May 2013 Rivah - The Rappahannock Record
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Write us at <strong>Rivah</strong>@rrecord.com.<br />
On the Cover<br />
Cocktail racing in<br />
Urbanna.<br />
photo by Tom Chillemi<br />
is published<br />
6 times a year jointly by the <strong>Rappahannock</strong> <strong>Record</strong>, P.O. Box 400,<br />
Kilmarnock, Va. 22482, (804) 435-1701, and the Southside Sentinel, P.O.<br />
Box 549, Urbanna, Va. 23175, (804) 758-2328. Email: <strong>Rivah</strong>@rrecord.com<br />
News Tom Hardin and Robert D. Mason Jr., editors; Larry S.<br />
Chowning, Tom Chillemi, Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi, Audrey Thomasson<br />
and Shannon Rice<br />
Advertising Sara Amiss and Maeghaen Eley, managers;<br />
K.C. Troise, Marilyn Bryant, Wendy Payne and Troy Robertson<br />
Production Julie H. Burwood, art director; Wayne Smith, manager;<br />
Joseph Gaskins, Susan Simmons, K.C. Troise and Hillary Greene<br />
Publications Coordinator Susan Simmons<br />
Editorial Consultant Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi<br />
Account Managers Geanie Longest and Lindsay Bishoff<br />
General Managers Fred and Bettie Lee Gaskins<br />
Celebrating 20 Years<br />
<strong>May</strong> <strong>2013</strong> <br />
Camping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43<br />
Concerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8<br />
Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59<br />
Dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49<br />
Diversions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3<br />
Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />
Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37<br />
It Happened Here . . . . . 14<br />
Lodging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40<br />
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Places to go and things<br />
to do in the Northern Neck<br />
and Middle Peninsula<br />
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Places to go and things<br />
to do in the Northern Neck<br />
and Middle Peninsula<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> (‘riv-â), n. [der. river]:<br />
1. the lands and waters<br />
of the Northern Neck<br />
and Middle Peninsula of<br />
Virginia, USA, particularly<br />
favored by urban dwellers<br />
for spring, summer and fall<br />
escapes. 2. a region in these<br />
peninsulas bound by the<br />
Chesapeake Bay and the<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong>, Potomac<br />
and York rivers, inclusive.<br />
adj.– rivah: refl ecting an<br />
attitude indicative of the<br />
abundantly pleasant lifestyle<br />
in this area.<br />
Small boats, big fun<br />
Racing on the creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
Northern Neck Anglers Club<br />
Get hooked on fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />
Parade of Homes<br />
Touring for ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57<br />
Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55<br />
Marinas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
Museums . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45<br />
Nabhan’s Coming Here . .38<br />
Parks & Recreation . . . . . 35<br />
Ramps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Fare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48<br />
Reader Recipes . . . . . . . . 52<br />
Twenty Years . . . . . . . . . . . .9<br />
Did you know?<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Rivah</strong> Visitor’s Guide is also online and<br />
free. Find interactive directories with live links<br />
