Another terrific day: tip of Virginia's Northern neck and the airport BBQ

Friday AM team Baldwin Family Flyers did some administrative catch-up and then launched on some more road touring. First stop was the White Oak Civil War Museum. Wow. What a collection of artifacts and knowledge, of local civil war lore. The museum is managed by D.P. Newton whose family has been in the area for hundreds of years and were amongst those that found so many of the artifacts. The museum also contains a research center and D.P. certainly revealed a depth of knowledge that was impressive. Caroline began to recall the history of great, great, great grandfather Isaac Harris who served in the Sanitary Commission in 1860s. A message to Ned also revealed a wealth of knowledge about the history and region. We all felt some somber sentiments as we reflected on the times of war and strife amongst 'neighbors' near and far.  Our drive took us down to the 'crick' where the confederate soldiers were taken down to the shores. .

Next up for some more light regional flair and fare we drove to Fairview beach, a vacation spot on the Potomac River.  Tim's II restaurant served up some local crab cakes and a nice view of the river and across to Maryland. We parked in Virginia though for reasons I have not explored, the water is Maryland territory so once on the restaurant pier over the water we were technically in Maryland. 

The final tour outing of the day was to Caledon State Park. Here we enjoyed a 3-mile loop trail in the woods out to the Potomac. The park headquarters are in a house that was donated to the state, along with the large parcel of land,  for conservation. It is now a site of old growth forest preserve and prized bird habitat.   We enjoyed the activity and scenery. 

Wrapping up another fun day was the airport BBQ. Back at the hotel we freshened. Up and were fortunate to catch the ARC shuttle.  At the airport there was such merriment!  We chatted with racer friends, finally met our 'baby birds' Tiffany and Taylor, Classic Racer 45, and had fun. Tension was shed, we ate a picnic outside, played games, tried to hula-hoop and bopped to the music.