Maryland2020

Day 9

Saturday, 11 July 2020
Millersville, MD to Towson, MD
48.9 miles, 4h27m, 10.8 mph
Elapsed Time: 5h55m, Max speed: 37.0mph
Total Climbing: 2461ft, Max elevation: 524ft
Total mileage: 501.4

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I took too many pictures today. Especially of viaducts. I took two.
This is the Thomas Viaduct. Completed in 1835 and still carrying trains. I went under it.

Patapsco State Park was full of people splashing about. This is my first time through the park since they removed the Bloede Dam.
So no dam photos.

It rained yesterday but apparently Ellicott City was not destroyed for a change.

I climbed up to the Howard County Courthouse and was met by a throng of fans.

The front of the courthouse is very hard to photograph.

The back looks like it could really use a door. And some 'U's.

After distantly socializing for a while, I foolishly did some additional climbing to see the District Courthouse.

I dropped back down the hill through Ellicott City and into Baltimore County with a nice climb into Catonsville.
As you can see, I'm back on the National Road and--as the mile marker clearly says--seven miles from Baltimore.

It was a nice coast down into the city. Then I left the National Road for the Gwynn's Falls Trail.
This is the Carrollton Viaduct. Built in 1829 and still carrying trains. That's all the viaduct photos.

Down into the Inner Harbor. I took this picture to prove I was there.

The city government area was protester-free. Though the area around police headquarters was blocked off.
This is the strictly utilitarian District Courthouse.

Nobody around city hall. Though there are some barricades and big trucks parked around the front of the building.

I'm assuming the Circuit Court is in this imposing building.

The original Washington Monument. Designed by the same guy who designed that other one.

Much later, I was in Towson having a food truck hot dog in front of the old courthouse.

The current Circuit Courthouse is all business.

And the District Courthouse a couple blocks away has unusually large windows.
Tomorrow I hit Bel Air and Elkton. And hit a brewery along the way.