C&O Canal Tow Path

We checked to see if our mail has arrived in Boonsboro but no joy.  Since we are stuck – is that an accurate phrase since we are at a campground with full hookups and going to a campground with…?  Since we are in Williamsport, on the border with West (By God) Virginia and close to the Potomac we decided to check out the C&O canal tow path.  Williamsport has good access at Cushwa’s Brick, Coal and Fuel Oil, which is the location of the visitor’s center.  While the Appalachian Trail gets a lot of press the C&O canal tow path is great hiking 180+ miles of hiking/biking trails with constant river views.

The section here in Williamsport includes a lockkeepers house near an intact lock, and (conditions permitting) boat tours. The path at the visitors center is detoured because of an aqueduct repair project along the canal.  We really are looking forward to returning to Greenbriar next year so we can spend more time exploring this area. 

While out-and-about in Williamsport we came across Doubleday Hill.  Major-General Abner Doubleday (yes the inventor of baseball) was tasked with the defense of this part of Maryland after Virginia seceded from the union.  Doubleday ordered the placement of three siege guns on this hill. 

 Even though he was ordered to Harpers Ferry a few weeks later his name is still associated with the hill 
 I did call my mail forwarding service and they reminded me that regular mail can take up to 10 working days so we could be here until the end of the week.  That may not be so bad since there is a diner at the campground that serves pizza and wings on Thursday nights so I’m thinking “Wing Night!?”