Here's our travel plans for the 2008 camping season - Let us know if you're gonna be in the area at the same time and we'll throw some extra vittles on the grill!
May 16-18: Point Lookout State Park, at the very tip of St. Mary's County MD, where the Potomac River meets the Cheasapeake Bay. Hiking/Biking/Kayaking.
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/pointlookout.html
June 6-8: Rowlesburg, WV, a little town deep in the mountains, on the banks of the Cheat River, known for Class 5 whitewater. Biking/Kayaking/Fishing/Scenic Drives. Plans are to meet Jon & Terry Holland from Akron OH area. Hopefully, won't hear a young boy on a porch playing a banjo :(
http://www.rowlesburgguide.com/
June 19-21: Salisbury, MD, the annual DelMarVa Chicken Festival !! Who could pass up seeing the world's largest frying pan in action?! Crafts/Booths/Stage Entertainment/ & Fried Chicken!
http://www.dpichicken.org/index.cfm?content=news&subcontent=details&id=302
July 11-13: Hargerstown, MD, Jellystone Campground & WaterPark. Meeting Katie & Lorri and families for a weekend of "family bonding" (Essentially, a place where the kids & grandkids have all the fun and Grandmom & Bampa get stuck with the bill).
http://www.jellystonemaryland.com/
July 25-27: Boiling Springs, PA, a little town surrounded by spring-fed lakes. We're told it's the best trout fishing East of the Mississippi. Lee will verify or refute that claim........
http://www.boilingsprings.org/
August 1-3: Berkeley Springs, WV, the famous mineral-bath spot for the rich & famous during its heydays in the 1930's & '40's. Biking on the C&O Canal towpath & typical tourist activities.
http://www.berkeleysprings.com/
August 15-17: Denton, MD, Small Eastern shore town celebrating Summerfest, a two day event of exhibits, food & entertainment with a local flair. We'll be staying at Martinak State Park on the Choptank River, about 2 mile bike ride away.
http://www.carolinesummerfest.com/index.php?pageID=PG260524104059433
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/eastern/martinak.html
August 28-Sept. 4: Five day loop around the lower half of Chesapeake Bay. First stop is Annual Crab Festival in Crisfield MD, ferry boat trip to Tangier Island, kayaking at Janes Island State Park. Then on down the VA coastline through Chincoteague (Misty the Pony country), crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel (20miles), into Norfolk VA. Boat tour of US Navy complex in Norfolk, then on to Williamsburg & Jamestown VA. Up through VA's Northern Neck to see
Strattford Hall (Robt. E. Lee), George Washington's birthplace site, overnight at Westmoreland State Park on the Rappahanock River, across Potomac River on Rte 301 bridge & home.
http://www.crisfieldchamber.com/crabderby.htm
http://www.tangierisland-va.com/
hhttp://www.norfolkvisitor.com/norfolknavy/ttp://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/eastern/janesisland.html
http://www.visitwilliamsburg.com/index.aspx
Oct. 3-5: York PA, Factory outlets, tours of Peppermint Patty, Harley-Davidson & Utz potato chip factories !! (OK, it's not Paris or London, but the tours are FREE!)
http://www.yorkpa.org/
So if ya see an old (but very shiny) Barth motorhome screamin' along at 52 mph, give us a wave!
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- Lee & Kathy Schiek
- College Park, MD, Wash. DC metro area, United States
- Lee is the manager of College Park Airport (world's oldest airport in continuous operation!), Kathy is Ex. Ass't. to Prez of a Fortune 500 company. Both Barth junkies, they enjoy restoring a '78, 24' Barth and exploring the mid-Atlantic area in it. Kathy was born & raised in the Washington DC area - Lee has been there for several decades......
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