Day 9 - to Ramada Inn, Cumberland MD - Flower city->Steel city->Capital city - CycleBlaze

October 7, 2022

Day 9 - to Ramada Inn, Cumberland MD

Miles: 43, Ascent: 1,318, Descent: 2,554

A beautiful day for a ride with full sun and high in the upper 60s. Said goodbye to PA and entered MD reaching the end of the GAP trail 

Meyers graveyard. Many members of this family were buried long before the railroad arrived in 1911
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Theresa GardnerGreat photos (and weather) Dave! Chris and I are enjoying following you on your journey....have a great few days finishing up - and we'll see you soon at the wedding! xoxo
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Kath LevI love rural cemeteries.
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Eastern continental divide. Water falling to the west of the divide flows to the Gulf. To the east it flows to the Atlantic
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Elizabeth HendersonAnd, once again, it all comes back to Earth Science!
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Pittsburgh to the right, Cumberland to the left. I have been riding a steady 2% uphill grade until I reached the Eastern Continental Divide and then it was all downhill to Cumberland
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Steve and Sharon who live in Maryland. They gave me some nice tips about the C&O canal trail
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The Great Savage Tunnel which is a whopping 3,300 feet long. The temperature outside was 68 degrees. As soon as I entered the tunnel it dropped to 54 degrees and of course my GPS lost its satellite
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The Mason Dixon Line. The surveyed line that separates PA and MD and free states from slave states
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Kath LevA cousin of mine went to Frostburg State College. I remember riding in the car up that steep, narrow, winding mountain valley, to visit her (50 years ago), that you have just traveled down. Wheeeee!
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