2023-05-26
Hard. Got to camp at 4pm tho. Had a scare of low water, since camp had none. Nor toilet Gravel in forest was nice. Elevation was difficult Michaux 19 mile 51 Couldn't find fire lookout tower
Beautiful forest I had to hike some of it near caledonia To many rocks Shippensburg trail was funny Got McDonald's and some treats from sheetz Rail trail was chill Stream crossing was kinda fun. Water 2 ft deep maybe Got to Tuscarora site 86 around 4:15 Mile 98?
Nice forest gravel. Pretty fox campground and then hike a bile trail. Started very crazy, downed trees Then crazy 20% graded uphill. It was so steep, hard to even push bike without slipping. 1 hr for a mile maybe. Then beautiful ridge double track. Downhill to Waterford, nice diner lunch. Vegetables! Uphill pish back into forest. Started raining so I stopped 3mile early at 4:15 Rain stopped shortly after I setup camp, so I got bummed and thought I should've waited it out then kept going those 3 miles
Tuscarora 11 at mile 137
Nice gravel in forest, big down hill to mcveytown. Got food at market at 9am
Motorcyclists on bdr?
Big climb, down to allensville. Amish town. Got passed by horse and buggy
Hiked to hawk platform Greenwood and furnace campground Passed on it. Too many ppl + RVs
Rothrock state forest. Gravel very loose but , simply beautiful, my favorite part. Late afternoon/evening
Got to Penn Roosevelt at 7:40 192
Gps snafu Rothrock still pretty Bottle cage bolt fell off, water bottle handle broke in the fall Skipped pump trail, just stayed on gravel. Push to Petersburg was tough, almost ran out of snacks Huntingdon was a cute town. Chilled at sheetz WiFi. I think my phone reception is broken Met a really old woman who said she used to bike from broad top city to Saxton. She couldn't hear a word I said and put her next to my mouth.
Crazy climb past juniata river, mosquito's were wild. Got to terrace mountain trail head at 6:15. Couple came walking down. Luckily I didn't set up tent yet. Decide to camp on trail ~249
Took detour around unmaintained terrace mountain trail Got to trough creek state park at 9am Hike They had no potable water? I decided to push on. Lunch at raystown lake resort cafe Kinda funny. fancy resort and me stinking to high heaven Found a spot on terrace mountain trail 2 miles before putts campground Took a bath in raystown branch juniata river Mile 266 around 2:30pm I feel nervous about tomorrow. I think I got a little sunburnt. Left of nose
Lost trekking pole tip cover Noticed front qr skewer unlatched Noticed broken water bottle cage HB&t rail trail Linda's general store. 9am pizza and can of olives + sub for later End of rail trail to breezewood was boring Breezewood resupply was not fun. Terrible place for bikes Abandoned turnpike was wild. Chatted with 2 other ppl on bikes there. Not on edt lol they drove up to the nearby parking lot. Apparently there's a longer tunnel further on, but I left to enter buchanon forest Found real camp spot (sh007) at 5:30 at mile 310~
Very windy last night. And cold. Didn't sleep great. Enjoyed bit of Buchanan forest. Then miles to Hancock were meh. A dude in car pulled up and we talked a bit, he offered me water but I had enough. At Hancock, sheetz and picnic area. Nice break got there at noon. Chatted with a guy going Cumberland to DC My plan was to go 20 miles on the c&o to campsite. But I went 60 miles in the c&o and the campsite there had like 6 or 8 ppl. It was 7:30pm and my knee was hurting cuz I pushed it 90 miles lol. Guess I'll stealth camp between locks. I wanted to catch the Marc at point of rocks tomorrow and be home tomorrow. It doesn't run on Saturdays so I have to be at point of rocks at 7:55 am latest.
Woke up around 6am, hastily packed up, and biked 12 miles to point of rocks to catch the 7:55am train to DC