It seems as though a fitness craze has truly hit the nation. It may be spawned by the President’s Challenge or a response to growing awareness about health and wellness. Or maybe good habits are contagious. I abhorred running until one of my dearest friends started doing it. And after watching friends and colleagues train and then rave about some of the races they’ve...
One of the best, and most scenic, ways to visit Loudoun is to arrive by ferry! Historic White’s Ferry, just northeast of downtown Leesburg, is the last surviving (from around 100 at one point) ferry on the Potomac River north of Washington, DC and the last cable-operated ferry east of the Mississippi. Its a great way to cross the river. A ferry has been...
Did you know you can visit Loudoun via your Nintendo Wii, XBox360 or PlayStation 3? It’s true. Just pick up a copy of the Greg Hastings Paintball 2 video game. It features 12 paintball parks from around the world, and Loudoun’s own Pev’s Paintball Park in Aldie is one of them. Pev’s was recreated virtually for the game, including such details as the mountains in...
This photo is of the Appalachian Trail by Loudoun photographer Tom Lussier. I love Tom’s work. There’s so much emotion conveyed in it that it just makes me want to run out and stand in the spot he was when he took it. Spring is just around the corner. There’s so many wonderful things to see and experience outside in Loudoun. A good day...
The inagural Virginia Wine Country Half Marathon will be held on June 4, 2011 in Loudoun, Virginia: DC’s Wine Country. This video begins at Breaux Vineyards, then continues down scenic byways, around the historic town of Hillsboro, and finishes 13.1 miles later at Doukenie Winery. Sorry about the shakiness in the middle – about 1 mile of the course is on gravel. I recorded this...
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...