Author Archives: Atlas Great Outdoors

On Sunday July 21st, my mountain bike group hit the C&O Canal Trail once again to enjoy some challenging training time on one of our favorite trails. Our usual meeting place is Point of Rocks, but today instead of heading north to Harpers Ferry, we rode south to Monocacy Aqueduct, which was a round tripContinueContinue reading “C&O Canal Trail: Monocacy Aqueduct”

Group hike and guided tour of the historic Smallwood Retreat House at Smallwood State Park in Southern Maryland

This past weekend, my wife, the dog and I took a short trip out west from our sea level life in Annapolis, Maryland, to the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley. https://youtu.be/uu7j_xljCRY?si=-v3DmlXZ1jENL4V5 We stayed at a Home2 Suites in Martinsburg, WV. If you travel with a dog, you understand the challenges of finding nice placesContinueContinue reading “To the Mountains: WV and MD”

Today my dog Tucker and I hiked a 2 mile loop at Glendening Nature Preserve. It took about an hour and a half on the Green Trail. The Glendening Nature Preserve is part of Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, an Anne Arundel County Rec and Parks property, and was featured as part of the county’s HikeContinueContinue reading “Glendening Nature Preserve”