The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: A Great Bike Hike
When I first moved to Washington, my office was on the same floor of a funky office building as the Washington Area Bicycle Association. And these guys were serious about cycling.
One weekend, they invited a colleague and I to go with them on a bike hike along the C & O Canal, which starts in Georgetown and ends in Cumberland, Maryland. It's 184 miles total, and as someone who'd been living in Manhattan for ten years, I wasn't exactly in tip top shape for a really long ride. Not to worry, they assured me. We were going to go by van for the first 120 or so miles, then take the last "few". When we got started I got a pit in my stomach when I looked at these guys wearing shorts instead of their regular business attire. And their calf muscles were intimidating.
That day, I thought I might die. But it was really fun once we got back to the van. By the time I got home, I was ready to sleep for a week.
Last week, I took this shot from Chain Bridge looking over the canal and bike path just before sunset. And it reminded me of that fall afternoon a bunch of years ago.
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