Looking downstream from Paw Paw Tunnel's south end. Light at the far end is always visible.

Paw Paw Tunnel

2024-11-01 0

Eighteen months ago I hiked the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath from Bonds Landing to Paw Paw Campground. But Paw Paw Tunnel was closed due […]

Thankfully, standing on unseen dry ground (a farm road one mile below Twigg's Lock 69).

Paw Paw to Oldtown

2023-04-10 0

On Friday, I hiked the 16th C&O Canal segment from Bond’s Landing to Paw Paw Tunnel Campground. (Paw Paw Tunnel itself is currently closed at […]

Round Top Cement Mill (MP 127.4) had eight bluff-side kilns, which I would have used for shelter if it started pouring.

Hancock to Cohill Station

2022-07-18 0

Sunday, was my 60th birthday dinner at Schmankerl Stube Bavarian Restaurant, which I’ve been wanting to try for years, as it was founded by an actual […]