The bike trip is over now, but fond memories linger. Along the C&O and GAP bike trails, several diners displayed entertaining signage. A few of my favorites:
In Cumberland, Maryland, I passed by and peeked into the window of Ned’s Barber Shop (closed until further notice) and was wowed by the decor:
Lastly, in this little book on the coffee table at the Allegheny Trail House B&B, the collection of thoughts on bicycling were delightful, just a couple of which I offer here.
Progress should have stopped when man invented the bicycle. — Elizabeth Howard West
The Bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine. — John Howard
It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and can coast down them. — Ernest Hemingway
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