2 More Rides

Well, we've been putting the bike trailer to good use. We took two nice long rides on consecutive weekends. Both rides were roughly 25 miles long.

The first weekend we went to the Eastern Shore and road from Easton, MD to Oxford, MD, took a ferry from Oxford to Bellevue and then headed back to Easton. The ferry passage was authorized in 1683 and has been operating on and off since then. It is believed to be the oldest continually operating ferry service in the United States.


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A few pictures:

Jamie's Copassenger:


Taking a break in Oxford:


Leaves are tasty!


Daddy tired. Pulling trailer against bay breeze hard work.


Waiting for the next ferry to arrive:


The Ferry Departs!


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This past weekend we went to the C&O canal towpath and rode from Sharpsburg, MD, famous of course, for the battle of Antietam, the single bloodiest day of battle in the Civil War, to Harper's Ferry, WV famous for the John Brown's rebellion against slavery. A lesser known fact is that Harper's Ferry served as the supply depot for the Lewis & Clark expedition. Meriwether Lewis is of course Jamie's namesake and long lost cousin.

We made it!


Gnats were prevalent.


Gotta crawl after being strapped in the trailer!


Visiting long-lost relatives:


Future hiker:


Back at the truck!

Not to be left out...

Poor Cousin Dan, he came to visit back in June and we never posted any pictures from his visit. Well it was for a good reason, Christine's camera was messed up at the time and all the pictures turned out all blurry lookin'. We'll we finally got a decent picture from Aunt Mary. So here's Cousin Dan feeding Jamie a bottle.



The funny thing here is that Christine used to be Dan's Nanny when he was Jamie's age and now here's Ol' Dan feedin' her boy. Time apparently flies.