By Barbara Noe Kennedy. Cover photo by Tom Saunders via Flickr Excerpt: Admittedly, beaches aren’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Virginia, the land of Civil War battles, country villages, and the hazy Blue Ridge. But with more than 7,000...
Cover photo by Bobby Hooker, Hooker Studio Town of Colonial Beach, Virginia (CBVA) is located on the shoreline of the Potomac River, which low-water mark serves as the Virginia-Maryland border in most places. So when visitors are on CBVA’s sandy beaches,...
Excerpt: Cruising up the majestic Potomac River, “the second largest tributary of the Chesapeake Bay“ is a breathtaking rite of passage for any boater. In 1608 John Smith mapped the Potomac, President George Washington was born, lived, and died on it, and our...
Cover photo: Michael Hundley November is the perfect time to visit Virginia’s river towns. Why? For one, it’s Virginia Oyster Month, with oyster-centric commemorations happening up and down the shorelines of the “Oyster Capital of the East...
The Annual Lighted Holiday Boat Parade, hosted by Colonial Yacht Club, features boats of all sizes decked out for the season, sailing down the Potomac River in formation. Lights twinkle, horns blow, all to enchant viewers on Town Pier and the beachfront....
