Category: C&O Canal Trail

Today was the day. The day we should have started our ride along the C&O Canal towpath. It was a beautiful blue sky Spring day and would have been perfect if it weren’t for...

This morning, over breakfast at a bagel place, Will suggested a bike trip to downtown DC and then maybe out to Rock Creek Park. So after our meal we mounted up and pedaled off...

My overnight flight was without incident and we touched down at DCA at 6:40AM local time. I didn’t get much sleep, but rallied with the thought of breakfast. As I walked into the terminal...

10:35AM- On the bus to Portland, about a 3 hr trip. So I’m underway. However, lots happening on the C&O which may jeopardize all or part of this trip. Heavy rains over the last...

At the start of my training for this trip, about six weeks ago, I was concerned about my ability to ramp up my body for the ride. As I covered in a previous blog,...

On January 3, 1954 the Washington Post published an editorial in favor of building a new road, a parkway, along the path of the old abandoned C&O canal. Calling it “no longer a commercial...