So, I’ll just tell you a bit more about my ride home on Saturday. Hubby told me about this cool route he’d ridden recently that took him through Shanghai, West Virginia and across the mountains into Martinsburg. The road across the mountain is Boyd’s Gap Road and he said there’d be a nice place to stop for pictures. I’m all about pictures and nice roads, so off I went. Unfortunately, I missed the Boyd’s Gap Road turn-off.
I couldn’t figure out how I did it until I came home and saw the Google map, where that road has FOUR different names… Hampshire Grade / Boyd’s Gap / CR-18 / Tub Run Hollow Road. No telling what the sign actually said, but I’m thinking it wasn’t Boyd’s Gap.
Once I hit WV-9, I knew I’d missed the turn. So I just headed east on WV-9. There’s was an accident on WV-9 just past I-81, so I detoured up I-81 north to the next exit, which took me to US-11. I then headed north once again.
By then I’d been riding for awhile, and it was kind of hot. My head was hot and itchy, so after crossing the Potomac River into Williamsport, Maryland, I turned into the C & O Canal visitor center parking lot for a break. I’m glad I did, too, because I finally got to see the C & O Canal’s Cushwa Basin. I’d probably seen it as a kid, but don’t remember.
It was actually a picturesque but crowded spot. I managed to rest a bit AND get a few cool pictures.
The Cushwa Basin is one of the few places on the canal wide enough for the 90-foot canal boats to turn around. That was important as not all cargo was meant to travel the entire length of the canal.
These images were all captured with my little Nikon point-and-shoot camera.
As I said before, it was a nice place to stop, but there were people everywhere. And it was still hot. But once my head cooled off a bit, I hopped back on the bike and headed home. I already told you about my “excitement” during the last leg of my journey.
I am still kind of hopeful that Friday will be a good riding day. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
Your little Nikon point and shoot did a nice job. What an interesting post and great pictures! So it’s just as well you missed that road with 4 names this time because I learned something about the C & O Canal. And I’m glad you didn’t get any bees in your bonnet this time.
My brother used to justify not wearing a helmet because of a story he told about a bee getting in someone’s helmet and causing a terrible accident. I guess he might have been telling the truth. And I was so skeptical.
One of my friends had a bee go down her shirt. She pulled over, hopped off her bike and yanked her shirt off (it was stinging her). Her husband, who was riding with her, was just speechless.
That’s the closest I’ve come to a real bee encounter. Bugs are definitely a thing I could do without while riding.