A shout out to the couple we met at breakfast this morning (sorry we did not get your names); hope you first day of bike touring was Great.

 One of the joys of staying at a Bed and Breakfast, is…..breakfast, banana pancakes with carmel icing, etc, etc.

We began our day in a 64° totally overcast perfect day to bike.  A few blocks through townover a bridge and we were back on the trail.  With all the weekenders gone, we had the trail to ourselves.  The sound of the rapids on the river joined the singing of the birds for our pedal up the beautiful Youghiogheny River.  Our occasional view of the river through the trees, showed just how high the mountains were that we were climbing.  Progress was slow, as much for the stopping to take pictures, as it was for the continuous incline.  Leaves were just starting to change and the higher we climbed, the more our path became blanketed with leaves.  The rock walls that rose straight up the mountain were amazing, too, but more difficult to express in a photo.  Behind all this beauty is decades worth of coal mining.Stopped in Ohiopyle, a town we remembered from our first passage, for coffee, but it was too early for the shops.  A quick pic of the sleeping town, then back on the trail.  At the halfway point, we stopped along the confluence (also the name of the town) of the Youghiogheny and Casselman Rivers for a rest and lunch, but when the waitress didn’t show after ten minutes, Mr. Impatient said we’d go to the next place. The overcast skies were beginning to brighten, but the temperatures still remained cool and the day gorgeous.A breeze was blowing through the tree tops and the sun was reaching through, lighting the wildflowers along the path.Two hours and twenty miles later, we arrived at lunch at 1:30, a bit spent.A quick sandwich, then back on our trail.  Today was the first day we’d seen deer (and plenty of them) in over a month.  And as curious as they were about us, they were very camera shy.  Crossing the Salisbury Viaduct offered us a beautiful view of the valley below,the beginning of civilization and a duck.  Arriving at the edge of townwe met Jack and Janet (from Mansfield, Ohio) waiting for their kids, John and Debbie to finish their leg of the trail.  We enjoyed the chat, but it was time to get cleaned up and get a cold drink.  Three blocks away down a hill (we would have to climb tomorrow) Duckies pulled in to their B & B for the evening.The Levi Deal Mansion is a Gorgeous B & B, inside and out, but more of that tomorrow.  We were hungry and tonight was Pizza night; we were not disappointed.  It was made that much sweeter, by our host and hostess for the evening presenting us with a magnificent dessert when we returned from dinner.  Thoroughly stuffed and satiated after 62 miles, we went to bed.