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We drove into Maryland to walk another section of the C & O Trail. This trip, we started at Dam 4 and walked to Big Slackwater. Dam 4 is located at milepost 84.4 on the trail. We took Sharpsburg Pike, turned onto Bakersville Road. Then we turned onto Shaffer Road, a smaller road about 1.5…

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The C & O Trail (Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park) runs 184.5 miles from Georgetown, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland. The historical canal was built along the Potomac River to move goods both ways and avoid portages (see Sunday’s hike last week at Great Falls…), but the train eventually took over once it was…

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Have you ever had a piece of clothing that was your absolute favorite? It went on so many hikes? To multiple continents? It went from Alaska to Antarctica. For me, it was a Columbia Sportswear quarter-zip top. With the “space” fabic, in a blue/gree/purple hue. It wasn’t particuarly a perfect shirt, but it wicked, you…

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Just 15 miles from Washington, D.C., and down the road from Langley (CIA), Great Falls Park is a National Park Service unit that feels like you are standing in the wilderness, not in the 8th most populated area of the United States. This shows how popular the park is. It was the first time I…

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In the summer of 2025, we hiked the AT from Route 9, at Keyes Gap, to the power lines, where it connects to Sweet Run State Park. A day later, at the annual AT festival in Hillsboro, VA, I talked to a Virginia State Parks ranger, who gave me a “get in for free” pass…

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