Day 69: Mountwood Park, WV to Belgium, WV

Today's Mileage: 65
Total Mileage: 3517

The morning began gray and foggy, but we were in good spirits, because at least it wasn't raining. We set out from the Mountwood Park cabin in search of some breakfast at the reasonably early hour of 8:30. After a few miles we arrived in Ellenboro and ate omelets at the Log Cabin restaurant.

We stopped at every town that popped up along the way, which broke the ride up nicely. A few miles out of West Union, a car stopped to offer some cold drinks. We talked with Danny for a while, and learned that he had also done some cross-country bike touring. He was headed West, but gave us the key to his house so we could crash for the night.

We had a late lunch in Salem, then headed on to Clarksburg in search of a library. The sun had finally come out and the afternoon was considerably warmer than the morning. In Clarksburg, we found the Italian Festival, which had musical and dance performances, as well as tons of food and junk to buy.

After a quick trip to the library to use their computers, we decided to grab a bite to eat in Glen Elk, on the North end of town. We happened upon a cute little place, and ended up having a great meal with wine.

At that point, we left for Danny's house, but were annoyed to learn that bicycles were forbidden on that portion of Highway 50. We thumbed a ride to Bridgeport from Fred, Jason, and Dip. How we managed to fit all of our junk into Fred's Jeep was a miracle. In Bridgeport, we met Doug and Scott, who introduced us to their family and drove us the rest of the way to Danny's house. It was dark by the time we arrived, but we found our way in and were so happy to rest.

Danny's place was filled with his Indian crafts and artwork. Every inch of space was filled with something interesting, and we had the whole place to ourselves!