Trippin' with Susan Straley

 Dear Friends and Family, What sights!  They take my breath away. After I last posted I searched for a trail near me and found one only three miles away.  Wow, was it ever a pretty trail!  It started out going through a tunnel through Mountain Laurel. Then steps down to a falling creek (or "run" as they call them around here). The ground covered with colorful leaves and some snowing down in front of me.  There were trees and mosses growing on giant rocks. Golden leaves  were floating on a crystal clear stream. There were lots of pretty and interesting fungus/mushrooms. And the walk was just the right length. I hooked up my trailer that night and on Sunday I pulled out of my site 63 at Chestnut Ridge Campground by seven a.m. Google said it would only take me four hours to get to my destination.  I knew better.  I gave my next campground host in Fries, VA and estimated arrival time of two or three p.m.  As it turned out, I didn't even make that.   Why?  Well there were lots

 Dear Friends and Family, I have not written because the cell service in the campground is weak, and then when Labor Day weekend filled this campground it was non-existent.  Keith said he suspected the band width for the small town of Tionesta was built for normal usage. A holiday weekend, when the population spikes, fills up the available bandwidth.  That makes sense. I was thrilled to receive a book I ordered to be sent to General Delivery in Tionesta! And I got a call from Joan who will be my riding partner on the trail.  We made reservations to go to Falling Waters, the Frank Lloyd Wright designed place.  We will go there the day before we start our big ride.   I am so happy, Joan is going to arrive a day early so we can leave a day early and have an extra day to do the ride at a more leisurely pace!  I was so afraid I wouldn't be able to keep up with the distances, now I am much relieved. I am going to need to learn more about damage that was done to the C&O Trail from all