http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/ Chesapeake and Ohio Towpath Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:42:06 GMT Eric Steinbring http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5452 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5452 Just giving my other leader the benefit of the doubt. I could not devise a way to use B&B's along the way without limiting the size of the group, driving up Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:08:58 GMT Doug Brashear http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5451 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5451 I can't imagine a B&B being all that thrilled about a bunch of pubescent boys mingling with the antiques. Not sure what your troop is like, but mine (Troop 90 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:59:21 GMT Mary Anne Polan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5450 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5450 Eric We used tents only. I'm really not sure if the campgrounds had cabins or not. I was usually pretty busy every night with trying to prepare for the next Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:00:20 GMT Stephen M. Shearer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5449 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5449 I have tried to get my Scout Troop to do the towpath for the last few years with no luck. This year I (and my family) signed up for a towpath trip using B&B's Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:14:54 GMT Eric Steinbring http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5448 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5448 In Little Orleans, did you tent or use cabins? Could you send me your itinerary? I few miles off the trail is not bad unless the route is heavily traveled by Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:09:07 GMT Eric Steinbring http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5447 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5447 The Venture program is a coed Boy Scout program. ... From: Sea2river@... To: coTowpath@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:49 PM Subject: Re: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:49:44 GMT Sea2river@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5446 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5446 Are we talking girl scouts? In a message dated 8/28/2008 8:50:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, estein105@... writes: This is the first time in five Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:51:40 GMT Mary Anne Polan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5445 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5445 Every campground we used was either right on the path, or close enough to ride. The first night or Orleans was the only one that was not right on, but I bet Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:39:52 GMT Steve Palincsar http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5444 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5444 ... How far off the Towpath would you be willing to go? Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:34:55 GMT Eric Steinbring http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5443 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5443 Camping is not an option given to me. (Cabins are ok but I would need separate male-female facilities.) Neither is the use of a support vehicle. We are a Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:38:24 GMT Mary Anne Polan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5442 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5442 Eric, Thats why my group did all private campgrounds except for Fort Frederick. Each one had showers and sometimes a pool too. All days were between 30 and 40 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:01 GMT Eric Steinbring http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5441 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5441 Cost is an issue but so is number of rooms available for Scouts, actually Venturing which is coed Scouting, spacing of facilities along the towpath and Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:43:26 GMT gsurfdog69 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5440 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5440 Not too many downsides to this idea, except cost. My wife and I did it this summer (in early July). We stayed at a b&b in Harpers Ferry and another one in Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:24:47 GMT Mary Anne Polan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5439 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5439 Dwight, I have only been on the path once, but did alot of planning to take my scouts last year. I usually don't answer posts since I don't have much Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:50:33 GMT estein105 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5438 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coTowpath/message/5438 This is the first time in five years that I have not done a ride thru of the towpath with my Scouts. The difference is that my new leader only wants to stay