Pittsburgh —> Connellsville

We partied too hard with Patty Dills last night at Bud Murphy’s in Connellsville, so this dispatch will be short.

Instead of a proper newsletter, please enjoy this list of animals we saw during yesterday’s ride.

A family of geese
Deer
Groundhogs
Baby slugs
Bunny
A toad

A weird goose (more on that later)
A snake, right in the middle of the trail! After some cursory googling, we think it was an Eastern Ratsnake or the Northern Black Racer
A baby alligator snapping turtle! It was about the size of a dollar coin 🥺

To D.C. - SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

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To Cumberland

Riding 60 miles a day is a lot. But riding 5 miles at after already riding 55 is the worst. We started our journey from Pittsburgh. Despite that our airbnb was very close to the GAP trail, I insisted that we double back and ride for 15 minutes to the

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To Cumberland

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