Maryland

Columbia Air Center | Hike

Family, Hiking, Maryland

November 27, 2020 After being in the house all day for Thanksgiving, we wanted to get out into the woods and do a little family hike. We had wanted to visit the Columbia Air Center recently, and ended up at the Patuxent...

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Cascade Falls | Hike

Family, Hiking, Maryland

A while back we had visited another section of the Patapsco Valley State Park and we had hoped we were at the portion of the park that included the waterfall. So with a little pre-planning, we made sure this visit would...

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Greenbelt National Park | Hike

Hiking, Maryland, National Park

November 7, 2020 November 7th started the Hokie Hike 2020 Virtual Challenge. The boys were staying with their grandparents, so Linda and I decided we should go and hit a trail nearby and get ourselves and Heidi some...

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Patapsco Valley State Park | Hike

Hiking, Maryland

October 11, 2020 We have been wanting to hike Patapsco Valley State Park for a while now, so after dropping off the boys at their grandparents house, we decided to give it a try. Our main goal was to see some of the...

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Paw Paw Tunnel | Hike & Camp

Camping, Family, Hiking, Maryland

September 19, 2020 We got on the road around 11am, which was a little later than originally planned. I was a bit out of sorts, as I wasn’t used to packing up the Ascent. Seems I forgot a few things, such as skewers,...

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Gunpowder Falls | Hike

May 2, 2020 We tried to get an early start on heading to the trail, anticipating eating lunch somewhere on the trail. We parked at the parking lot adjacent to the Gunpowder lounge which was already somewhat packed when...

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