- Day 1 - 38 miles
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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.
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Biked from Union Station to the Capital Crescent Trail
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Switched from the Capital Crescent Trail to the C&O tow path
at Arizona Avenue Bridge
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Spent the night at the Marble Quarry Campsite
- Day 2 - 20 miles
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- Biked to Brunswick for breakfast
- Rain day, so we stayed at the 'Brunswick cabins'
- Day 3 - 45 miles
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 Frostburg, MD for the night
- Stayed at the 'Frostburg Inn'
- Day 6 - 56 miles
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- 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
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- 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
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- Breakfast at the campsite
- Biked to Pittsburgh, PA!