I love the National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Its got some of the coolest planes and spacecraft on the planet (or in the galaxy). There’s the Concorde, the awesomely shiny Flying Cloud, the SR-71 Blackbird (flew from LA to DC in 1 hour and 4 minutes!), and of course, the Space Shuttle Enterprise. They even have an F-14 Tomcat (think...
The Middleburg Christmas Parade is this Saturday, December 4th. To say this is a Loudoun signature event would be an understatement. Since the early 1900s, Loudoun has been known far and wide as horse and hunt country, and nowhere has that been the case more than in the quaint enclave of Middleburg. And each year, during the first Saturday in December, the town becomes...
View Larger Map Drive One: Snickersville Turnpike (15 miles) Follow this historic Virginia byway over rolling foothills and across Goose Creek and its tributaries from the Village of Aldie to the Village of Bluemont. This historic route, only 15 miles long, was traversed by George Washington, and was the scene of clashes during the Civil War. Lucikly, the “turnpike booth” closed in 1915, so...
As a kid, there are few holidays better than Halloween, and Loudoun has some great Halloween experiences for kids. From a parade in Leesburg, to a huge air and space museum turned spooky spaceport, Loudoun on Halloween won’t disappoint. On Saturday, October 23, head to the National Air and Space Museum Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles for Air & Scare! This kid-friendly event...
Once the sun sets, and the warm sunny days give way to the chill and darkness of evening in Autumn, the picturesque setting that is Loudoun succumbs to a whole different experience. The rolling landscape, dotted with stately oaks and elegant manors, become seemingly more remote, stark, and lonely. Charming small towns, alive with people moving here and there in the hours before dusk,...
I love Fall. With its warm sunny days and cool crisp nights, it’s a great time to experience all that Loudoun has to offer. The seeds of our agricultural heritage have provided a bounty of experiences that really make a visit to Loudoun memorable. First stop: the pumpkin patch. And I’m not just talking about a field of pumpkins. I’m talking about a place...