Day... ??? Happens every time

It's not just me, everyone has fallen behind on their log books. Mom had to backfill some days, Eryn lost interest in her journal. It's not that there isn't anything to write about, quite the opposite, maybe the riding feels so routine that logging the happenings of the day is no different than keeping records of what you ate for dinner every day, even if you went out and tried new restaurants all the time (which is something else we're doing)
The past few days:
Highlights:
- tunnels are always fun. Short ones, long ones, lighted, dark, even road underpasses.
One of the tunnels (I have to look up the name) is about 950 ft long, straight, so there is a clear shot of the end. I'm thinking it's short enough to forgo my light, just ride straight. There's no electric lights, and the walls are solid, so light isn't reflected off anything  (unlike one further that was lined in corrugated metal). So, at the midpoint, there is a sensation of pedalling and going nowhere, because the light at the end doesn't appear to be getting any closer. Its probably the closest to a natural sensory deprivation chamber I'm going to get.
- the train museum in Confluence (?) The kids could have spent a lot more time playing there.
- marmots, aka woodchucks, aka groundhogs! They're adorable.
- lots of fawns with their mommas.
- water is running everywhere on the rocks. I imagine a lot of these dry up for the fall, but the leaves changing colors must be a fair trade off. Considering our local waterfalls require a 4 hour hike for their 1 month season in an unshaded trail, the kids are stopping at every one for a picture.
- the kids' creativity. The mud puddles have dried, so for awhile hitting the dappled light "sun puddles" on the trail earned "points". Yesterday they were train engines, stopping to refill on coal every 5 miles, water for steam power, and they turned every nut on the handlebars into some sort of button that beeped and booped.
Challenges:
- despite having the trail guide book and the Facebook resources, there's just a lot you don't know until you get here, which for some people, that's the appeal of a fully planned, supported tour group, for us, we see it as some of the adventure and take it for what it is. If we had a kid with a severe dietary allergy, etc, I guess I'd be more adept at planning food, but I'd probably have to carry a week's worth of groceries, because we are not close to major stores and there isn't always a restaurant selection.
- it's really hard to buy wine that isn't sweet around here on the trail.
- I'm running out of songs and games. 20 questions is still popular. There is plenty to do when we're stopped, but its occupying bike time to keep the kids engaged.
Recommendations:
- I would have liked to spend a little more time in Ohiopyle, despite being full of tourists, but avoiding the weekend. We will have to try some river boating of some sort closer to home in the future.
- The GAP is still much better of a surface than the C&O, so for a short first tour, take Amtrak to Cumberland, ride to Pittsburgh, go back to Cumberland and ride down to DC, or just do the GAP in a week with an extra day or even two to play around.
- Go to Fallingwater. That gets it's own post.
- I want a bike that fits the kids (frame size) that has components that match their ability. I don't know what that is or if it's out there.