Boordy Vineyards Offers History, Experience For Everyone
Boordy Chambourcin grapes, own-rooted, planted 1965. Photo: rus vanwestervelt Boordy Vineyards, located in Long Green, is one of the best-kept secrets in the central Maryland region for year-round family and adult experiences. Our family has been to Boordy twice in as many weeks — first for my wife’s 5K “Charm City Run Trail Run at [...]
Life Post-Facebook…
all photos by rus vanwestervelt, 4/24/11, Goucher College, Towson, MD I am free, liberated from the grip of out-of-control social networking. I severed my ties with Facebook early this afternoon, turned off my computer, and headed out for a 2-mile hike along the trails on Goucher’s campus. This is not the first time I have [...]
Returning to the tight-knit community
loch raven reservoir. art: http://www.artofabbey.net/ Last month, I sketched out a monthly hiking plan that would send me all around the state, tackling some of the trails that I’ve never been on. This strategy was in line with my bigger project of dropping the weight and leading a more healthy, active lifestyle. Well, the good [...]
morning ride on the NCR
We began our ride late this morning, relatively speaking. By the time we arrived at Monkton station at 7:15, the temperature was 71 degrees, and the small parking lot was filled with riders and joggers’ cars–most of them were at least a mile or two along in their journey. T and I ended up parking [...]
Sunrise ride by the Gunpowder River
Absolutely love sunrises when hiking or biking…. My friend T and I went to Gunpowder State Park along Jerusalem Rd. in Kingsville, MD this morning to check out the trails that rise and fall along the Gunpowder River. We were wonderfully surprised by the well-maintained trails (the Gunpowder and Hobbes trails) that formed a nice [...]
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