Tag: Virginia

Richmond, VA

.Reading time 16 minutes.

On a cool afternoon with the earthy smell of fresh rain in the southern air, the Jagers awaited a pick up from Uncle Dale and Aunt Ginny at the Richmond airport. We were looking forward to sharing a few days together since our last visit one year ago. Our first stop was the Birdhouse Farmers […]

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Hiking Beaverdam Park

.Reading time 10 minutes.

At the top of our wish list for the River House trip was hiking with the family. Dale and Ginny are avid “nature people” and we wanted to trek a trail with them since we had never before explored the natural environment of Eastern Virginia. With much consideration for the hiking possibilities in the coastal […]

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Paddling the Piankatank

.Reading time 12 minutes.

The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary: a body of water where fresh and saltwater mix. It is the largest of more than 100 estuaries in the United States and the third largest in the world. The Piankatank is one of the many rivers that empties into the Chesapeake from Maryland to Virginia. It is a […]

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