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Category Archives: Regional Parks
5k, Breweries, Overnights, Campfires, and Kayaking
After two Washington Post articles, one by Lori Aratani, the other by Maggie Fazeli Fard mentioning Capital Trail Mix’s April Fools Day post saying that the cherry blossoms would be sold to pay down the national debt, unlike the government, … Continue reading
Posted in Maryland, Nature, Outdoors, Parks, Regional Parks, Running, State Parks, Trail Mix Picks, Uncategorized, Virginia
Tagged 5k, Arlington, Arlington County Virginia, Beer, Blue Mountain Brewery, Brew Ridge Trail, Brewery, Charlottesville Virginia, Chesapeake Bay, Christopher Carter Foundation, Christopher Carter Memorial 5k, Elk Neck State Park, Hvre de Grace, Kayaking, Maryland State Parks, MD, Microbrewery, North East, Running, Starr Hill, Starr Hill Brewery, United States, VA, Virginia, Virginia Hospital Center, Virginia Hospital Center Foundation, Washington Post
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Washington’s Last Ever Cherry Blossoms This Year and Other Spring Doings
It’s Spring! Cherry blossoms and hordes of tourists invade the DC area this week and next for what experts have said is the last time we’ll ever have cherry blossoms. So get out and catch them before they’re gone. Forever. … Continue reading
Posted in Apppalachian Trail, DC, Hiking, Maryland, National Parks, Nature, News, Outdoors, Parks, Pennsyvania, Politics, Regional Parks, State Parks, Trail Mix Picks, Uncategorized
Tagged Appalachian Trail, Cherry blossom, Maryland, Michaux State Forest, National Cherry Blossom Festival, National Park Service, Nationals Park, NPS, Pennsylvania, Rock Creek Park, The Natural Capital, Tidal Basin, Washington DC
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Cure for the Winter Blues: Getting Outside and Loving It
DC hasn’t been bombarded with Snowmageddon again and you’ve decided you don’t really want to be on the Wii, only watching football for the whole weekend, you’ve reached your self-mandated quota of Facebook checking or updates, or you’ve made the … Continue reading
Posted in Appalachian Tral, DC, Hiking, Maryland, National Parks, Nature, Outdoors, Parks, Regional Parks, Trail Mix Picks, Uncategorized, Virginia
Tagged Appalachian Trail, Free, Hiking, Maryland, National Park Service, Outdoors, Parks, Recreation, Rock Creek Park, Skiing, Snowboarding, Virginia, Volunteer, Washington DC
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Bringing You DC Area Hikes, Running Races and Other Outdoor Happenings In the New Year
As the season for mass family obligations comes to a wrap, we have been named the latest site to the Washington Post’s Local Blog Directory. Below find our final hike through Maryland on the AT as we complete the whopping … Continue reading
Posted in Apppalachian Trail, Hiking, National Parks, Nature, News, Outdoors, Parks, Regional Parks, Running, State Parks, Trail Mix Picks, Uncategorized, Virginia, Washington Post
Tagged Appalachian Trail, Cabins, Gathland State Park, General Services Administration, Gunpowder Falls State Park, Hiking, Local Blog Directory, Maryland, New Year, New Year's Resolution, Races, Running, United States, Virginia, Washington DC, Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington Post
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Trail Mix Picks–Holiday Season Edition
The holiday season posting has commenced though by now the holiday season is nearly over along with the holiday shopping crowds and the lack of snow so far in the DC area. Happy post-Thanksgiving, mid-Chanukah, pre-Christmas, and pre-Kwanza celebrating. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Apppalachian Trail, Hiking, Maryland, Nature, Outdoors, Parks, Regional Parks, Trail Mix Picks, Uncategorized, Virginia
Tagged Annapolis Maryland, Appalachian Trail, Chanukah, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Chewbacca, Christmas, Christmas and holiday season, FAO Schwarz, Gunpowder Falls, Hanukah, Laurel, Maryland, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, New York City, Patuxent Research Refuge, Smithsonian Institution, Travel and Tourism, United States, Virginia
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Trail Mix Picks–The AT, Cows, Foxes, and Cliffs
Cows on the Appalachian Trail in Maryland, walk the Mason-Dixon line like a balance beam, thrill and chill on an outdoor adventure course, and learn about fox behavior in Pohick Bay Regional Park, you sly dog, you.
Posted in Apppalachian Trail, National Parks, Nature, Parks, Regional Parks, State Parks, Trail Mix Picks, Uncategorized, Virginia
Tagged Appalachian Trail, Elk Neck State Forest, Havre de Grace, Hiking, Maine, Maryland, Mason-Dixon Trail, Outdoors, Pohick Bay Regional Park, Recreation, Savage, Susquehanna River, Terrapin Adventures, Trail, United States, Virginia, Weverton Cliffs
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Six Mix Picks Volume 3–Train Your Falcon to Drink Beer and Other Things to Do
There are events aplenty this weekend and hikes aplenty to take. After getting slightly lost last weekend on the way to and on the Appalachian Trail in Maryland, we vow to get back this weekend and recommend you do too. If that’s too far, take one of the other local hikes we’ve recommended here and here. Your Six Mix Picks this week include Octoberfests with lots of beer and lederhosen, falcon training, kayaking, camping, volunteering, an urban hike / bar crawl, the outdoors indoors, hipster craft doings, and other feats of outdoor finery. Continue reading
Posted in DC, Outdoors, Hiking, Paddling, Parks, National Parks, Regional Parks, Six Mix Picks, Washington City Paper, Washingtonian, Crafty Bastards, National Geographic, Apppalachian Trail
Tagged Hiking, United States, Washington DC, Recreation, Maryland, Shenandoah National Park, Pennsylvania, Rocky Gap State Park, Washingtonian, Washington City Paper, Crafty Bastards, EX2, All Roads Fim Project, We Live By the River, National Geographic, DC Area Hikes, Appalachian Trail
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The 6 Mix Picks–A Weekly Feature
We’re going to start our first weekly feature tentatively called The 6 Mix Picks where we highlight 6 Capital Trail Mix Picks worth doing over the coming weekend and week in the DC area every Thursday. We’ll pick ‘em and … Continue reading
Posted in DC, Outdoors, Running, Hiking, Paddling, Parks, National Parks, State Parks, Regional Parks
Tagged Outdoors, Parks, Paddling, Running, Hiking, Kayaking
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