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Category: Virginia

Exactly the Same and Totally Different
USA / Virginia

Exactly the Same and Totally Different

November 23, 2019August 20, 2020

Unlike my usual musings about food and travel, today I want to share a trip down memory lane…on skates. I played in the Virginia Tech Ice Hockey alumni game last …

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History, and a Nice Menu
Cabins / PATC Cabins / USA / Virginia

History, and a Nice Menu

September 16, 2019January 10, 2023

I’ve long had an interest in the history of Shenandoah National Park, just a few hours west of us. This past weekend, we found a way to get up close …

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Same Dynamic
Food and Drink / Maryland / USA / Virginia

Same Dynamic

July 7, 2019October 8, 2021

I’ve wanted to visit the Chesapeake Bay’s Tangier Island ever since I read a travel article about it back in the 1990s. The island was first charted in 1608, and …

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Hollow Full of Memories
Cabins / Food and Drink / PATC Cabins / USA / Virginia

Hollow Full of Memories

June 14, 2017March 24, 2021

This weekend we joined good friends for a quick getaway to the nearby Blue Ridge mountains and a stay at the Rosser Lamb House. The house was built in 1915 …

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Holes on the Menu
Food and Drink / New York / USA / Virginia

Holes on the Menu

February 23, 2017August 13, 2020

As we planned our menu for an upcoming backpacking trip, Souzz reminded me that she “basically grew up on doughnuts”—which was a shocking revelation coming from somebody so fit. Apparently …

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Looking for Sasquatch
Cabins / PATC Cabins / USA / Virginia

Looking for Sasquatch

September 27, 2016January 4, 2021

The east coast has some fun destinations, including Great North Mountain, which forms the border between Virginia and West Virginia for about 50 miles. Much of the mountain is above …

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Hey Chris, can you pass me some sauce?
Food and Drink / USA / Virginia

Hey Chris, can you pass me some sauce?

May 28, 2016August 13, 2020

After Columbus landed in the Americas, he brought a lot of things back to the Continent. There was knowledge of the New World, sure, but let’s not forget wheat, potatoes, …

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Blue Ridge Geschnetzeltes
Cabins / Food and Drink / International / PATC Cabins / Switzerland / USA / Virginia

Blue Ridge Geschnetzeltes

February 3, 2016January 4, 2021

Our friend Reto stopped through Virginia this weekend on his way back to his native Switzerland. As his home country boasts some amazing scenery, we were a bit surprised that …

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Buddy, Can You Spare A Rib?
Food and Drink / USA / Virginia

Buddy, Can You Spare A Rib?

January 21, 2016August 13, 2020

Virginia is bracing for record-breaking snowstorms tomorrow, but I’m still basking in the glow of a fun backpacking trip last weekend with my friend KB. We went to Brown’s Hollow, …

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Another Birthday Thai
Cabins / Food and Drink / PATC Cabins / USA / Virginia

Another Birthday Thai

November 22, 2015September 27, 2022

My birthday was last weekend, but Souzz was out of town so we postponed the celebration by a week. That means I’m technically seven days younger–and I feel so much …

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