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July 8, 2010

Stopover at Fort Frederick

With apologies to the Maryland Park Service no-alcohol policy, I completed the first six-pack at 9 a.m. at Fort Frederick State Park.

The first clue is the toughest, Questers.

Ranger Brett Hendershot unlocked things a little early so I could get started.

Fort Frederick is just one mile from I-70, a real easy-off, easy-on stop. Think Sandy Point without the Chesapeake Bay.

A film crew working on a movie about African-American soldiers at the Battle of the Bulge will be here this weekend. Seems the stands of old pine trees look a lot like the ones in Belgium.

Who knew?

On to Cunningham Falls State Park, the site where Park Quest 24/7 was hatched on Memorial Day weekend.

Park Quest 24/7 tracker

Posted by Candus Thomson at 9:26 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Park Quest 2010

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What a great activity to track. Thank you for highlighting that great outdoors we have in Maryland! Will you be visiting city parks around the state, too?

Posted by: liz | July 8, 2010 12:14 PM

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About Candus Thomson

In a world of paper vs. plastic and candy mint vs. breath mint, my early memories involved a debate about the merits of freshwater vs. saltwater.

On the one hand, a great uncle’s fishing cabin on the Susquehanna River beckoned, but so did family gatherings on the Jersey Shore.

The correct answer, thankfully, was, “both.”

As The Sun’s outdoors writer for more than a decade, I’ve fished across Maryland in one day, hiked the width of the state in one hour, camped overnight in the median of I-95 to experience the wildlife between the fast lanes and chased mountain bikers in a 24-hour marathon race.

Those are some of the highlights. I’ve also fallen in a raging Gunpowder River during a trout survey (photo available upon request), had a shark spill its guts on my clothes and been stuck in a sub-freezing Vermont wilderness with men armed with flintlocks and hatchets, shuffling along on ancient wooden snowshoes.

And, in my travels I’ve met lots of you, who share a love of the outdoors and the good times and mishaps that go along with it.

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