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When going out on the 335-mile bike ride on the Great Allegheny Passage and the C&O Canal Towpath, you can imagine that there is a lot to see. 

Although there were long stretches where we were biking through the woods or passing along a river/creek, it really did feel like we saw something new every few miles to help mix things up. So in this one, we thought we’d share ten of our favorite highlights from the ride between Pittsburgh and Washington DC that you will see when on the trail!

Before jumping into it, it is important to note that we are omitting what are perhaps the three biggest highlights of all- Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Mile 0 in Cumberland, and Washington DC.

It should go without saying that finishing each respective trail, no matter the direction, is going to be a big highlight, even if the C&O’s terminus in Washington was a bit of a letdown (go to the Nartional Mall instead for your celebratory “end” if heading east!). For this one, we wanted to share our favorite stops along the trail outside of these.

So, let’s jump into it and share our favorites, starting in Pittsburgh and working our way towards DC!

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After a decade of talking about it, we finally got up the courage to tackle the 335-mile bike ride from Pittsburgh to Washington DC on the Great Allegheny Passage and the C&O Canal Towpath.

As it turns out, the ride was a ton of fun and is one we regret not doing sooner, despite pushing ourselves further than we had ever biked before by a decent margin.

While these trails are quite popular with those who like to camp, you can also bike it and enjoy amenities in towns while staying at B&Bs. So in this one, we thought we’d take a look at where to stay when biking the GAP and C&O, and put a particular focus on towns that have dedicated accommodations!

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New York City is the kind of place where you can get anything you want, and on a quick weekend trip to the city, we had our heart set on cocktails.

We’ll be the first to admit that we’d need an entire year in New York, going out seemingly every night, to even get a nice cross-section of them all. So in this visit, we really wanted to be strategic in targeting some of the very best cocktail bars in New York City.

We went to five, and we have to admit, these blew us away all for very different reasons!

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City (aptly called The Met for short) is one of the world’s best museums. 

Featuring art and artifacts from the earliest days of human history through to modern times, sourced from all over the world, to say this one has a little bit of everything may be a bit of an understatement. Naturally, it means the museum is huge and, if we’re being honest, impossibly hard to see everything on a single visit.

As such, you really need to have a plan for visiting this museum so as to ensure you are getting most out of your ticket price. In this one, we thought it’d be fun to look at different ways to plan a visit to the museum in lieu of sharing great exhibits outright because, again, there are just too many!

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