to lodging, marinas, restaurants and more at<br />
www.SSentinel.com and www.R<strong>Record</strong>.com<br />
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Friday, 4–10 p.m.<br />
Saturday & Sunday, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.<br />
Open 7 days a week beginning Monday, June 17, <strong>2013</strong><br />
10 a.m. – 10 p.m.<br />
Spring into Summer!<br />
Red Cup Living, 2Chic Scarves<br />
Lolita Glasses, Coobie Bras, Wild Palms
To avoid disappointment, call<br />
the numbers where indicated<br />
to verify dates and times of<br />
events. All area codes are (804)<br />
unless otherwise listed.<br />
Friday, April 26<br />
Shrimp and Barbecue Dinner,<br />
Working Waterman’s<br />
Weekend, 5-9 p.m., Deltaville<br />
Maritime Museum, 287 Jackson<br />
Creek Road, Deltaville.<br />
Music by Charles Arthur and<br />
the Bellevue Rhythm-Aires.<br />
776-7200.<br />
Garden Tour of King and<br />
Queen County, 10 a.m.-5<br />
p.m., features four homes,<br />
$30. 785-6900.<br />
Flower Show Exhibit, Studio<br />
Gallery, 19 North Main<br />
Street, Kilmarnock. Area garden<br />
club members will use<br />
artwork by <strong>Rappahannock</strong> Art<br />
League members members<br />
as the model for their floral<br />
arrangements. 436-9309.<br />
April 26-28<br />
Godspeed, Williams Wharf<br />
Landing, East River, Mathews<br />
County. Replica of historic<br />
pre-colonial vessel will be<br />
open for tours 2-5 p.m. on<br />
Friday, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on<br />
Saturday and Sunday. 725-<br />
9685.<br />
Saturday, April 27<br />
Firehouse Chicken Dinner,<br />
4-7 p.m. Hartfield Firehouse<br />
pavilion, carry-out or eat-in,<br />
fried chicken dinner, advance<br />
tickets only, $10. 694-9045.<br />
North Carolina-style Pork<br />
Barbecue, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.<br />
Fairfields UMC activities<br />
building, Burgess. Chopped,<br />
sliced, platters, sandwiches,<br />
takeout by the pound. For<br />
takeout, call 453-2631 the<br />
morning of the barbecue.<br />
Wild About Wetlands Canoe<br />
Trip, 2 p.m. Belle Isle<br />
State Park, Lancaster. $5.<br />
Equipment and guide provided.<br />
Reservations suggested.<br />
462-5030.<br />
Flower Show Exhibit, Studio<br />
Gallery, 19 North Main<br />
Street, Kilmarnock. Area garden<br />
club members will use<br />
artwork by <strong>Rappahannock</strong><br />
Art League members as the<br />
model for their floral arrangements.<br />
436-9309.<br />
Wine And Cheese By <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Events<br />
<strong>The</strong> Warsaw Farmers’ Market is held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. second Saturdays on Courthouse Circle in<br />
Warsaw. On <strong>May</strong> 11, there will be a jam & jelly contest at 11 a.m. To stake a claim in the <strong>May</strong> contest,<br />
participants should present their non-returnable jam or jelly to the market by 11 a.m. Judges will announce<br />
winners at noon. Forms are required to be completed by contestants before they can enter and are available<br />
at warsawfarmersmarket.com or can be completed during the day of the event.<br />
River, 5 p.m. Morattico Waterfront<br />
Museum, 6584 Moratico<br />
Road, Morattico. $25.<br />
462-0442.<br />
Casino Night on the <strong>Rivah</strong>,<br />
6-10 p.m. Boys and Girls<br />
Club of the Northern Neck,<br />
517 North Main Street,<br />
Kilmarnock. Games, $10,000<br />
in casino chips, food, beverages,<br />
prize tickets and a<br />
portrait by a professional<br />
photographer. $50. Purchase<br />
tickets at the club administration<br />
