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Now that summer is in full swing, how about a lazy tube ride down the Shenandoah River. Not enough adrenalin? How about tubing down the white water on Potomac River?
Take a 2 hour self-guided float down either the calm Shenandoah River, or the faster paced Potomac River near Harpers Ferry, WV.
The Shenandoah float is great […]
In another driver related story…While I think my local Virginia VDOT is probably the fastest DMV in the nation, this guy obviously has a bit too much time on his hands.
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That is unless you are not a Virginia resident.
The Washington Post reported that as of July 1st, the Commonwealth of Virginia is adding on additional fines sorry “fees” to convictions for more serious driving offenses, such as 20+ over the speed limit (almost impossible not to do on The Beltway), drunk driving, and driving without […]
The Die Hard movie franchise has been a financial gold mine. Now, it’s a source for memorabilia for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
Some Die Hard movie memorabilia, including John McClane’s bloody (stage blood) tee-shirt, an original movie script for the latest in the series - Live Free or Die Hard, his police ID […]
In 1878, two men and a boy were looking for caves to explore when one felt a cool breeze coming up from a hole. For four hours, they moved the loose rocks and dug. Once the opening was large enough, they slid down a rope into the cave. Much to their surprise, they discovered the […]
Take an in-depth technical tour of Frank-Loyde Wright’s Pope-Leighey House in suburban Alexandria, VA.
This Wright designed home for the “common man” was built in the 1940s. With a planned cost of under $5,000, (excluding land), even the middle class could afford a small, yet comofirtable Wright home.
Loren Pope, a writer for the Washington Star newspaper […]
As reported earlier on The DC Traveler, a lawyer in DC filed a lawsuit against a DC dry cleaners for losing a pair of pants, a $67 million lawsuit.
Ruling in favor of the dry cleaners, AP/Yahoo News reports, that the judge in the case ruled against the DC attorney who was asking for $54 million. […]
The Washington Glory of the women’s National Professional Fastpitch softball league opened its season at the 2,000 seat GMU softball facility. (Did you know DC had a pro women’s softbal team?)
The league has teams in Akron, Chicago, Philadelphia, Rockford IL, and New England. The Glory’s season consists of 28 home games and 16 road games, […]
The Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater, is just for kids. For 25 years it has been presenting fun, innovative, educational, and entertaining live performances for kids and their parents. Staging thirty productions each year, the shows feature dancers, actors, musicians, puppets and storytellers in performances that present tales from around the globe.
Their July schedule includes:
Under the Sea […]
Have you ever wanted to try hang gliding ?
Gliding was first documented as early as the late 8th century. Over the next thousand years glider technology, materials and performance improved. In the 1960s, hang gliding as we know it today, began to grow in popularity.
Now’s your chance to give it a try without doing […]
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