A few miles into our ride, we joined a segment of the Harriet Tubman Byway. Harriet Tubman, a renowned Underground Railroad "conductor", was born in this county. The Byway is a 125-mile route that takes one to several important sites related to her early life.
Our first stop on the Byway was the Bucktown General Store. This is the store where the event described below occurred.
After several miles on the Byway, we entered the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge was established in 1933 as a sanctuary for birds migrating on the Atlantic Flyway. Before going to the Visitor Center, we rode the 4-mile Wildlife Drive. Wildlife Drive was built by the CCC at the same time the Refuge was established and follows the Blackwater River.
When we first entered Wildlife Drive, we saw this couple unloading their bikes at the visitors parking lot. We talked for a bit, then rode on. We saw them again later at the Harriet Tubman Park.
After leaving Wildlife Drive, we went to the Blackwater Visitor Center, but did not take any photos.
After leaving the Blackwater Visitor Center, we rode a short distance to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Visitor Center, where we met Park Ranger Ms. Dennerd. She was very friendly and had lots of questions about our trip. She gave us some nice Harriet Tubman Park patches. The visitor center was very nice and mainly chronicled Harriet Tugman's life, but again I did not take any photos.
After our visits to the parks, we were ready for lunch. Shortly after turning on Church Creek Road, Kerry started talking about a large produce market we had visited in 2019 and thought it was somewhere in the area. Sure enough, about 2 miles down the road, we came to Emily's Produce. I don't know how he recalls these places before we even see them. We stopped in and had very good salads for lunch.
Emily's is a big market with local and regional produce and a nice deli.
