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| Dave at Lake Moomaw |
Day 4: 10/18; 56.5 miles to campsite at milepost 78.5 on the Greenbrier River Trail south of Cass, VA; 4,702 feet of climbing; TM: 186.5; TC: 11,677.
When we awoke at sunrise today, our tents were soaked with dew, and digging a cathole was my first order of business since bathrooms were not available.
When we headed down to the lake to refill our water bottles, we received a nasty surprise: The path to Lake Moomaw was a jungle of sticker and burr weeds.
I was particularly inconvenienced because the wool socks I was wearing with my sandals proved to be a magnet for the stickers.
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| One of my wool socks with stickers |
Thankfully, I had a spare pair of socks to change into, because removing the stickers proved to be a formidable and time-consuming challenge.
The first 30 miles of today’s ride proved to be relatively easy. But the 3.5-mile climb up the Dunmore cutoff to Cass, though never overly steep, was mind-numbingly tedious and came with just enough traffic to keep us on edge.
For dinner that night at the Last Run restaurant in Cass, I had the spaghetti and Dave had the fried chicken. I am speculating that the spaghetti was just the sauce for the night’s Sloppy Joe special slathered over a bed of flaccid pasta. It was OK, though. Good energy food.
The town sheriff moseyed by as I was picking stickers out of my socks while waiting for the food outside the restaurant. He was a nice guy and offered good advice about where to camp on the trail.
Somebody had left a stack of split firewood at our campsite for the night at Greenbrier River Trail MP 78.5, so we enjoyed our first and only campfire during the tour.
For more trip details and photos, please see Allegheny Mountains Loop, Day 5.
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| Cass Scenic Rail station |
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| Cass store and restaurant |
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| Cass Scenic railroad engine |
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| Greenbrier River Trail campsite MP 78.5 |
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