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Silence and snow: a walk above Deep Creek Lake

February 7, 2017by Mary 1 Comment

While other vacationers at Deep Creek Lake were stepping into ski boots, my daughter and I were tying on hiking boots. There was snow, real snow, in the mountains around […]

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Outdoors, Travel

Ancient trees and roaring waters at Swallow Falls

January 12, 2016by Mary 4 Comments

The hush of the hickory canopy and the roar of the waterfalls draw me to Swallow Falls whenever I am in Western Maryland.   Usually it’s freezing cold and icy. […]

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Outdoors, Travel, Travel with Children

View from the hole in the rock

November 17, 2015by Mary

Want to climb through the hole in the rock? A newly-arrived resident of Phoenix had discovered this geological phenomenon with her friend and up they climbed. They took in the […]

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Outdoors, Travel, Travel with Children

PHOTO ESSAY: El Yunque Rain Forest

March 24, 2015by Mary 1 Comment

Water, water everywhere. Waterfalls crashing over towering rocks. Raindrops splashing against lacy green ferns. The gurgle of a stream hurrying down the hill. El Yunque, a sub-tropical rain forest outside […]

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Gardens, History, Outdoors, Sports, Travel, Travel with Children

Cunningham Falls: A cool, summer escape

August 26, 2014by Mary 1 Comment

In any other summer, Cunningham Falls has been a go-to place to escape the summer heat and humidity. Summer 2014 has been cool, clear and unlike any summer I can […]

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Gardens, Outdoors, Travel

Walking in a winter wonderland

January 21, 2014by Mary

I find myself whispering under the hemlocks of  Swallow Falls State Park. Snow covers the tree-lined paths. Sunlight filters through the delicate green-needled branches.  There’s a church-like hush that comes […]

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