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I stayed Friday and Saturday night at Mom and Dad’s. On Sunday Dad dropped me off on the C&O Canal at Williamsport. I had just unloaded from his truck and put my panniers on my bike when I realized I had forgotten my food. So we loaded back up and Dad drove me to the Dollar General. I got a dozen eggs cheese 2 cans of Chilli tortillas and some jalape\u00f1o brats. That should be enough to last until Tuesday when I meet up with Dan and Emily. (My brother and sister in law). Also I know there is a few places to resupply along the canal if I had to. Forgetting my food was a bit of a disappointment though. In Mom and Dad’s freezer I had steaks that I had seasoned and vacuumed sealed just for my camping trips. When Sunnyway had New York strips on sale I would buy the whole thing and have the guys in the meat room cut it 1 inch thick. At home I would season them and seal them individually before freezing them. I told Dad he could eat them. I never labeled any of them and some of the seasoning I used had a lot of heat. I hope for Dads sake none of them were seasoned with ghost pepper steak rub. If they were sorry, Dad. Milk helps but again sorry I drank it all when I was eating the cookies Aunt Lou made me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Aunt had made me snickerdoodle cookies again! They are truly some of the best cookies I have ever had. They were supposed to be for my ride to Swains Lock, which is about 85 miles from Williamsport. But once I started eating them I could not stop and ended up eating most the bag full. I did manage to save 3 for my desert my first night out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bit of a cold front moved through on Saturday. It has been perfect biking weather since then, I prefer the cooler temperatures. Its pretty windy but it’s a cross wind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s nice being back on the canal. I wasn’t meeting Dan and Emily until Tuesday afternoon so it was a leisurely ride. I took a lot of pictures of my favorite places. Like Monacacy aqueduct. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monacacy aqueduct <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The C&O canal has many aqueducts. I think Monacacy is one of the biggest though. An aqueduct is a man made channel that carries water over a valley or some form of gap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This part is what would be filled with water allowing barges to float by<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Same pic as the one above but on the left shows where the mule would walk while pulling the barge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’m not sure how many there is exactly. 2 years ago the Park Service rebuilt the one in Williamsport and it is actually full of water. I imagine they are a lot to maintain due to all the flooding and the amount of debris that seems to pile up around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lots of drift wood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I got to the lock house shortly after Dan Emily and a friend of ours, Steph arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I guess we weren’t the only ones who thought it was a cool place to stay the night. The heron seemed rather annoyed that it had to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had a great time and it was great seeing everybody! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dan Emily Stephanie <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Canal in front of the house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I left the lock house around 8 am. I am headed back to Mom and Dad’s to spend a few days. I want to visit with them as well as my friends at Pizza Hut. Also I need to do some bike repair. I won’t get technical. But on my rear hub the flange broke around two spoke on the drive side. On my ride down from Cumberland I noticed my rim was a bit bent so I stopped to straighten it. That’s when I noticed my hub had broke. I was able to get it fairly straight and ride the rest of the way home. I put on an old set of wheels when I left for Swains Lock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I bought the hub in 2019 in preparation for this trip. It sat on my parts shelf until April of this year when I finally got around to building the wheel. It only had 3683 miles on it when it broke. I emailed the company a few pictures and explained what happened. I didn’t have much hope the company would do anything, it had been a couple years since I had purchased it and I had no proof of purchase any way. I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email back that said we need your address we will mail you one asap! And they did. It arrived 2 days later. Velo Orange out of Baltimore MD is an awesome company! So rebuilding my rear wheel is on my list of things to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are some more pictures from the canal. The campsites have an old pump for water <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Life is good! Sunshine and iced coffee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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