There are lengthy gaps in the GART in this area which rely heavily on roads and highways. We opted to avoid these and parked at lovely Fort Laurens State Park to ride. A bit of trivia… Fort Laurens is the only American Revolutionary War fort in Ohio.
Read MoreWe’re continuing to cycle on the GART (Great American Rail-Trail). There’s an unfinished gap between the end of the Panhandle Trail in West Virginia and the beginning of the next trail in Ohio. We drove to a tiny parking area in Bowerston, Ohio for the next leg of the GART and set off on our first Ohio ride, the 11.2 mile Conotton Creek Trail.
Read MoreNow that we’ve had a few days to relax and think about our recent cycle trek, we’ve come up with some thought and highlights of our trip. We’ve broken them down into the two separate sections that we rode: the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath (C&O). I’ve also included some stats at the end.
Read MoreHi there and welcome to Just A Little Further!
We are David and Marcie Lynn and we've lived aboard our Liberty 458 cutter-rigged sailboat since 2000.
What began as an urge to travel slowly and economically at our own pace ended up an adventure of a lifetime.
Well, here we are ... nearly 90,000 miles under the keel, 5 continents, 5 Great Southern Capes, 36 countries and almost two decades later, still taking one passage at a time and going just a little further.
