I lived in the Baltimore-DC area from about 10 years and did quite a bit of cycling (on and off road). There are a number of great bike paths - most of them were railways or mule tow paths (canals) in thier previous lives. The C&O canal is a well-known one - great for canoe tripping too BTW; another is a Rails-to-Trails (www.railtrails.org) route between Glen Burnie and Annapolis, MD. Another good R2T is in Baltimore County and runs from Cockeysville to York, PA (Harley fans will want to do the assy plant tour in York).
I don't miss the Beltway traffic either... -Beaker "Darren Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Current GlobeTrekker on PBS/OPB has an entire hour on what to do in DC and > how to do it, much on a bicycle and/on foot. Compelling enough to motivate > me to want to try it out. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Max Lemieux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Eug-lug] Re: [VA/DC traffic chatter] > > > DC offers a great pedestrian experience, at least from Georgetown to the > > central area, Dupont Circle, etc... basically all the ritzy parts of > > town. I'm sure bicycling would be a blast too. There are a myriad of > > back paths, canals, alleyways etc. > > > > The trains are very easy to use as well. > > > > IMO, if you can get into DC without a car, you'll never miss one. > > Dodging the speedy gummint motorcades which plague the downtown area > > will be your biggest concern as a hoofer. > > > > Linux Rocks! crafted these words on 06/14/04 13:50: > > > > > .... driving out here is nuts... > > > > > > <snip> > > >I much prefer a 2 mile bike ride in eugene to trying to find a parking > > > spot in DC! > > > > > >Jamie -- [1] Simple Machines - gopher://beaker.mdns.org _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
