Riding the C&D Canal (Mike Castle Trail)
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2023
- Right in my own backyard in Delaware is a fantastic, little adventure full of history and beauty: the C&D Canal! This 30-mile, out and back trail is perfect for a day ride with restaurants, attractions and site-seeing at both ends in the cities of Delaware City and Chesapeake City.
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I ride a Trek Checkpoint ALR5. This video was filmed on a GoPro 11 Black (4K/24fps, Linear mode), a Hover X drone, iPhone 13 Max Pro and edited in Final Cut Pro X.
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(Bryan Wehmeyer, @2023)
I just discovered this trail driving past the sign. It looks great for a bike ride. I gotta come back for that🚲.
Yeah, I'm biased because I live so close but I enjoy this little trail.
Hey Bryan,
I'm staying at my sisters in North East, MD (you rode real close to her place when you did the Turkey Point lighthouse ride). I'm going to do the C&D ride tomorrow, June 19. I'll start from Chesapeake City. Love you vids and thoughts on life. Retirement is a year away for me.
Phil
Small world! Enjoy the canal ride. 🚴
The trail looks so interesting and I’m happy to hear it’s part of the River City ride in October. And your ‘hill secret’ is safe with me! 🤐
AND fall will be in the air for sure!
Nice video. Nice ride. I’d like to ride it again with you. Love, Your Better Half 😉
She was flying the family helicopter taking the aerial shots.
@@RideAlongAdventures 😂
Ahhhh the C&D. I always try to do a ride there once a summer. I have my Pine Creek adventure coming up this Tuesday; I’ll let you know how it went. Enjoy the Eerie Canal brother! 🚴♂️
Enjoy Pine Creek. Hope you get some fall colors. I just passed Wellsboro yesterday on the way back from the Erie and the yellows are coming through. The Erie was awesome, btw. Just fantastic fall weather.
I'm also retired...from onsite work, that is LOL! It's not that different from my old life pre-2021; the hours are the same. Only difference is that I could finally ditch the car (and with it the insurance, maintenance, etc.) and just do most of my errands on bicycle and/or transit. So just like you, I've been biking more and discovering so much beauty along my local trails here in the Nebraska-Iowa border.
- Red
It’s been interesting. 😊 any recommendations for those NB-IA trails? I’m always on the hunt for new places to go. Keep on biking!
@@RideAlongAdventures Cowboy Trail, MoPac and the Wabash Trace. Might've heard of 'em from the RAGBRAI crowd. Grace us with your presence, oh King of Full Ride Videos! HAHAHA!
@@redcomusic lol...that's going on my new resume.😂 Thanks for the recommendations. I met a guy on the KATY trail who was telling me about the Cowboy Trail...sounds awesome. My fall schedule is loaded so I'm thinking next spring/summer. Thanks again and thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video-I’ve ridden this trail many times. The history lesson greatly appreciated.
Cake Sisters in Delaware City is a great stop.
And you know there’s some nice gravel sections on the North side of the canal.
And where is that huge parking lot in Delaware City?? I normally park in Chesapeake City, but now Schaefer’s has put up signs warning to not park in the big lot.
Head down Clinton, hang a left in Harbor (at the end) and you’ll run right into it. Lots of parking. Yeah in CC, I park under the bridge (overflow). I hope they aren’t taking that away.
Thanks for the info. And I know that in CC the overflow is a good place to park.
Thanks again for the video-happy riding this Fall!😊
Great video, great ride !! Drone shots ?
Correct! Just bought a Hover X1. Review will be forthcoming. It’s ok. Sort of a toy. I just finished the Erie Canal ride today…it’s broken but I think I can fix it…so, I’m not super impressed with it.
@RideAlongAdventures Aww, that's cool weather has been good ! Bummer about the drone
Love the shots, but it's a pain in the but sometimes
Excellent! Such a nice trail I wanna ride it! I actually passing Delaware next week on my way to New York and Albany. Going to ride the other leg of the Empire State Trail from Albany to New York City.
I'm adding your trail to my must ride list. Maybe I can ride all away to South Delaware and take the rout 9 as you recommend. Have to look into it and put some kind of action plan in place. Thanks for the video. 👍
Wow, you retired early 57. I'm 59 and semi-retired. We have very similar schedule. Glad you got the video done before Erie Canal tour. I totally agree with you about Erie Canal Trail it's an amazing trail. It was 30 minute video but felt like 10 minutes you did a great job! 😊
Hey, Thomas. I’m on day 5 of 7 on the Erie. Absolutely beautiful cool weather so far. Let me know if/when you come through Delaware. Maybe we could meet up. I’d be glad to show you around. I absolutely love how much riding you do and just how much ground you cover. It’s just awesome.
