Leesburg (Whites Ferry) to Georgetown (DC)
Our hotel was most interesting as we were staying above a
bar in the historic area. We ate a few
doors down at a most fabulous place with lots of wine. I mean it was the only place with internet
for the past three days for us, so how could we possibly use their free
internet and not have some wine. Upon
returning to the bar below our rooms we found a Dixieland band playing which
was most entertaining. They were awesome
and their ages (mostly 70s and 80s) was encouraging. Our rooms (ah, let us return to the rooms)
were above the bar and reasonably clean and decorated in 70s powder blue. The bed was comfortable, but all I could
think of was a Western where the rooms are above the saloon for one purpose
only. The proprietor was very nice and
all in all a good stay and a welcome rest before hitting the trail again.
Today was supposed to be an easy day of 36 miles into DC,
but the microbursts from two nights before left the trail muddy and strewn with
trees. The trees were almost the size of
ents from Harry Potter and you couldn’t go around them but instead had to go
over them. Somehow, I tumbled with my
bike and put 80 lbs of bike and a chain ring into my kneecap. Fortunately the knee doesn’t bleed a whole
lot, but I do have another set of nice permanent marks on my knee. This will be great for poolside and cocktail
conversation.
We saw more people today than all the days combined as we
got closer and closer to DC. Great Falls
was one of the highlights and we saw a taxpayer subsidized canal boat replete
with fake actors pulling the tow ropes but sans donkeys as the use of donkeys
is probably thought to be demeaning and cruel by the Beltway crowd. Also, it is the symbol of the Democratic party
and some enterprising Republican like me would probably paint a big elephant on
the side of the boat thereby creating further commotion.
At the very end of the trail we somehow had to get on
Pennsylvania Avenue (yes, THAT Pennsylvania Avenue) and bike into our
hotel. They were a little perplexed as
we tried to valet our muddy bikes and unsure whether to charge us for one
vehicle (4 wheels) or 2. In the end they
just put the bikes in the luggage room.
They were all impressed with our journey but somehow I was unable to
milk this into free drinks.
We are now leaving DC and this is the last blog of the GAP-C
& O Canal.
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| Part of the B & B amenities |
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| These were not easy to get the bike and paniers over |
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| Mud from the morning, making it hard to pedal |
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| A picture of the gate locks |
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| Great Falls, Great Balls of Fire, we are almost there |
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| The Dam area above Great Falls |
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| An authentic boat |
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| Are we there yet???? Yup |
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