Leaving Georgetown: (left to right) Mandy, Matt, special guest Sam Houser, and Kelly at Lock 2, in front of the canal boat "Georgetown."
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The C&O Canal: |
Mandy striking a classical pose.
Before we even reached Violette's lock, Lawrence suffered the ride's only flat.
Saturday's lunch, at the Chisel Branch Hiker-Biker Overnighter, just past milepost 30.
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Kelly took this picture of black-eyed Susans behind our picnic table.
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By the time we got to the Monocacy Aqueduct, at milepost 42, we were feeling it.
No sooner did we pass milepost 50 -- Matt called out nearly every marker --
than Sam yelled for an Advil break. No one objected.
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the pedestrian bridge across the Potomac. Kelly took the shot on the right.
Saturday night we stayed at the Jackson Rose, a bed-and-breakfast
that turned out to be much, much farther from the towpath than we expected.
This was the view Sunday morning from the front of an old hotel called the Hilltop.
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Mandy and Sam carrying their bikes down from the bridge over the Potomac.
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For most of the way, we rode beside an empty canal prism.
Kelly took this picture while riding.
At the Monocacy Aqueduct, stretching seemed like a really good idea.
Out of sight
is Lawrence's life-sustaining supply of chocolate-covered espresso beans.
Reaching White's Ferry, at about milepost 35, meant we were almost halfway home. We bought sandwiches at the White's Ferry store.
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We ate Sunday's lunch at the same spot as Saturday's. Another picnicker took this picture.
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Like many canal structures, the Seneca Aqueduct has seen better days.
The missing arch was destroyed in a 1971 flood.
Violette's Lock, just below the Seneca Aqueduct, marks the beginning
of the watered section. Water comes in from the river through the inlet lock on the left.
We finally reached Kelly's building about 6:30 -- exhausted, dirty, sore, and happy.
A passerby took this picture. Sam and Lawrence walked the rest of the way up the hill.
