C&O- Parkway Or Park- A Connection
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...
Category: C&O Canal Trail
C&O- Day By Day
With just three weeks to go, I’ve been doing some deeper dives into our itinerary. In my usual obsessive way, I have plotted out our course mile by mile on a topographic map and...
C&O- Let’s Go For A Ride
I live in Eugene, OR, a very bike friendly town. In our small city, which if squared up would measure 6 miles by 7 miles, we have 64 miles of shared use paths, 193...
C&O- Sore Muscles
My son and I will be biking C&O Towpath trail. One hundred and eighty five miles in 5 days is the plan. Quick division returns 37 miles a day, but, of course, towns are...
C&O- Origin Of The Trip
“A bike trip!” I said out loud to myself. I was on an empty section of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath last year and two laden bikes piloted by an older couple had...
C&O Canal Towpath Trail
Now settled back into real life at home, I’m starting to get ready for a 185 mile bike ride from Cumberland, MD to Washington, DC along the towpath of the old Chesapeake & Ohio...
2 responses to “C&O Canal Towpath Trail”
Thanks for the historical background. This quote, “A body of men, however, upright and intelligent, are easily satisfied of what they greatly wish to believe.” remains true to this day. Our delusion makes us so vulnerable. I’m guessing different muscles are involved. What are the the April temps in Eugene for your practice rides?
Hey Dan, “I’m guessing different muscles are involved“ – Yes and No. I plan to go into more depth on this in a future blog. So stay tuned. As to your other question about temps in Eugene. They are generally in the mid 40’s to mid 50’s this time of year, but mostly it’s the rain that is the limiting factor. Not a fan of riding city streets on rain slicked roads. And we’ve had a bit of a wet spring, even for us. It’s good, we need the water, but bad for bicycle training. C’est la vie.!