Gravel!

Reminder, dear reader, Edwina’s blog has been hijacked by Clyde. We left Edwina home alone where she is probably crying her air out bemoaning that she didn’t get to travel. She will return another trip.

Today was gravel! Well…crushed stone. And some light single track. Ooo…and cobble spillways…downtube jarring, tire testing cobbles. Perfect for my new gravel-style touring bike persona. Today, we had very little road. A very short stretch to get back onto the trail and then a longer stretch from the trail to the hotel. Other than that, about 45 miles of tow path.

Don’t be thinking that tow path means flat and monotonous. Sure it was flat, but not monotonous. For most of the day the tow path was again between the canal on the left and the river on the right. We left early in the morning so we had the light at just the right angle. The birds were singing. Great Blue Herons chilling next to the trail…as in a foot away. Gutsy birds. Later in the after noon, turtles sunbathing.

Really nice riding. Wondering what tomorrow will bring….will it be traffic or trail? Will we have to pay back in more miles of traffic for all those nice trail sections? Or will the gods of bike paths be on our side?