@@RideAlongAdventures I'll let you know when I have any plans in place but definitely want to ride in Delaware such a beautiful state. Would love to meet up with you while I'm there and do some riding together. Have fun with your ride. Hopefully the weather will have nice weather 👍 UPDATE: I was planning to go and ride the Katy trail but things changed so that I'll do that next year instead of going to ride in Delaware this coming week. Not sure if you're around but I wanted to let you know.
Thats a great trail Bryan. I like that you give history about the areas you ride. Drone footage is great also, keep those shots coming. Have fun on the Erie Canal.
Thanks! I’m on day 5 of 7. We just hit Pittsford. Yeah, the jury is still out on that “drone”. It hit a branch about 50’ up today and fell to the ground. Broke part of the propeller cage. Bryan not happy. It feels more like a toy than a real drone and isn’t programmed with enough intelligence to avoid stuff like tree limbs, people, etc. I’ve gotten a little footage with it on the Erie. Anyway…how bout this weather???? Awesome. 🙂
@RideAlongAdventures That's great. Sorry about the drone. You're giving it the test it needs. You'll be In my neck of the woods on Friday. I have to go to Cleveland on Friday for the weekend. Darn it!. Just be careful of the glass on the roads when you hit Hertel and Niagara Streets towards Downtown Buffalo.. The weather has been great this week. Can't wait to see your trip.
Ahhh, dang it! Saw this too late to recommend the Coal Tower restaurant right on the waterfront. The "simple man" here. Enjoy the ride!@@RideAlongAdventures
Thanks for sharing all of that, Bryan..
When you said they were going to build homes along that area of the canal your riding... I was just thinking how nice it was being remote and alone with the natural growth all around.😉
Gord
Yeah, it’s true. That’s been basically wetlands (swamp) for a long time. It’s weird because it almost looks like they abandoned the initial work they began.
@@RideAlongAdventures If it's wet lands, then they will have to haul in allot of earth to build it up a couple of feet. It will be a mess for a while.
We have that here in greater Fort Worth where they are reclaiming land close to water to maximize the property values.
I've been wondering where all the liquidity was coming from, given the economy and condition of the banks.
Then it dawned on me that this is liquidity that has come out of the stock market by those who aren't planning on investing back into the stock market and want hard assets.
Real estate is the big winner here... but who will buy these homes without fresh liquidity. The banks have had to tighten their belts... even for auto loans.
Then where will the buyers come from... who can afford the interest rates.
Gord
Retirement timing, Weekends are the crowded days on the trails. Too damn peopley out there. A good time to mow the lawn.
Lol…so true. I gotta incorporate that word into my regular vocab: “peopley” it’s perfect.
Great video as always!
Are you riding the GAP and C&O again this year, Bryan? I did a 50 miler round trip last weekend on the Boston-Smithton(ish) section and thought of you.
I sure hope to. I had planned to ride it back in June but those Canadian fires got in the way. Maybe in October. Good for you on that section ride-did you hit any detours? I read some people ran into some closed sections a week ago.
@@RideAlongAdventures no detours on the section I rode. Trail was in great condition too.
The Pawpaw tunnel is closed on the C&O, vigorous and somewhat slippery hike-a-bike to get around. @@RideAlongAdventures
at 17:12, is that the little drone following you?
"I know 57 is early" dude, you should retire as soon as you possibly can afford it! every one should. working isn't the goal!
yes it is. And it sort of wildly moved to the right a few moments later and almost ended up in the canal! :)
so very, very true.
@@RideAlongAdventures my DJI has crashed a few times while trying to follow me lol
Bryan, a general training question: do you train for a specific pace or do you just ride at a comfortable relaxed pace , or some combination thereof?
Yeah, it’s a good question. I’m not sure how to answer. Generally on tours I just ride at a comfortable pace and leave it be-like whatever pace let’s me enjoy the scenery and keep smiling. But I still try to “train” with intervals and tempo sessions. I think I train more with running than cycling. Do you train? If so, how? I’d like to learn more about how bike packers/tourers prepare. I’m on the Erie Canal trail this week and I’ve met several long distance folks and after talking to them I feel like I’ve got A LOT to learn about being a better cyclist.
@@RideAlongAdventures I don't ride as much or as far as you do, and I'm just getting into touring. I ride about 3 times a week and being newly semi-retired I'm ramping up my training. For training I try and ride at a pace that isn't too easy but isn't too hard. I try to keep my legs moving but I don't track cadence or heart rate. I can tell if I've pushed too hard on a ride, especially in peak of heat season, if I'm trashed after a ride I know I went too hard. Your videos are very motivational and aspirational, for me, so thank you for yur great efforts in putting these together Bryan!
@@ronhoover5516 thanks, Ron. I appreciate the kind words. Keep on riding, dude. 👍🏻