Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Day 2: West Virginia to Maryland

Sunrise start to beat the heat for 33 miles and some short steep climbs in the river bottom near the Potomac.  I had planned 66 miles, but that was long before the present heat wave.  

I heard they teach stuff about self awareness in some leadership courses.  It was heading to 96 degrees today, and I have the choice to acknowledge that I just don't tolerate heat as well as I used to, or pretend I do and end up hurting myself.

So I looked at the forecast for the next week and decided after talking with Marcie to take a pause to avoid the heat and resume in 9 days, in Vermont, back on schedule but without poaching myself like an egg.

Today was a beautiful, short ride.  Some pics:
Pre-sunrise, tall corn, and a cool layer of low clouds hugging the side of one of the Allegheny ridge lines 

More goats for Marcie.  Just have to put them on the trailer.

It has seen better days.

Quaint one lane bridge "in the early morning rain."

The beautiful Potomac River valley.