Outdoor Adventures

I wrote about these con­certs in greater detail a cou­ple years ago, but just wanted to remind you about them and post a link to this year’s sched­ule. The end up sum­mer is sneak­ing up — only five more Wednesday evening con­certs left. Enjoy!

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8-4-2010 ETA — Blueberry sea­son is long gone in Northern Virginia. Mark your cal­en­dars to start look­ing into local farms next May! Hooray! It is blue­berry pick­ing sea­son again! We picked 10 pounds Saturday morn­ing to restock our freezer and are still eat­ing fresh berries by the hand­ful.  Everyone I know who vis­its seems to be […]

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I just received this email from Loudoun County and thought I would share. My kids have always loved stop­ping to watch the skate­board­ers at the Catoctin Skate Park in Leesburg and are hop­ing to skate with the big kids some­day soon. Maybe your kids feel the same way? The Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and […]

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The annual Bluemont fair is com­ing up again this week­end (9−19 & 20). Here’s the scoop from two years ago. Please remem­ber to check their web­site for this year’s details!

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Gaithersburg Community Museum

September 14, 2009

9 S Summit Avenue (map it) Gaithersburg, MD 20877 301−258−6160 The Gaithersburg Community Museum is nei­ther big nor fancy — it is just a one room affair with a model train set up,  gift items for sale, his­tor­i­cal dis­plays, and a friendly docent — but it is worth stop­ping by if you are in the […]

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There’s a fab­u­lous free event com­ing up in Leesburg on August 29th: the Airport Open House! Leesburg Airport Open House 1001 Sycolin Rd SE (map it) Leesburg, VA 20175 August 29th,  10 AM — 4 PM Free admis­sion and park­ing We pre­viewed the event last year and my four year old and his friend had […]

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Woodend Sanctuary 8940 Jones Mill Road Chevy Chase, MD 20815 301−652−9188 We love the Audubon Nature Fair, and look for­ward to attend­ing each year. We pic­nic with friends, shop for gifts for upcom­ing events, meet bee keep­ers, learn about inva­sive species, find lit­tle crea­tures in the pond, make card­board binoc­u­lars, enjoy per­for­mances geared at both […]

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UPDATE: Leesburg Dog Park opens May 9th! I went walk­ing at Olde Izaak Walton Park this morn­ing with kid and dog and was tick­led to see that the fence on the dog park has been com­pleted. I was also greeted by this sign: The dog park has a pic­nic table both inside and out­side the fence. I’d […]

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Happy belated Thanksgiving! We snagged a great book from the library recently! In A Plump and Perky Turkey (writ­ten by Teresa Bateman and illus­trated by Jeff Shelley) the turkeys all skip town before Thanksgiving and the town-folks try to trick them back, but (after pages of engag­ing illus­tra­tions and rhymes that please me) they end […]

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