Youghiogheny

The day started with some critical rolling

And after a great breakfast of bananna oat pancakes, eggs, sausage, and home fries we said goodbye to Kramer

And Frostburg

and dropped onto the Great Allegheny Passage Trail

We headed towards Meyersdale on our way to Ohiopyle.  The GAP is MUCH nicer than the C&O as you gain elevation and the surface is perfectly graded.

We started with the climb to the Eastern continental divide where we said goodbye to the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Crossed the Mason Dixon line

And tunneled our way to the Mississippi and Gulf of Mexico watersheds

We had a snack at the historical society in Meyersdale where they are way more interested in railroad history than they are in the tens of thousands of bikers that stop for a snack.  We chatted with some nice folks and got the "Holy crap you are crazy" stare when we answered their questions about where we are heading.   They liked our gear though...and so do we!

We stopped for lunch in the angry little town of Rockwood where we ate 5 day old sandwiches from the Rock City Express gas station.  They did have bananas...those pesky bikers always buy those!

We road along the Casselman River

Where the cool, shaded areas support lots of Rhododendron and Hemlocks

We crossed the Casselman just outside of Confluence where it becomes the Youghiogheny 

We rolled into our digs in Ohiopyle, got some take out, did some laundry, and applied liberal amounts of ointments.

Some birds I have detected since leaving Landenberg (ignore the number)...  

1 Canada Goose

1 Hooded Merganser

1 Wild Turkey

1 Rock Pigeon

1 Mourning Dove

1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo

1 Chimney Swift

1 Killdeer

1 Great Blue Heron

1 Turkey Vulture

1 Bald Eagle

1 Red-shouldered Hawk

1 Red-tailed Hawk

1 Belted Kingfisher

1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

1 Red-bellied Woodpecker

1 Downy Woodpecker

1 Hairy Woodpecker

1 Pileated Woodpecker

1 Northern Flicker

1 Eastern Wood-Pewee

1 Acadian Flycatcher

1 Eastern Phoebe

1 Great Crested Flycatcher

1 Eastern Kingbird

1 Yellow-throated Vireo

1 Blue-headed Vireo

1 Red-eyed Vireo

1 Blue Jay

1 American Crow

1 Common Raven

1 Carolina Chickadee

1 Black-capped Chickadee

1 Tufted Titmouse

1 Tree Swallow

1 Barn Swallow

1 White-breasted Nuthatch

1 Carolina Wren

1 Winter Wren

1 European Starling

1 Gray Catbird

1 Brown Thrasher

1 Northern Mockingbird

1 Eastern Bluebird

1 Wood Thrush

1 American Robin

1 Cedar Waxwing

1 House Sparrow

1 House Finch

1 American Goldfinch

1 Grasshopper Sparrow

1 Chipping Sparrow

1 Field Sparrow

1 Swamp Sparrow!!!!

1 White-throated Sparrow

1 Song Sparrow

1 Eastern Towhee

1 Bobolink

1 Eastern Meadowlark

1 Orchard Oriole

1 Baltimore Oriole

1 Red-winged Blackbird

1 Brown-headed Cowbird

1 Common Grackle

1 Ovenbird

1 Worm-eating Warbler

1 Louisiana Waterthrush

1 Common Yellowthroat

1 Hooded Warbler

1 American Redstart

1 Northern Parula

1 Yellow Warbler

1 Chestnut-sided Warbler

1 Black-throated Blue Warbler

1 Prairie Warbler

1 Black-throated Green Warbler

1 Scarlet Tanager

1 Northern Cardinal

1 Indigo Bunting