Routes to Baltimore from western VA?

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Ellicott City is a cool little town. It's too bad about the flooding.

Last time a couple of years ago was bad, but the whole county pulled together to rebuild. Took nearly two years, but it was finally as good as new (or Old in Ellicott City's case.) Unfortunately the next 100 year flood struck within a few weeks I think of the re-dedication. People are a bit less enthusiastic about pitching in this time around...

Fantastic suggestions, I’ll look into all of this on the map.

And even if you don't do the whole skyline drive thing, you definitely want to do part of it if the weather cooperates. You can cut over about midway through off of I81 near Luray if you are looking to save a little time. They have a sort of cheesy tour of a cave in Luray that is actually quite fun. The cave is beautiful, but the presentation...well, it's a small town... And Skyline Drive is definitely is taking you in the direction you want. You'll end up taking I66 West to get back on I81 North. Past Winchester VA, cut over to Harper's Ferry and Bob's your uncle.

In my opinion, you don't want, under any circumstances, to take I66 East towards Washington and go around the Washington Beltway. That way madness lies...

Oh man, I played that game in my F-150 recently, couldn’t imagine on a bike.