Breezewood, PA

We had breakfast at the Twin Bridges Campground. Our standard oatmeal and fruit. In the picture above you might notice the "racing stripe" on our cantalope. It had a little accident on the ride to the campground last night. Ooopps..... We left the campground at Chambersburg on a beautiful sunny day. This is the warmest temperatures we have had in awhile. We had to ride east on Rt 30 which was a fairly busy road. Thank goodness there was a nice shoulder / berm for us to ride on. We stopped and had lunch and sandwiches. We could see the Appalacian mountains getting closer. We know we have to climb them somewhere. In Fort Loudon we stopped at a restaurant and had some lunch. Then went across the street to a grocery store that was going out of business for dinner stuff. They didn't have much. So we ended up just buying a can of green beans and chicken to go with our rice for dinner. After leaving Fort Loudon we started climbing up to Cowens Gap State Park. The real climb was three miles long up to the "gap". We found a nice campsite. And tonight we got to have a hot shower! The bugs were kindof bad but we had some skin so soft that worked pretty well. Dinner turned out pretty good tonight. At least we didn't go to bed hungry! One good thing about camping is you for sure get to bed early. We were in the tent and listening to music at dark. We had a flat tire today. We also developed a new noise on the bike. When we got to the campground Hap spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out our extra noise. He finally discovered a loose bolt on the rear wheel and our rear rack has developed a small crack. Thank goodness it is not in a critical place. We'll just keep an eye on it.

This morning was a another beautiful day. It was in the 80's. We had breakfast at the campground. Oatmeal, peanut butter and bananas and juice. I am starting to worry about Hap though. He is starting to have conversations with odd things. Like bugs. While he was taking the tent down he was telling the bugs that it was their last chance to get out of the tent and be with their friends before he killed them..... should I be concerned?? Maybe too much bike riding?? The ride from Cowens Gap was really pretty. We rode through tree lined areas with little traffic. We are still following the "S" route across Pennsylvania. We were taking a little detour today though through a section of the old Pennsylvania turnpike that is closed to car traffic. It goes through two tunnels. One is a mile long. We did alot of climbing to get their but it was worth it, because it saved us climbing over a couple of mts. We saw lots of cyclists as well. We put on our lights and went through. It was alittle scary but we made it. I had a light in each hand and Hap had a light on the handle bar. Breezewood was right on the other side of the tunnel. What is interesting about the Pike 2 Bike detour is that on their website it says "This route is closed use at your own risk". http://www.pike2bike.com/ We are in a hotel tonight because we couldn't find a campground. We walked across the street and ate dinner at Bob Evan's. Tomorrow we are meeting up with our friends Bing and Susie from Indiana. If you have been following our trip you might remember they drove out to Glacier Park and spent a few days with us there. It will be good to see them.