C&O Canal - Canal Boat Replica

Matt and Melissa in front of the Canal Boat Replica. This boat used to be further down the canal, but they moved it here when they re-did the terminus area (very nicely I might add). The buiding to the rear is what remains of the Footer Dye works - once the largest and most prestigious dry-cleaners in the world. The building under construction to the right is a new Marriott brand hotel.

C&O Canal - Milemarker 184.5

This is the beginning or the end of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, depending on your perspective. Milemarker 184.5 is in Cumberland, Maryland. The canal begins (or ends) in Georgetown, Washington, DC. When I was younger I rode the entire length of the canal on my bike with my scout troop. We did it in 3 long weekends. It was quite an adventure. I learned a lot during that trip. It was the first time that I ever had cheesecake - I bought it in Georgetown.

After finishing the trip, our scoutmaster Ernie Fauss took us to spend the night at Andrews AFB outside DC. We ate and slept on base. Ernie even took the whole troop out for bowling.

C&O Canal - Irish Laborers Monument

C&O Canal Visit - Cumberland Maryland