C&O Towpath – First Try

So, for work I occasionally have to go to Washington DC.  This time, the timing and weather worked out to allow me to explore a local trail.  I had two choices.
The first is the Washington & Old Dominion Trail which runs through Northern Virginia, quite close to where I was staying for my work thing.  [...]

Hello, New Castle…

Impressive.  The Stavich Bike Trail is back.
With wife and little man off visiting relatives prior to Thanksgiving, I decided to give this unsung trail another shot.  I tried going down in May after being really sick and only got about five miles in when I ran into a construction crew repaving.  But, good news, because [...]

Oil Creek State Park

We’re headed off to a wedding about ninety minutes south of here, so I doubt I’ll be able to get a ride in this weekend.  But, since I’m a week behind in posting (last week’s post was about the previous week…  got it?), I’ll post about last weekend’s ride.
Oil Creek State Park is just a [...]

First Spring Ride

Last week, I did my first real ride of the season on the Sandy Creek Trail.  Sandy Creek Trail is one of the finest trail experiences I can recommend.  I normally start in Belmar and go seven miles east and back.  That fourteen miles has:

A gorgeous restored bridge over the Allegheny River.  (Longest restricted bridge [...]