Tag: dc

• Beginner Bikepacking: The C&O Canal, harpers Ferry to D.C.

  

  Once you get a gravel bike — and a whole world of routes and good fun enters your world — it’s a quick and slippery slope into exploring bikepacking. Lucky for me, I currently call D.C. home, and one of the most confident-inspiring bikepacking routes ends (or begins) right in my theoretical backyard: The C&O…

  Sara Cottle

  September 17, 2023

  Biking, Outdoors, Washington, D.C., West Virginia

  appalachia, Bikepacking, C&O, C&O Canal, Camping, dc, Outdoors, recreation, washington, washington dc, West Virginia

• Alternate Views: Paddle to See the Cherry Blossoms

  

  Pandemic or not, cherry blossom season always gets crowded around the Tidal Basin. I mean, yes, they’re all elegantly hanging over the rippling basin in varying shades of pinks and whites and you get to glance across at the Jefferson Memorial; it’s whimsy. If foot traffic isn’t your thing, you can always ride the ripples of the…

  Sara Cottle

  December 9, 2022

  Outdoors, Paddling, Washington, D.C.

  cherry blossoms, dc, district of columbia, DMV nature, kayak, nature, Outdoors, Paddling, the district, washington dc