80 | 49,71 | 6541,2 | 4064,51 | 17 | 18,71 | 146 | 36054 | 10 - 22 |




Day 73 – Frostburg, MD to Indigo Neck, MD (C&O)
106 | 65,865 | 6461,2 | 4014,80 | 18 | 18,74 | 507 | 35908 | 10 - 22 |

At Cumberland the "GAte to the West" with the end of the C&O Canal behind me. I will be following this canal for the next 300 kms being to lazy to climb up and down the Allegheny Mountain Range.

When these locks were built they promised a new access for trading goods with the west, but by 1850, when the canal was not even close to its original aim, the Ohio river, the railroad had long turned out to be the winner ...





In front of the Paw Paw tunnel, 1 km long, narrow and slippery path next to the canal: Better to have additional light, no lighting in the tunnel and several collisions have occurred over the last years.

A pump at a primitive campground - the lady at lock 75 informed me that there were issues with the water quality so I was prudent enough to use my water purification tablets for the first time since the Canadian Rockies!





Day 72 – Ohiopyle, PA to Frostburg, MD
94 | 58,409 | 6355,2 | 3948,94 | 19 | 18,75 | 1032 | 35401 | 13 - 26 |




This cat really wanted to get my attention. When I stopped to take its picture it came running up to me and tried to rub its head against my legs and even the bike!







Meyersdale has a very nice museum on local history and shows some well-crafted model trains and landscapes





Approaching the Eastern Continental Divide. It's not as spectacular as the one in the Rocky Mountains (it is at "only" ca. 800 meters altitude) but now in fall it shows nice colors!
