office, 435-9696<br />
Working Waterman’s Weekend,<br />
9 a.m.-8 p.m., Deltaville<br />
Maritime Museum, 287 Jackson<br />
Creek Road, Deltaville.<br />
Events feature Billz Bistro for<br />
breakfast and lunch, farmers’<br />
market, boat rides on Mill<br />
Creek, art and craft vendors,<br />
historic boat displays, car<br />
show, model train exhibits,<br />
nature trails, Civil War exhibit,<br />
and concerts from 5-8 p.m.<br />
776-7200.<br />
Beaverdam Park Spring<br />
Festival, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.,<br />
a fund-raising event for the<br />
park’s Nature Center. Children’s<br />
games, nature walks,<br />
face painting, bingo, canoe<br />
and kayak rentals, and two<br />
bands, Planet Full of Blues<br />
and Key’d Up. $10. 693-<br />
2107.<br />
Healthy Kids Day, 10 a.m.noon,<br />
Middlesex Sports Complex,<br />
Route 33, Locust Hill. A<br />
community celebration with<br />
healthy snacks, crafts, games<br />
and more. Free. 776-8846.<br />
Spaghetti Supper, 5-7 p.m.,<br />
Central Middlesex Volunteer<br />
Fire Department, Urbanna,<br />
$8 adults and $4 for children,<br />
eat in or take out.<br />
Garden Tour of Mathews<br />
County, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., features<br />
four structures, $30.<br />
725-9685.<br />
Tappahannock Lions Club<br />
Golf Tournament, Hobbs Hole<br />
Golf Course, Tappahannock.<br />
443-4500.<br />
Friday, <strong>May</strong> 3<br />
Middlesex Relay For Life, 7<br />
p.m., Middlesex Sports Complex,<br />
Route 33, Locust Hill.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Throwin’ Wake Band will<br />
perform. 824-1424.<br />
Herbs in the Landscape,<br />
11:30 a.m., Christchurch<br />
Parish Hall, Middlesex County.<br />
Herb expert Don Haynie<br />
of Williamsburg will speak,<br />
$25. Sponsored by Middlesex<br />
Woman’s Club. 758-3243.<br />
Middlesex YMCA Golf Classic,<br />
1 p.m. Piankatank River<br />
Golf Club, Hartfield. All proceeds<br />
benefit the Strong<br />
Communities Campaign. 776-<br />
8846 or 776-6516.<br />
Moonlight Fishing, 4 p.m.midnight,<br />
Beaverdam Park,<br />
Roaring Springs Road (Route<br />
616), Gloucester, $10. 693-<br />
2107.<br />
Fredericksburg Methodist<br />
Men Golf Tournament, 8<br />
a.m., Hobbs Hole Golf Course,<br />
Tappahannock. 443-4500.<br />
First Friday Reception,<br />
5-7 p.m., Studio Gallery,<br />
Kilmarnock. Hosted by<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong> Art League.<br />
Meet current exhibiting artists.<br />
436-9309.<br />
30th Annual Reedville Fishing<br />
Derby, Buzzard’s Point<br />
Marina, Reedville. $30,000<br />
in prizes. Details at smithpointsearescue.com.<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 4<br />
Middle Bay Boat Show, 10<br />
a.m.-6 p.m., Norview Marina,<br />
Deltaville. A variety of boats<br />
will be on display along with<br />
over 30 exhibitors of boat<br />
products. Children’s activities.<br />
Free. 776-6463.<br />
Deltaville Dealer Days, 10<br />
a.m.-4 p.m., several lines of<br />
boats will be featured at Annapolis<br />
Yacht Sails South,<br />
Chesapeake Yacht Sails, Norton<br />
Yachts, and S&J Yachts,<br />
all in Deltaville. Free. 776-<br />
9211.<br />
Annual Grace Church Yard<br />
Sale, 8 a.m.-noon. YMCA<br />
Camp Kekoka, Boys Camp<br />
Road, Kilmarnock. Parking<br />
gates open 7:30 a.m. Home<br />
accents, furniture, appliances,<br />
electronics, computers,<br />
children’s and adult clothing,<br />
linens, books, art, plants,<br />
garden tools, pet supplies,<br />
exterior furnishings, antiques.<br />
Breakfast, lunch, refreshments<br />
and bakery items. Auction<br />
