The DC Traveler

Join the famous Blue Angels along with stunt and acrobatic fliers, skywriters, barnstormers, dog-fighting jets and more as they perform at the annual Oceana Air Show, in Virginia Beach, VA.

The base is  just 3 hours from Washington, DC and the East Coast’s only Master Jet Base, the largest type of tactical fighter air base. It  manages a sophisticated array of attack and support aircraft of over 250 aircraft, including both F/A-18 Hornet and Navy F-14 Tomcat squadrons.
 
From vintage aviation to the latest in military firepower, the show includes demonstrations from the hottest fighters in the U.S. arsenal including the …read more

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Ever see a whale up close in its natural environment?  Now you can too off the coast if Virginia, on a whale watching boat tour.
I had the lucky experience on a dive boat, while scuba diving off of the Big Island of Hawaii several years ago. 

My encounter occurred while cruising to a new dive site, a pod of about ten humpback whales, ranging from 10-foot calves to 45-foot adults, came within about 20 feet of our boat. 
The experience was something I’ll never forget. My only regret was that I couldn’t (by law) jump in the water with them. …read more

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No, you don’t need to travel to Alaska, Hawaii or the Baja Peninsula to watch the annual whale migration.  Just off the coast of Virginia, near Virginia Beach (about 3 hours by car), you can take a winter whale watching boat trip. 
Boats depart from the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach and take you on a 2-3 hour whale watching tour. 
While not always sighting whales, you get a chance to see both fin and humpback whales as they migrate annually to warmer southern waters to mate and calf for the winter and feed in the food-rich Chesapeake Bay …read more

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