James Putnam. 2009 C & O Canal Way. Heading for DC.
It's muddy and moist, in the pan handle of Maryland. In the month of July. Starting in Cumberland MD, the C & O Canal Way is a Car Free bike route to Washington DC. 150 miles before the C & O canal way is the Allegany Green way, another well known " green" route to connect from Pittsburgh PA, to Cumberland, MD. A beautiful ride with camping sites along the way, as well as little towns that the route connects through, for food and supplies. 300 miles of car free touring, you might get a little muddy but its well worth the mile long tunnel in the middle of the route. The Allegany Green way is constructed over an old Rail Road, as the C & O is an old service road for the Canal that spans from Cumberland MD to Washington DC.
Find it some time and enjoy the ride. I spent a portion of a Bicycle Tour from Portland Oregon, to Portland Maine, Rode on the Green ways, from Pittsburgh to Washington DC. Then continued up the East coast for Maine.
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