Day 023 - Exmore, VA to Pocomoke City, MD - Two Far 2023 - Oranges to Apples - CycleBlaze

May 8, 2023

Day 023 - Exmore, VA to Pocomoke City, MD

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Today's ride turned out to be all about a railroad.  For a large portion or the ride, I was alongside the right-of-way of the old New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad. 

As I had less than 50 miles to go today, we got up early for breakfast and then spent a leisurely morning reading the news on the internet.  It was almost 11 before I got underway.

My first stop was at the Exmore Train Station.
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I learned later in the day that the rails had just been pulled up last year. I hope they turn the right-of-way into a paved Rail Trail as it would be a fantastic trail.
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This looks like it will be a tomato field, based on what I saw yesterday.
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Another train station along today's route.
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I spent several miles alongside the old tracks.
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An unexpected find. This is Studebaker's Garage. They specialize in in old Gas, Oil and Soda advertising. Although it's not a museum, it could have been.
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Inside Studebakers Garage. Sorry about the fuzzy photo.
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Everything was for sale.
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Meet Jamie. He is the son of the owners, who were on a road trip in the Midwest looking for more items to buy for their store.
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Downtown Parksley. Jeanna said she enjoyed walking around the town while she waited for me.
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We had a very good lunch at the Off the Rails restaurant where Jenny was out waitress. The food was delicious, but I ate way to much and paid for it later in the ride. If you should ever ask John P., he'll tell you what I mean.
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Inside the bar which adjoins the restaurant, there was a mural of Parksley from the 30's
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The history of Parksley as written in 1929.
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The Parksley train depot.
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The Eastern Shore Railroad Museum was closed today (Monday).
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I captured this off of the museum's website. I have been through many of the towns listed on the schedule during the last 2 days.
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There was some rolling stock outside the museum. Each piece had a nice description such as this.
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This is one of the box cars that had been converted.
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Tomorrow's (Tuesday) forecast is for a 60% chance of showers all day with temps in the upper 50's.  The forecast for Wednesday is sunny and warm.  We were planning to spend Tuesday and Wednesday in Lewes, DE.  However, we just had a VERY SHORT discussion about the schedule and will be taking tomorrow off and riding to Lewes on Wednesday instead.

Today's ride: 50 miles (80 km)
Total: 1,192 miles (1,918 km)

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