Day 5 After a restful night, we set out once again toward the C&O Canal. A bit of backstory: the idea for the C&O Canal had been in the works since the late 1700s, with incremental construction stretching to Cumberland. By the time the canal was operational in 1850, the railroads were already taking rootContinue reading “Bike Trip Day 5 and The End”
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Bike Trip 2024 Day 3&4
The journey from Connellsville to Rockwood proved to be quite an adventure. We traversed several massive bridges, supported by hefty concrete pillars and steel trusses, once built for trains but now serve as a bike path as the lines became unprofitable. Each bridge was accompanied by a long tunnel, leading us through dense forests towardContinue reading “Bike Trip 2024 Day 3&4”
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