Wednesday, August 6
Unloading at Cumberland train station


   

We who are about to start...


   

1 mile out


   

Brush Tunnel, 914 feet long


   

Snake on trail


   

Rest Stop at Mile 12


   

Trail Inn, Frostburg, MD, at Mile 15.5


   

Curbside cooking


   

Thursday, August 7
Back On the Trail


   

Rest stop, Mile 17


   

Borden Tunnel, 957 feet long


   

Mason-Dixon Line - Entering Pennsylvania


   

Lunch Stop at Mile 21


   

View near Mt. Savage Tunnel


   

Mt. Savage Tunnel, 3,294 feet long


   

Eastern Continental Divide near Mile 24
Here we turned off the trail to hike along a road to the campsite.


   

McKenzie Hollow Road, headed southwest


   

Mason-Dixon Campground


   

Pasta supper


   

Ice cream sandwiches - an unexpected dessert


   

Friday, August 8
Backpack back to Mt. Savage Tunnel


   

Rest stop at Mile 21
(sentimental stop -- we had lunch here yesterday)


   

Return to Mason Dixon Line - Entering Maryland


   

Borden Tunnel, from the north


   

Lunch at the end of the tunnel


   

Back to the Trail Inn
Note the train turntable in the foreground.


   

Curbside cooking again


   

Saturday, August 9
Morning at the Trail Inn


   

Headed toward Cumberland


   

Restored diesel engine, on maiden trip since restoration


   

Western Maryland Scenic Railroad, steam engine


   

Mr. and Mrs. Bob and Joyce Race, with Mr. Justus


   

Lunch / rest stop, milepost 7


   

Return of the restored diesel engine


   

Brush Tunnel, from the northwest


   

Return of the steam passenger train


   

Made it back to Cumberland -- 54 miles


   

Loose hardware collected along the tracks


   

BSA Camp Potomac, staff site


   

Tent in tent, for extra warmth - 50 degrees that night


   

Sunday, August 10
to Paw Paw Tunnel (MD) on the C&O Canal


   

Paw Paw Tunnel, 3,118 feet long


   

C&O Canal Lock


   

East side of tunnel


   

Lunch -- Six more miles completed


   

Michael Cresap house, Oldtown, MD