Greg & Camille Go Bike

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We celebrated Greg's annual trip around the sun with some birthday cake flavored protein bars. A biker's dream! Don't worry, the real celebration will come when we get home in a week. We waited for the rain to mostly clear and did our best to dry the tent in one of the shelters that had been vacated that morning. We gathered essential supplies from Martin's Food: caffeine, apples, cocoa almonds, pizza goldfish, and pop tarts. A shopper heard we were biking to Delaware and was impressed. 

The GAP trail was well maintained but still muddy and unpaved, slowing us down with a shallow incline for 65 miles. We kept leap frogging with another tourist pair. We always knew they were coming because one of them would yell, "HOWWWDEEEEE!"

After trudging through 3 miles of sand and crossing a few bridges, it was a nice downhill ride at the Eastern Continental Divide to Frostburg, MD. We didn't quite make it before dark, and as we approached the trail exit, some ATVs joined us on the ride to town. We paid for our miles of coasting with a steep hill up to the Timber Ridge Inn and Campground/Cafe. Sadly, the day ended with a cold shower, but we toasted to our Maryland arrival with many slices of hard-earned Giuseppe's pizza.