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Day 67 - Cumberland to Hancock MD

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Monday April 29, Biked 62 miles. Total mileage by end of day: 3924. Cool, cloudy, then sunny. My host last evening had this hanging in his kitchen. This picture is for my wife Patty. I love you! My ride started with a steep descent on a brick road. Then onto a short segment of the GAP trail... ...to reach the C&O Canal Trail. Here is a reproduction of one of the canal boats. A final departing view of Cumberland. Then down the trail. Over an aquaduct. Mike is a trail neighbor who was working to clear a few fallen trees from the trail when I rode up. He used his chain saw and I moved wood. I forgot to take a before picture. But here is the cleared trail after we finished. Then on I went and encountered some single track.  After slip sliding through some muddy stretches, I detoured onto a road. Some had good wide shoulders, most I had to take the lane. This house had too