New York & the Mid-Atlantic Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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PawPaw&
Cumberland
1 Georgetown
Georgetown is
Washington, DC’s toniest
neighborhood, but it’s
not all hyper-modern
lounges and boutiques.
On Thomas Jefferson
St, enthusiastic college
students dress in
scratchy 19th-century
costumes, while the
adventurous set out on
one of the country’s great
rights-of-way.
This is the beginning
of the C&O Canal
and Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal National
Historical Park (www.
Along the C&O
Canal
In.its.day,.the.Chesapeake.and.Ohio.Canal.was.
both.an.engineering.marvel.and.a.commercial.
disaster..Today,.it’s.one.of.the.nicest.national.parks.
in.the.mid-Atlantic..Drive.along.the.the.former.
canal.path.from.Washington.DC.to.West.Virginia,.
now.a.popular.hiking.and.biking.trail.(because.this.
was.a.canal.towpath,.it’s.almost.completely.flat),.
and.experience.the.lush.scenery.of.the.Potomac.
watershed.
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