The pre-conference tour will start Thursday, August 26 and focus on the Washington, D.C. area.

The tour bus will first make a stop in Hagerstown Thursday morning before heading to the rendezvous location at the Bethesda North Marriott in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.  (If you drive to the conference, you may want to leave your car in Hagerstown during the tour.)

Our plans are still tentative. Sites visited will include the first mile of the C&O Canal in Georgetown. The tour will include hotel accommodation Thursday and Friday night.

The pre-conference tour will deliver you to Hagerstown about 6 p.m. Saturday.

The post-conference tour will start when the conference ends, midday Thursday, September 2.

The tour group will travel to Cumberland, the western end of the C&O Canal. Participants will be able to ride the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. The tour will include hotel accommodations at the Fairfield Inn Thursday and Friday night.

On Saturday the tour bus will take participants back to Hagerstown  for those who wish to disembark there and then on to a convenient location in the Washington, D.C., area.