C&O Canal Bike Ride
Today Danny, Andy, and I went biking up the C&O Canal trail. I took photos along the way.
About the canal:
The C&O Canal follows the route of the Potomac River for 184.5 miles from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, MD. The canal operated from 1828-1924 as a transportation route, primarily hauling coal from western Maryland to the port of Georgetown in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of original structures, including locks, lockhouses, and aqueducts, serve as reminders of the canal's role as a transportation system during the Canal Era. In addition, the canal's towpath provides a nearly level, continuous trail through the spectacular scenery of the Potomac River Valley. Every year millions of visitors come to hike or bike the C&O Canal in order to enjoy the natural, cultural, and recreational opportunities available.
Source: National Park Service Chesapeake & Ohio Canal web site.
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BTW, Daddy-longlegs are not spiders, they don't bite, and they don't inject venom.
"Although they resemble spiders, daddy long-legs, more correctly called harvestmen, are neither spiders nor insects. Taxonomically, they are arthropods, in the same class as spiders, Arachnida, but in a different order, Phalangida."
"These arachnids make their living by eating decomposing vegetative and animal matter although are opportunist predators if they can get away with it. They do not have venom glands, fangs or any other mechanism for chemically subduing their food. Therefore, they do not have poison and, by the powers of logic, cannot be poisonous from venom. "
http://www.wnrmag.com/stories/2000/jun00/daddy.htm
http://spiders.ucr.edu/daddylonglegs.html
Maybe it's my brain playing tricks since I know how it looked when I took the photo?
