Monday, May 11, 2009
Dunmore to Moomaw
It was a rainy day but the ride was totally gorgeous. So was our campsite on Lake Moomaw. Our clothes were all soaked when we arrived at Lake Moomaw, so we attempted to take advantage of the sinks and drier at the campsite. We'd dry our (synthetic) clothes under the hand drier, but they'd soak up water from the air as fast as the hand drier took it out. Fortunately, we got a bit of beautiful dry sunshine on Wednesday morning. Wednesday afternoon brought buckets of rain. A few hours through the day we threw in the proverbial damp towel. We had a great trip but the prospect of another day with wet clothes was unsettling. We managed to shuttle everyone and their steeds safely to a hotel with a hot tub and slept in style while the rain poured down. All in all it was a lovely trip.
Freaky Stuff
Marlinton to Dunmore
On Monday we enjoyed a few lovely hours of sun. We finished the Greenbrier River Trail, rode through the historic company town of Cass, and were lucky enough to be offered camping space behind Dunmore Country Mart by the gracious Norma and Theresa. We stopped by Theresa's sister Holly's store a few miles down the road in Frost.
Maya Saves the Day
We didn't plan to ride with a support vehicle, but it turned out to make things much easier. I can't imagine getting up some of those hills on my 12 speed with fully loaded bag. Because of the combined efforts of the three of us and the number of lovely trilliums in bloom, we came to be called Team Trillium.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Stuff...
After the first night of camping in the rain, most of our stuff was wet but we relented. We slept the first day near Anthony, West Virginia. We biked along the trail and stayed the night in a nice B&B in Marlinton. They had bike parking and a washer and dryer. I had false information about the existence of a hot tub, but the promise of it kept us going over 50+ miles of gravel with fully loaded packs.
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