Kalidurga-
Ok, I know where Thompson's is. I saw a trail-like thing that comes up by this little brick park/median thing next to Key Bridge and wondered if there's a way you can exit off C&O there to get up to the VA trails.

I can't take C&O very far, because my bike doesn't doo off-road, but I thought that maybe in town there between Rock Creek and Capital Crescent it would probably be paved...though Arizona is pretty far up there... know anything about the paved status?

I live on Virginia, and it seemed like skipping M to get to the Virginia trails or Capital Crescent (and skipping the construction on Memorial Bridge) would be ideal. I can't stand taking my car on M...I don't know how commuters do it.