Great Falls

Yesterday Karen's brother Steve suggested that we borrow their bikes and go riding along the tow road that goes along the C & O Canal. The old road is now a nice hiking/biking trail that runs from Georgetown going north. It passes a place called Great Falls which was a place we had been told was a cool place to visit so we walked out the trail that overlooks the falls. They have an interpretive sign there that explains why the falls are there so I took a picture of it.

I saw people fishing along the shore but even though we saw some fish in the water, I have no idea what species are in there. The ones we saw looked like bluegill or maybe perch but I also saw a guy bottom fishing so there might be catfish in there too. It was a wonderful day and there were people playing in the water and kayaking but it wasn't warm enough for me to go swimming.

One thing it was warm enough to do was bike riding and walking and that's what we did. As you can see from the last picture, the trail is flat and as wide as the Bizz Johnson trail in Susanville and that was a good thing because there were a ton of people out there enjoying the day. As we rode along the trail we saw several species of turtle sunning on the logs, some of them were quite large and that was pretty cool to see.

The National Park service runs the park where we drove in and they maintain the trail system. They also have a boat that they run through the locks with passengers on it and the folks running it dress in the garb of the day. I took a couple of pictures of it but I'm not putting any on here right now. The canal was originally created to move goods and they towed the boats along with mules or horses, thus the tow road. A very cool day, thanks Steve!