We spent last weekend riding trails in the Washington, DC area. On Saturday we started at the beginning of the C&O Canal trail, and finished in downtown Bethesda, Maryland, on the Capitol Crescent Trail. Sorry, no pictures. But it was a very good ride (and paved).
Sunday we road the Mount Vernon trail from Alexandria to Mount Vernon. This is another paved trail. I had been expecting a relatively flat trail, since it follows the Potomac River. But the last 5 miles are full of short up-and-down hills, with a long 100-ft climb at the Mount Vernon end.
Both trails were quite crowded, as it was a beautiful, warm fall weekend.
Sunday we road the Mount Vernon trail from Alexandria to Mount Vernon. This is another paved trail. I had been expecting a relatively flat trail, since it follows the Potomac River. But the last 5 miles are full of short up-and-down hills, with a long 100-ft climb at the Mount Vernon end.
Both trails were quite crowded, as it was a beautiful, warm fall weekend.
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| The Mt Vernon Trail parallels the George Washington Memorial Parkway. This makes for a noisy ride. |
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| A couple of boardwalks traverse marshes. There are also numerous small bridges crossing gullies and ravines. |
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| Boardwalk over the Dyke Marsh. |
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| Birds (herons?) sitting on the piles of a washed-out pier. |
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| Mount Vernon is the end or beginning of the trail -- depending upon your perspective! |
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| A panoramic view of the Potomac River. |
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| Alexandria -- Cameron Run meets the Potomac. |
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