Walking with the Walrus
CEDARVILLE STATE FOREST MARYLAND USA
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1998
by Kevin Shaw
I met my longtime volksmarching friend
Marty Brumback at the Cedarville State Forest March for Parks walk early this sunny, mild
Sunday afternoon. Joining with us were all three pooches, India, Peaches and Cosmo. We had
not walked for quite a while, and we got there just before the start closed up. The
Washington DC Area Volksmarch Club usually has been hosting a walk here each spring for
the March for Parks. Trailmaster Steve Arnett, Club volunteers Fred Lopez and Nancy
Stenger all greeted us at the start or end of the walk, and put together a marked 6 km and
10 km trail. Marty and I got tied up with talking so much, and with the closing out of the
walk imminent, we did not pay attention too much to the directions, and Marty did not
realize at the beginning that there were two different distance trails. So we wound up
actually doing a modified version of the 6 km trail.
It was still a grand walk in the woods,
and Cosmo, my newest volksmarching canine, got to meet more volksmarchers on and off the
trail, and for the first time what she thought were the biggest doggies ever seen- i.e.
horses on the trail, with people riding them! She was scared! Peaches and India were
unfazed. The time went by so fast, and we had to continue our conversations with an
impromptu picnic at a park bench near the parking lot.
There were about 200 walkers for the two
day event on a very busy volksmarching weekend in this area, with lots of tough choices to
make as to what walks to do. I always enjoy seeing this area of the state each spring, and
swear that I will return to do the year round event here, especially since this area is
the closest for my friend Marty to get to from his isolated spot 20 miles southwest of
this spot in Indian Head MD, and also since the pooches are allowed to romp in this park.
There was for the first time, just established on April 1 of this year, a $2.00 park
entrance fee that surprised us a bit upon entering the park. Thank you Washington DC Area
volksmarching club for hosting this great event in the woods.
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US National and State Parks
More Walking With the Walrus:
Kensington, Maryland
April 12, 1997St. Michaels, Maryland April 26, 1997
Rockville, Maryland, Gunston Hall Plantation, Virginia, May 3-4
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, May 10
Guy Mason Park, DC, May 24
Flower Valley/Rockville MD, May 31
Washington DC National Trail Day Walk, June 7
New Freedom, PA, June 15
Ft. Belvoir, VA July 4
Seneca Creek State Park, Gaithersburg, MD Sept. 13
Bolling Air Force Base GLOBAL Walk Sept. 21
West Laurel, MD Oct. 4
Baltimore Oktoberfest, MD Oct. 11
Annapolis Oktoberfest, MD Oct. 12
Louise F. Cosca Regional Park, Clinton, MD Nov. 2
Westminster, MD Nov. 9
Washington, DC Veterans Day Nov. 11 and Seneca Creek Park
Black Hills Regional Park, MD, Nov 22-23, 1997
Hershey Holiday Walkfest, PA, Nov 29, 1997
Alexandria Scottish Walk, VA, Dec. 7, 1997
Union Station Walk, DC, Dec. 20, 1997
Carderock, MD, Dec. 27 1997
Rockville, MD Jan. 10, 1998
Fairfax, VA Jan. 31, 1998
Rockville, MD Feb. 7, 1998
Washington, DC Feb. 22 and Thurmont Maryland Feb. 21, 1998
College Park, MD, March 7, 1998
George Mason University, Fairfax Virginia and Olney Maryland, March 14-15, 1998
Emmitsburg, Maryland, March 22, 1998
Jug Bay, Maryland, March 28, 1998
Roosevelt Island, Maryland, April 5, 1998
Roanoke, Virginia, April 11, 1998
Cedarville State Forest Maryland, April 26, 1998
Butlers Orchard Farm Market, Maryland, May 3, 1998
Union Mills Homestead, Westminster, MD June 15, 1998
Hagerstown, MD August 15, 1998.
Baltimore, MD 10/12/98
Patapsco State Park, MD 10/31/98
Seneca Creek State Park, MD 11/7/98
Kentlands and Gaithersburg, MD 1/9/99
Darnestown, MD 1/9/99
Calverton, MD 1/13/99
Kenwood (Bethesda) MD 4/10/99
C and O Canal Paw Paw Tunnel 4/17/99
Franklin Farm, Herndon, Virginia 4/24/99
