Call me crazy -- lots of folks do -- but my favorite part of Calvert Cliffs State Park isn't the much-photographed cliffs that loom over the Chesapeake Bay. Or the fossilized sharks teeth found on the beach.

My favorite part is the Cliff Trail that winds through the trees and passes a swamp on the way to the beach.

Ranger Steve Youngkin, who greets me at the trailhead, agrees.

"The main thing I like about the park is that it changes every month. It even looks different at different times of the day," he says as we stand beside the swamp and watch the sunlight bounce off the water and dance through the tree canopy.

This is day five of Park Quest 24/7, my attempt to visit all 24 state parks participating in the annual Park Quest in one week. The 750 families registered for the challenge have all summer to visit 10 of the parks and qualify for the Finale on Sept. 11.

Calvert Cliffs makes 15 for me.

Oh, and I have some shark teeth in my pocket.

Now it's off to St. Mary's State Park to meet up with a Questing family from Anne Arundel County -- Team Bay Bougheys.

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