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Easy Escapes: Put a Spring in Your Step

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Great Day Trips: Take a Hike
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Great Day Trips: Take a Hike

Strike out in any direction from Washington and you can enjoy a day of hiking. Here are four favorite hikes through quiet woods, past waterfalls, or up to dramatic overlooks.
Great Getaways, Day Trips, Hikes  |  Oct 1, 2010
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Fall Weekends 2009: Fun for Everyone

With activities for all ages, resorts can be easy family getaways. Here are ten favorites within a three-hour drive.
Travel  |  Sep 1, 2009
All Aboard: Fredericksburg
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All Aboard: Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg offers a pleasant stroll through history—and you can get there the old-fashioned way
Travel  |  Sep 1, 2008
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Five Inspiring Hikes

A walk to a pretty waterfall, a stroll along the surf, and other great paths to lose yourself on happily
Great Getaways, Hikes  |  May 1, 2008
Dock on the Bay
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Dock on the Bay

Once-sleepy Onancock has a boatload of new restaurants, art galleries, and inns. But it still has small-town charm.
Travel  |  Sep 1, 2007
Biking Tours Near the Blue Ridge Mountains
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Biking Tours Near the Blue Ridge Mountains

Like to bike? Love good food? A tour in the foothills of Virginia combines the best of both.
Travel  |  Sep 1, 2006
Reviews of Weekend Spa Resorts
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Reviews of Weekend Spa Resorts

A weekend of pampering seem too indulgent? These resorts have not only great spas but hiking, riding, fishing, and other outdoor ways to earn that massage.
Travel  |  Sep 1, 2006
Eastern Shore’s Birding and Wildlife Festival
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Eastern Shore’s Birding and Wildlife Festival

Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore tempts with new hotels, golf, and sunsets on the beach. In fall, its pleasures really take wing.
Travel  |  Sep 1, 2006
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