Local Travel: Tuckahoe backroads
This is a short post, as I've just returned after a loong day on the Shore, but it occurs to me that if you want to see a slice of the Chesapeake Bay watershed that looks more like Iowa and less like, say, St. Michaels, you might try the area around Tuckahoe State Park.
There's a large pond stocked for fishing, and wheat crops shimmer as the wind hits them.The pond eventually hits the Tuckahoe, which hits the Choptank. Here, the Choptank looks more like a creek, and it's surrounded by lush trees.
I noticed nary a home development, and only one "for sale" sign on a large farm after hours of driving. I guess the real estate slowdown has definitely hit the Shore; three years ago, those "For Sale" signs were everywhere.
Don't forget Adkins Arboretum...it's nearby. And Martinak State Park isn't far out of the area either.
I report on the environment and Chesapeake Bay. A native of West Virginia, I have focused mainly on Maryland's environment since moving here in 1983. Along the way, I've crewed aboard a skipjack in the bay, canoed under city streets up the Jones Fall from the Inner Harbor, and gone deep underground in a western Maryland coal mine. Recently, I have been covering the growth and development transforming the landscape. I love seafood, rambles in the country and good stories. I hope to share some here.
