travel_log/2022/co_gap/itinerary
Day 1 - 38 miles
  • Took the subway to Moynihan Train Hall (didn't bike because we were nervous about getting flats with very little time to fix them)
  • Caught the Amtrak to D.C.
  • Biked from Union Station to the Capital Crescent Trail
  • Switched from the Capital Crescent Trail to the C+O tow path at Arizona Avenue Bridge
  • Spent the night at the Marble Quarry Campsite
Day 2 - 20 miles
  • Biked to Brunswick for breakfast
  • Rain day, so we stayed at the 'Brunswick cabins'
Day 3 - 45 miles
  • Breakfast in the cabin
  • Biked to Shepherdstown, WV for lunch + supplies
  • Short detour from tow path around 'Big Slack Water'
  • Exited the tow path at Williamsport, MD (around mile marker 100)
  • Biked on the highway to 'Jellystone Park' and stayed in cabin overnight (big rain storm)
Day 4 - 60 miles
  • Breakfast in the cabin
  • Switched over to the Western Maryland Rail Trail after 'Big Pool'
  • Biked to Hancock, MD for lunch
  • Stayed on the Western Maryland Rail Trail until it ended and left us back on the tow path
  • Biked on tow path until the Paw Paw detour
  • Mix of hiking and biking on Paw Paw tunnel detour
  • Stayed in Paw Paw, WV at the 'Canal Cabins'
Day 5 - 43 miles
  • Breakfast in the cabin
  • Biked to Cumberland, MD, the end of the C+O Canal Tow Path!
  • Lunch in Cumberland, MD
  • Picked up the GAP trail
  • Biked to Frostberg, MD for the night
  • Stayed at the 'Frostberg Inn'
Day 6 - 56 miles
  • Breakfast in the town
  • Biked to Meyersdale, PA for lunch
  • Biked to Ohiopyle, PA for dinner
  • Camped at Ohiopyle State Park
Day 7 - 42 miles
  • Back tracked for coffee in town
  • Biked to Connellsville, PA for lunch
  • Biked to West Newton, PA for the night
  • Stayed at the GAP Trail Campground
Day 8 - 38 miles
  • Breakfast at the campsite
  • Biked to Pittsburgh, PA!