And so it came to pass after all these years, that once more a trip to Indian Steps Museum near Airville was made. In some ways it seemed different than the last time I attended the annual ‘copperhead round-up’ where the late Dr. Josiah ‘Joe’ Hunt held forth as the main man. Back then, in […]
Roam Through Nature/History At Redication of Eden Mill Nature Center and Historic Mill Museum
The land, the water and the wildlife have been there forever, at the confluence of Big Branch and Deer Creek in Pylesville, but the forward-thinking nature center designed to provide environmental education as well as preservation, interpretation and management of the ecological and cultural resources of the site is a relatively recent amenity. Eden Mill Nature Center and Historic Mill Museum is […]
Fear and Loathing at Campsite 100
The weekend started like this: me, stopping the car at an intersection in the middle of a 44,000-acre state forest, gray dust rolling past the windows. “Do you want to try it?” I backed up the car and eased the 1997 Nissan Maxima (manual, with spoiler) onto the brown dirt ski slope that is Kirk […]
