This section of the C&O was personally notable, as it was the first time in this endeavor I did a section downstream first. More generally, it was a very pretty section, with hills crowding the river into narrow hairpin turns.
I joined up with a trail crew buddy for this section of the C&O. We left from the Fifteenmile parking lot and headed downstream almost three miles, just past mile marker 138, to where the WRMT joins the towpath. This was where I had left off last time. We then headed back, with a side jaunt to look at the big gate over the railroad tunnel entrance. The tunnel is now an important bat hibernaculum.
Upon reaching Fifteenmile, we continued upstream around another peninsula, past mile marker 143, to where the WMRT ends. A short path connects the towpath with the end of the WMRT here. We used the path and the WMRT itself to shortcut the peninsula back to the car.
I am now 3/4 of the way done - which puts me in a little bit of a ract to finish before the end of the year.
No comments:
Post a Comment