Can overweight women – fat girls – ride bikes? YES. In this post, I’ll admit to being overweight and out of shape and tell you what others are too embarrassed to put in print about themselves. I’m grateful for the handful of overweight women bloggers who guided and encouraged me […]
Outdoors
Outdoor destinations, attractions, activities
A Bike Ride to Mount Misery – Hello, Rummy!
The Eastern Shore has some of the best roads for biking in America. They’re flat, scenic and hardly traveled by motor vehicles. The day after our Travel Hag bike ride through St. Michaels and Oxford I took a solo ride outside of town. Just me and my Trek Shift 1. […]
7 Fun Things to Do When it Snows in Maryland
Maryland, small as it is has a diverse landscape – flat farm lands on the Eastern Shore and mountains in the west. Here are 7 quintessential experiences one can have when it snows. Dogsledding – who knew? One doesn’t have to go to Alaska to see (or participate in) dogsledding. […]
Travel Hag Talbot Bike Ride – St. Michaels – Easton – Oxford
Join the Travel Hag Biking adventure through three of the prettiest historic towns in Talbot County – and the Eastern Shore. What could be better than biking on flat, unbusy roads that weave in and out of towns filled with shopping, great food, art, historic architecture and tree-lined streets? This […]
#4 Salisbury Zoo – Bears, Jaguars and Wallabies
The Salisbury Zoo – Free Admission & Parking Part of the 100 Things to Do Between the Bridge and the Beach series The Salisbury Zoo on the Eastern Shore of Maryland is one of five year-round zoos in North America that has free admission and free parking. A true gem […]
Top Ten Kayak Trails on the Eastern Shore (Delmarva)
The Eastern Shore – that piece of land on the east side the Chesapeake Bay has scores of paddle trails for canoes and kayaks. With thousands of miles of shoreline lacing in and out of three states and with thirteen counties, there are a few trails that are worth traveling […]
Chincoteague Kayaking Adventure – 4 Hags, 4 Miles, 4 Hot Men
Part of the fun of being a Travel Hag is traveling with girlfriends. On May 18, 2013, four Hags met at Snug Harbor Marina on Chincoteague Island (2 brought their husbands) and launched kayaks for a four mile paddle out to Assateague Island in the rain. Actually 5 hags met, […]
#3 Pocomoke River Canoe Company – Kayak and Paddle in Flat Water
Pocomoke River Canoe Company Part of the 100 Things to Do Between the Bridge and the Beach series The Pocomoke River Canoe Company can outfit you with a kayak or canoe, and offer guidance on traversing one of the most scenic flat water trails for kayaks and canoes. Every […]
Eastern Neck Wildlife Refuge – A Reason to Visit the Shore in the Winter
What do you do in the winter in an area touted as a warm weather destination? Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge near Rock Hall, Maryland has more notoriety as winter destination than summer, even though it’s a 2285 acre island in a region known for fishing, boating, crabbing, canoeing and […]
Photography Coaching and Afternoon Tea with Ed Remsberg
The Travel Hags are planning a Photography Coaching Session with Ed Remsberg followed by Afternoon Tea on March 23, 2013 at 9:00 am at Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge near Rock Hall in Kent County, Maryland. This Travel Hag Adventure features Maryland photographer, Ed Remsberg who will spend two […]
Bear Lake in the Colorado Rocky Mountains – Step into a Higher Existence
Bear Lake – Rocky Mountain National Park Bear Lake sits at an elevation of nearly 10,000 feet above sea level. It was formed by ice-age glaciers and is surrounded by the jagged peaks of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The staff at Rocky Mountain National Park have built an easy trail […]
Address to a Haggis
The Travel Hag Campout at Elk Neck State Park was great fun despite the downpour over our pot-luck dinner. Eleven hags and hagmen participated, camping in tents, trailers and cabins at Elk Neck State Park– a 2100 acre, bay-side campground at the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay. Though the hags […]