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>With one step into the waves, Park Quest ends

> Brisk breezes blow a week’s worth of sweat and DEET away as I step onto the beach at Assateague, the final stop in this year’s version of Park Quest 24/7. The temperature is 75.2 degrees and the wind is … Continue reading

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>First stop on Park Quest 2011 – Outdoors Girl

> Beautiful start to my state park marathon: 24 state parks in seven days, going west to east. It’s only 65 degrees right now at Herrington Manor State Park. But humidity is hanging like damp cheesecloth over the 53-acre lake. … Continue reading

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A journey across the state – Outdoors Girl

By Candus Thomson, The Baltimore SunJanuary 1, 2011 You made me cry. Of course I made myself cry, too. Knife wounds, insect attacks and tandoori-hot temperatures aside, my favorite story involved me and you and the outdoors. In July, during … Continue reading

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