Exploring the Past to Improve the Future
By Eilene Lyon Many Cumberland restaurants are closed on Sundays, but we found a place to get a burger that even had some live music out on the sidewalk. I took a stroll along the Potomac River later in the evening. A gaggle of Canada geese grazed on the grass near the towpath. Across the... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon What eventually became the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) rail trail was conceived in the 1970s. The trail partly replaces the route of the Western Maryland Railroad. The entire 149-mile distance between Pittsburg, Penn. and Cumberland, Md. was not completed until 2013. In conjunction with the C & O Canal towpath (a National... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon This is the first in a series of posts about a long-awaited trip to ride bikes from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C. along the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) rail trail, and the Cumberland & Ohio Canal (C&O) towpath trail. We spent the first full day of our trip in Pittsburgh, a city I... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Time to get a bit of time away from the computer and blogging. Going on a bicycling vacation. I'll check in with you all next month!
By Eilene Lyon In late April, I spent a week on Maui with a friend I’ve known since high school. We rented a two-bedroom condo about a quarter-mile from the beach north of Lahaina in the Kaanapali area. You may recall the devastating fires that hit Lahaina in 2023, killing over 100 people. I confess... Continue Reading →
Originally published May 14, 2018 By Eilene Lyon We recently took a trip to the Netherlands and Norway, so expect a few posts on sights, scenes, and travel. But first, I want to share a bit about the Dutch genius for engineering water. It’s no secret that much of the Netherlands is below sea level.... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Let's take a walk on the north end of the River Trail along the Animas through Durango, Colorado. We'll start with some art by the library. Most of the works in this post are metal sculptures, designed to work well outdoors. Heading a bit north, as we approach the high school, I... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon Several years ago, my local book club read Death Comes for the Archbishop by one of my favorite authors, Willa Cather. It’s a fictional story of two real men, missionaries from France, who arrived in Santa Fe in 1851, not long after New Mexico became part of the United States. Cather calls... Continue Reading →
By Eilene Lyon My niece came for a visit in late February. I suggested a possible trip to Santa Fe. She countered with a visit to the Meow Wolf art installation there. I booked us into a Fort Marcy Compound condo for two nights. On our first afternoon, after getting settled into our rooms, we... Continue Reading →
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