BAREFOOT BEACHCOMBING

I'm visiting the upper Potomac River area of Virginia and Maryland in Westmoreland County, Virginia and Charles County, Maryland. I'm staying on the Potomac River in a little cottage in Newburg, Maryland.

I am going to visit some parks and historic sites including the birthplaces of George Washington and Robert E. Lee.

​

I will also be kayaking in a place called Mallows Bay which is on the Potomac and is the home of numerous World War I era wooden ships that were purposely sunk in the bay. Most of them were never used in the war. There is an effort on-going currently by NOAA to protect the area by making it a National Marine Sanctuary.