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<\/a>..breakfast, banana pancakes with carmel icing, etc, etc.<\/p>\nWe began our day in a 64\u00b0 totally overcast\u00a0perfect <\/em>day to bike. \u00a0A few blocks through town<\/a>over a bridge<\/a> and we were back on the trail. \u00a0With all the weekenders gone, <\/a>we had the trail to ourselves. <\/a>\u00a0The sound of the rapids on the river<\/a> joined the singing of the birds for our pedal up the beautiful Youghiogheny River. \u00a0Our occasional view of the river through the trees,<\/a> showed just how high the mountains were that we were climbing.<\/a> \u00a0Progress was slow, as much for the stopping to take pictures, as it was for the continuous incline. \u00a0Leaves were just starting to change <\/a>and the higher we climbed, the more our path became blanketed with leaves. \u00a0The rock walls that rose straight up the mountain were amazing, too, <\/a>but more difficult to\u00a0express in a photo. \u00a0Behind all this beauty is decades worth of coal mining.<\/a>Stopped in Ohiopyle, a town we remembered from our first passage, for coffee, but it was too early for the shops. \u00a0A quick pic of the sleeping town,<\/a> then back on the trail.<\/a> \u00a0At the halfway point, we stopped along the confluence (also the name of the town) of the Youghiogheny and Casselman Rivers<\/a> for a rest and lunch, but when the waitress didn’t show after ten minutes, Mr. Impatient<\/em> said we’d go to the next place. The overcast skies were beginning to brighten,<\/a> but the temperatures still remained cool and the day gorgeous.<\/a>A breeze was blowing through the tree tops and the sun was reaching through, lighting the wildflowers along the path.<\/a>Two hours and twenty miles later, we arrived<\/a> at lunch at 1:30, a bit spent.<\/a>A quick sandwich, then back on our trail.<\/a> \u00a0Today was the first day we’d seen deer (and plenty of them) in over a month.<\/a> \u00a0And as curious as they were about us, they were very camera shy. \u00a0Crossing the Salisbury Viaduct<\/a> offered us a beautiful view of the valley below,<\/a>the beginning of civilization<\/a> and a duck.<\/a> \u00a0Arriving at the edge of town<\/a>we met Jack and Janet (from Mansfield, Ohio) waiting for their kids, John and Debbie to finish their\u00a0leg of the trail.<\/a> \u00a0We enjoyed the chat, but it was time to get cleaned up and get a cold drink. \u00a0Three blocks away\u00a0down a hill (we would have to climb tomorrow)<\/a><\/em>\u00a0Duckies pulled in to their B & B for the evening.<\/a>The Levi Deal Mansion is a Gorgeous B & B, inside and out, but more of that tomorrow. \u00a0We were hungry and tonight was Pizza night;<\/a> we were not disappointed. \u00a0It was made that much sweeter, by our host and hostess for the evening <\/a>presenting us with a magnificent dessert when we returned from dinner. \u00a0Thoroughly stuffed and satiated after 62 miles, we went to bed.<\/p>\n\n\t\t