The next day, while George went to work, Pete and I rode the northern section of the Ohio & Erie Towpath, north of the Cuyahoga Park section. It went by a lot of industry, which took the time to set up interpretive exhibits. This is part of one steel factory's exhibit, which made hub caps for tanks and airplanes. These are the lockers the workers used to use. I guess they really hurt for something interesting to put out here.

Old dredger near Sawley Marina

Towpath on theOuse at York.

Several families of graylags with their goslings parading up and down.

Leeds-Liverpool canal, Granary Wharf, Leeds

Between Harvard Ave. and Steelyard Commons on the Ohio & Erie Towpath, you had to go on a busy road for a very short distance. There was a bike lane, but I'm not real fond of those. I think I was telling Pete at this point to book it to the top of the hill, where we could get back on the safer path.

Photo safari into downtown Akron on the Towpath Trail from Cascade Locks

Photo safari into downtown Akron on the Towpath Trail from Cascade Locks

Hugh More Park, Easton.

Quite a few bridges to negotiate

part of the Sheffield canal and river system, there is some lovely scenery, I don't think most of Sheffielders realise just how many lovely places there are actually in Sheffield itself. You really don't have to go far to reach any of it. There are some lovely walks on the riverside and canal towpaths

Joe McDaniel

Photo safari into downtown Akron on the Towpath Trail from Cascade Locks

C&O Canal

The towpath was where mules (or people) would haul barges along the canal of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. 184 miles, and it was finished at about the same time as the railway system was completed. Trains won, and the canal languished.

Today, it is a pedestrian walking path.

Photo safari into downtown Akron on the Towpath Trail from Cascade Locks

We started Brenda's birthday ride on the C and O towpath. We are at a National Park Service site in Sharpsburg MD, just across the bridge from Shepardstown WV. The Bavarian Inn is in the far background.

Biking on the beautiful towpath trail in the Cuyahoga Valley outside Akron.

Still the towpath, as it turns from the Kennet to the Thames,

Zach and Joshua pose by a bridge over the C&O Canal. Georgetown, Washington, DC.

Photo by Kristine K. Stevens, a curious traveler, author and beekeeper who is hiking the Buckeye Trail in Ohio.

Previously, Kristine sold her house, quit her job and traveled around the world. Learn more at "If Your Dream Doesn't Scare You, It Isn't Big Enough: A Solo Journey Around the World."

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c&o canal

View of the marsh

Small Skipper

Better Green and Water Spaces: An improved towpath provides a high quality, direct north-south route available for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Leeds-Liverpool canal, Rodley

Kennet and Avon Canal near Thatcham.

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