Join us on Friday, April 23rd at 10:30 am at White’s Ferry parking lot for what may be our last C&O Popup Walk until Fall! We will be walking about two miles up the towpath and then back to White’s Ferry. Enjoy the sights and sounds of nature including birds, turtles, trees, wildflowers and anything else nature has to offer us that day. When the walk is over, you are invited to relax and lunch at picnic tables along the riverbank. Pack your own lunch or order something tasty from the White’s Ferry Grille and enjoy it with comradery and a river view.
Jon Wolz, our local expert on the C&O Canal and leader of our “pop-up” walks, has a long history with the canal. As a Montgomery Blair High School sophomore and Eagle Scout, he had already hiked the entire canal. In 1970, Jon was the Boy Scout chosen to testify before a Senate subcommittee on behalf of the bill to protect the C&O Canal as a National Historical Park. Maryland Congressmen Gilbert Gude and J. Glenn Beall sponsored the bill.
Since 2015 Jon has volunteered as a level walker with the C&O Canal Association (COCA). His two levels encompass the area from White’s Ferry to Monocacy Aqueduct.