Stories from Point Lookout State Park
While, in my opinion, the most impressive site to behold at Point Lookout is the experience of watching Potomac River water charge into...
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In a Purse Net at Smith Point Lighthouse
Guarding the wide mouth of the Potomac along its southern edge, Smith Point Lighthouse also roughly marks the Maryland/ Virginia border...
On the Shore at New Point Comfort
The road to New Point Comfort Lighthouse seems to go on forever. But inevitably, it will only take you so far. Here, in the middle...
On the Shore at Fort Monroe
If you’re a child of the 80’s, when someone sends you on a mission to find a pet cemetery, it’s probably best to walk the other way. ...
On the Shore at Old Point Comfort
The Old Point Comfort Lighthouse in Hampton Roads is surprisingly unassuming. Perhaps it’s the fact that the lighthouse is one of the...
National Lighthouse Day at AMERICA'S First Lighthouse
The Cape Henry lighthouse was the first federally funded construction project undertaken by the newly formed United States of America in...
Chesapeake Lighthouses- Landmarks on shore and offshore
The Thomas Point Shoal lighthouse made some headlines in Chesapeake publications last year when it went up for auction. As charming- or...
Cyberfishing the Potomac
I met Dan on two separate attempts at shad fishing on the Potomac River. The first time we fished the same bank, he outfished me...
Fishing for the Green Eyed Monster
Late to the Game. When I get that 30 foot Grady White center console, I’ll probably name it Late to the Game. That’s my typical approach...
Crikey! Paddling the Turner River
I rented my kayak from Skunk Ape HQ. You read that right. Skunk Ape Headquarters. The skunk ape, long lost cousin of the common...
End of The Road? That's the Point.
The Last 10 Shores Here at the end, as a whole, One Hundred Shores represents the places we can go. Every shore on the list represents...
Chasing the Dragon- On the Shore of Dragon Run
By this point, I’ve checked off roughly 90% of the inaugural One Hundred Shores. Throughout the journey, I've come up empty plenty of...
On the Rappahannock at Portobago
This is the second part of a kayak exploration I took up the Rappahannock River earlier in the fall, with the goal of learning more about...
Reclaiming the Land- On the Shore at Fones Cliffs
I’m out on a chilly fall morning, paddling in the middle section of the Rappahannock river. It’s the kind of fall morning when you’re...
A Tomb with a View: On the Shore at Mt. Vernon and the USNA
An old tomb, built in 1734. An entrance pointing out northeast, overlooking the Potomac River. Down the hill, a new tomb built 100 years...
Sleep with the Fishes - The Floating Concrete Fleet at Kiptopeke
While the remote Delmarva shoreline and scenery is worth a trip in itself, I wonder if part of the push for a Kiptopeke State Park had to...
The Mallow's Bay Ghost Fleet: A Specter of Bad Decisions?
It’s surprising how unrestricted Mallows Bay is to explore, once you set out onto the calm, shallow water. The most prominent of the...
Last Light at Lover's Point
It's a strange irony that sunset is on the one hand so routinely expected and on the other hand so unexpectedly sublime. The most...
A Shore with a View: On the Shore at Accokeek Park and Mt. Vernon
“I have seen for several hours together in a summer’s evening, hundreds, perhaps I might say thousands of sturgeon, at a great height...
Seeing Ghosts- On the Shore of Blackwater NWR
With Halloween just over a month away, it's finally time to talk about ghosts of the Chesapeake. Not Charlie Brown costumes or spooky...
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