Rode from Meyersdale westward on the GAP to Rockwood and then rode back to Meyersdale and continued south to Big Savage Tunnel. Still no word from the GAP panjandrums on when the tunnel will be opened for the year. Anyhow, the trail is totally snow and ice-free from the Big Savage Tunnel to Rockwood. Saw the first robin of the year back on March 1—oddly enough the same date I saw the first robin last year—and have been seeing more and more of them every day. For my love affair with robins see Wanders on the Great Allegheny Passage: Frostburg to Garrett.
Also saw half a dozen wedges of Canadian geese winging it north for the season. A few took a break on a frozen pond just north the Sand Patch Crossroads.
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| Canadian Honkers |
I also stopped to collect bark from the yellow birth south of Sand Patch. I got a whole garbage bag full. There is nothing better for starting campfires.
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| Yellow Birch |
Not much vegetation yet, but I did see the young leaves of dandelion
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| Dandelion |
Also the early leaves of ox-eyed daisies.
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| Early leaves of Ox-Eyed Daisies |
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