Monday 4/8/13 Not too much went on today so the post is goanna be kinda short, we started our day off at the Cracker Barrel in Hagerstown Maryland. Today was the first day that was actualy sunny and warm! I ordered peach pancakes and milk with a frozen glass! Mmmmm frosty.... Although Now I'm regretting not getting the gravy and biscuits. So far it's been pretty easy being a vegetarian on this trip, lot's of great meals and hospitality everywhere. If one thing's for sure we have been well fed this whole time. So the most of the ride for the day was along a lovely toepath, but on the way we rode by some civil war battle fields including that of the battle of anteitam. We also visited one of the civil war cemetaries. I never knew that over one third of the dead people are unknown soldiers. Walking through there is like walking through a feild of blank stones. All along the path we were riding on there was beautiful wildlife. Also plenty of gnats, we were going so fast along the flat surface that my dad got most of them for me. Luckily I've gotten really good at bug flicking on the go, so I was never at one time too covered in bugs. Oh, and the river! The potomac river really sparkled in the sunlight for pretty much the whole time we were riding. We were (ahem) "Forced" to stop at some brilliant scenic spots To snap some photos. At one point we stopped under a railroad track where we got some forced advice from a woman and her partner, to "Stop and eat in harpersferry! Yeah you can get Burgers in Brunswick, but Harpersferry has history! go,go,go, go! history, history, history! one of the bloodiest battles in HISTORY!" Literally this lady was waving her hands at us motioning for us to go and make the (very long) walk across the railroad track. We ended up in Brunswick and eating at a yummy taco shop(Not hamburgers)called, El Sloppy Taco in Brunswick Maryland. They make great quasidillas, and slushies too. If you ever find yourself near enough to go there I recomend the veggie quasadilla and strawberry slushie. In poolesville that afternoon, we went to dinner at a beautiful house where I had the best shower of my life, and the best tatertots too. Me and my dad slept at another house because of space issues, which was also equally beautiful. We slept in the basement on mattresses, greatest night's sleep so far on the trip. We woke to the family's adorable dog Jenny, a black labridoodle who reminded me endlessly of my mutt Oakley at home, because of their similar lab behaviors. We ate a great quish breakfast before hitting the road.