was a massive rain and thunderstorms last night and I was worried about both the trail and 3 flat tires I had yesterday with no spare tubes if something happened. Well the trail was sloppy wet but rideable and about 20 miles into my 40 mile day, I flatted. I had to call the outfitters who sent someone to pick me up and drive me to the nearest town 5 miles away. The bike shop set me up with new tires and tubes, washed down my bike and lubed the chain. It purred the rest of the day. I’m in Harpers Ferry where American history abounds. Thomas Jefferson came here and declared it worthy of crossing the Atlantic just to see the confluence of Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. There was  American made rifles made here from late 1700’s to late 1800’s. The town/military operations changed hands a dozen times in the civil war and there was Stoner College here as the first Black college founded here.AND the Appalachian trail goes right through town.

Oh yeah, Meriweather Lewis on the famous Lewis & Clark Expedition spent a year here provisioning for his trip. 

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