♪ ♪ LAUREN: Hi.

LAURITA: Hey.

ADAM: Hello, welcome to Tracks and Yaks.

LAUREN: Thank you.

LAURITA: Thank you for having us.

ADAM: Lauren and Laurita, we're gonna go on a rail bike ride today.

Have you ever done this?

BOTH: No.

ADAM: No worries.

You'll catch on quick.

It's kinda like riding a bike.

We have some brakes and some pedals.

LAUREN: Okay.

LAURITA: Yeah, we got that.

ADAM: You don't have to steer, you don't have to balance.

Uh, don't have to read a map.

Just follow the rails, and we'll guide you through.

Let's board up.

LAURITA: Alright, let's go.

LAUREN: Let's do it!

ADAM: We're in beautiful Berlin, Maryland, today on the railroad tracks.

These are the Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company's tracks.

It's called the Snow Hill Line.

And we run rail bike excursions along this track that isn't being used right now for freight traffic.

We have trips anywhere from close to seven miles to 13 miles.

That's really fun for most anyone to do.

Get to see a lot of neat nature and historical things along the path.

Let's get you boarded up.

LAURITA: Okay.

ADAM: Step behind here.

Get on that side.

LAURITA: I'll do that.

FRED: Go around here.

LAURITA: Thank you.

ADAM: You're on our tandem rail bike, it seats two.

Alright, ladies, so you want to buckle up here with your seat belts.

Okay.

And your brake here is on your hip.

That'll pull straight in towards your body.

That'll bring you to a stop.

Alright, ladies.

So we're going on our Iron Shire Express.

It's about six and a half miles of rail bike fun.

We're gonna see a lot of historic areas, very scenic areas.

Fred will be with us, uh, helping to get across the road safely.

FRED: I'll be meeting you at the intersections and I'll look forward to seeing you there.

LAURITA: Thanks, Fred.

LAUREN: Woo-hoo!

LAUREN: So this is our last day, I think this is a perfect way for us to end our trip here, so thank you so much for having us.

ADAM: Absolutely, glad it could go out with a bang.

LAUREN: Yeah.

LAURITA: Oh yeah!

Let's do it.

ADAM: Have fun!

This freight line, this railroad, has been here since the 1870s.

In 1910, it was purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Rail bikes have been around, actually, as long as the railroad.

You know, in early 1850s, they had certain devices to help the workers get around.

But as, as far as a tourist attraction, it's become pretty popular over the last decade or so.

When we started just four or five years ago, there was only a handful.

So it's really taken off.

LAUREN: Woo.

♪ ♪ LAURITA: I'm not doing all the work.

(laughing) LAUREN: We are currently on our bike!

LAURITA: Tracking and yakking.

LAUREN: This is a little bit harder than I expected it to be.

It's a good leg workout, that's for sure.

LAURITA: Hit a little bit.

LAUREN: You get a little bit in!

LAURITA: I did a little bit.

LAUREN: Barely.

Teamwork.

LAURITA: Makes a dream work.

LAUREN: Makes the dream work.

LAURITA: Woo!

(hooting).

ADAM: We head north first, cross main street of Berlin, and then into the woods.

A very beautiful area.

All kinds of wildlife.

Then we're gonna get into that vast farmland, and then we'll turn around at that end, and come right back here to the trolley.

LAUREN: The Inn Berlin!

LAURITA: We're passing by our place that we spent a wonderful night's rest.

LAUREN: I will definitely come back to Berlin.

LAURITA: It's a quaint little town.

And I'm looking forward to our lunch at the Blacksmith.

Thank you, Berlin, for all the fun.

LAUREN: And thank you quads, for getting me going.

LAURITA: Thanks, Fred!

LAUREN: Thank you, Adam!

LAURITA: This was great, thank you!

LAUREN: We enjoyed it!

LAURITA: We made it!

LAUREN: Woo-hoo!

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