Stats: mileage: 45; total climb: 567'; total mileage: 2307
The day began beautifully. It was cool and not much fog from the river. We began our trek to the southeast on the beautiful trail. The Yough (as it is called by the locals) is a quick moving river with lots of rapids, falls and assorted rocks. It is a kayaker's dream. You can see the beauty of this waterway and notice those nasty red maple leaves on the right. Autumn must be approaching faster than we realize.
The trail was a little rougher as we headed towards Confluence and points south. At Confluence, the Youghiegheny and Casselman Rivers meet. We left the Yough and continued along the Casselman River.
As you can see, it has been a very dry summer in this section of Pennsylvania. The Casselman was this low along the entire trail.
At Rockwood, this trail art marked this section of the Great Allegheny Passage. Not only are we traveling along a different river, the trail is a former section of the Western Maryland RR.
One of the most impressive sections of this part of the trail is the Salisbury Viaduct. It is 1908' long. It spans an enormous valley and we crossed a river, a major highway, train tracks, cornfields and other land.
Two mile later we reached Meyersdale PA our destination for the evening. Although the total climb is not very large, it was a 45 mile gradual, all day up hill pedal. Still it was a great ride.
From Maria. The scenery along these rail to trails is amazing. How many miles do you have left?
ReplyDeleteAbout 160 miles ,most on the C&O canal, which follows the Potomac River to DC
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