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Phoenix Asshole Drivers #59 - Maryland

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #59: Maryland

2019-10-28 Dashcam 0

Halloween is the second of the two yearly trips my wife & take to Maryland, mostly to visit family, but also to do a bit […]

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #47 - Maryland

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #47: Maryland

2019-05-02 Dashcam 0

Easter is the first of our two yearly trips my wife & take to Maryland, to see our younger son Jason & his family. Oma […]

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #36

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #36: Maryland

2018-11-29 Dashcam 0

My wife and I visited Maryland to trick-or-treat with our grandaughter Boo. 👻 Like we always do, we flew into Baltimore, driving MD-100, to US-29, […]

This lone leaf was the best fall color I found.

Antietam Aqueduct to Snyder’s Landing

2018-11-01 Hiking 0

After trick-or-treating in Hagerstown with our grandaughter Boo last night, my wife & I drove down to the C&O Canal so I could work off […]

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #25

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #25: Maryland

2018-05-17 Dashcam 2

My wife and I visited Maryland to spend Easter with our grandaughter, so we took along her dashcam, a Z-Edge Z3. I just realized the […]

Halfway up Mount Dunlop. Had to wait to tweet this until we got back to the hotel as mobile reception was so poor.

A.T.: Pen Mar to Old Forge

2018-04-02 Hiking 1

Last Easter, I completed the Maryland segments of the Appalchian Trail. That won’t seem like much to an AT thru-hiker who knocks out Maryland in […]

Sun shining through leaves along the Potomac River.

Maryland Heights to Antietam Aqueduct

2017-10-31 Hiking 0

Our son & his family live in Hagerstown, Maryland. We’ve visited every spring, since our grandaughter Boo was born. Usually for Easter, because what is […]

Little Antietam Creek

A.T.: Wolfsville Rd. to Pen Mar

2017-04-14 Hiking 0

My son & granddaughter live in Hagerstown. “Where’s that?” everyone always asks. If you drew a triangle, with Baltimore and Washington, DC, at two of […]

Looking west, across the Potomac River, from the top of Weverton Cliffs. Harpers Ferry is near the bottom of Blue Ridge in the distant middle. The Maryland Heights on the right.

A.T.: Crampton’s Gap to Harpers Ferry

2016-03-25 Hiking 0

Every Easter, my wife & I visit our younger son, and his family, in Hagerstown, MD. The highlight is watching our grandaughter’s Easter egg hunt. […]

Antietam: 132nd Pennsylvania Regiment Monument at Bloody Lane.

Antietam National Battlefield

2015-04-04 Hiking, Historic 0

My son lives in Hagerstown, just 15 minutes north of Sharpsburg, around which the battle occured, so every couple of years I do a battlefield […]

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Recent Posts

  • Line for the guided Mount Vernon mansion tour. Taking about 25 min., in groups of ~15, the tour visits all the rooms on the first and second floors. Beside the mansion are the colonnades, kitchen, and store house.

    Mount Vernon

    2026-10-04 Tourism 0
  • I was hoping for more fall color, but my A.T. hike was a week early. This tree is a Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica), aka black tupelo, or sour gum. Photo taken with my new OM System Tough TG-7 pocket camera.

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    Dutton Hill & Sliker Hill

    2026-09-02 Hiking 0

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