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This time a year ago, I embarked on a journey that, in retrospect, was as rewarding as any I’ve ever undertaken. Last December, I decided to visit one of Virginia’s then 34 state parks each month (there are 35 now) and report back on what...
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December 28, 2008
Parks exploration a mind-blowing journey
By ANDY THOMPSON TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNISTThis time a year ago, I embarked on a journey that, in retrospect, was as rewarding as any I’ve ever undertaken. Last December, I decided to visit...
October 17, 2008
Kiptopeke an ideal spot for birds of a feather
By ANDY THOMPSON TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNISTThere are lots of reasons to visit Kiptopeke State Park on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. There’s ample camping and great fishing in a protected...
August 28, 2008
Capital idea: Make short trek to Sky Meadows State Park
By ANDY THOMPSON TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNISTThe people who created the Snowden Trail in Northern Virginia’s Sky Meadows State Park knew their target audience: urban and suburbanites looking...
July 31, 2008
Close to Richmond . . . in a way
By ANDY THOMPSON TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNISTBear Creek Lake State Park in Cumberland is one of the state park system’s smaller parks, a modest 326 acres in a county that has no stoplights.
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