10 a.m. with boats, cars,<br />
trucks, tractors, trailers, recreational<br />
equipment.<br />
30th Annual Reedville Fishing<br />
Derby, Buzzard’s Point<br />
Marina, Reedville. $30,000<br />
in prizes. Details at smithpointsearescue.com.<br />
Invasive Plant Removal<br />
Day, 9-11:45 a.m. Belle Isle<br />
State Park, Lancaster. Join<br />
the Northern Neck chapters<br />
of the Native Plant Society<br />
and the Master Naturalists on<br />
this state-wide invasive plant<br />
removal project. 462-5030.<br />
“Rumors,” 8 p.m. Westmoreland<br />
Players production at<br />
<strong>The</strong> Players <strong>The</strong>ater, Callao.<br />
Adults, $20, students $12.<br />
By reservation, 529-9345 or<br />
westmorelandplayers.org.<br />
Kentucky Derby Party, 3-7<br />
p.m. Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s<br />
Tavern, 73 Monument Place,<br />
Heathsville. Food, open bar,<br />
mint juleps, bluegrass and<br />
large screens to view the<br />
race. $35 by April 29 at 580-<br />
3377, $40 at the gate.<br />
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Masquerade in <strong>May</strong>, 6 p.m.<br />
Dog and Oyster Vineyard,<br />
Irvington. 36th annual auction<br />
to benefit Chesapeake<br />
Academy. Silent and live auctions,<br />
raffle, food, Jazz. By<br />
reservation, 438-5575.<br />
Shotgun Clinic For Beginners,<br />
10 a.m.-4 p.m.,<br />
Middlesex Sportsmen’s Club,<br />
1860 Twiggs Ferry Lane,<br />
Hartfield, $40. Pre-register at<br />
334-2981.<br />
Annual Mathews High<br />
School Regatta, 8 a.m.-4<br />
p.m., Williams Wharf Landing,<br />
Route 614, Mathews. $5<br />
parking fee. Food available.<br />
Yoga Seminar, 9:30-11 a.m.,<br />
Middlesex YMCA, Hartfield.<br />
Free to members; $7 for participants.<br />
776-8846.<br />
Rain Barrel Workshop, 10<br />
a.m., Mathews Court House,<br />
sponsored by Mathews Master<br />
Gardeners, $35. 725-<br />
7196.<br />
Stock Car Racing, 6-10<br />
p.m., Virginia Motor Speedway,<br />
Route 17, Jamaica,<br />
Middlesex County. Five divi-<br />
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Special Events<br />
Monday<br />
Prime Rib AuJus<br />
Tuesday<br />
Roasted Fleet’s Bay Oysters<br />
Wednesday<br />
Mexican Fiesta<br />
Thursday<br />
Ladies Nite<br />
Friday<br />
Wine Tastings<br />
Saturday<br />
Breakfast/Brunch<br />
Lunch: 11-3, Dinner: 5 pm to close<br />
Reservations accepted<br />
572 <strong>Rappahannock</strong> Drive, White Stone, Va 22578<br />
www.bentleysgrille.com<br />
Godspeed, a replica of the boat that brought settlers to Jamestown<br />
in 1607, will be open for tours at Williams Wharf Landing on the East<br />
River in Mathews County on April 26-28. Above, Godspeed is docked at<br />
Williams Wharf during an earlier visit. Call 725-9685 for details.<br />
sions of racing. 758-1867.<br />
Dixieland Hunt Club<br />
Golf Tournament, 8 a.m.,<br />
Hobbs Hole Golf Course,<br />
Tappahannock. 443-4500.<br />
Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 5<br />
Kirkin’ Of <strong>The</strong> Tartan, 12:30<br />
p.m. Historic Christ Church,<br />
420 Christ Church Road,<br />
Weems. Scottish heritage celebration<br />
with blessing of the<br />
tartans, color guard and the<br />
Kilmarnock and District Pipe<br />
Band.<br />
“Rumors,” 3 p.m. Westmoreland<br />
Players production at<br />
<strong>The</strong> Players <strong>The</strong>ater, Callao.<br />
Adults, $20, students $12.<br />
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By reservation, 529-9345 or<br />
westmorelandplayers.org.<br />
Blessing of the Fleet, 3<br />
p.m. Old Morris-Fisher factory<br />
tall stack, Omega Protein Inc.<br />
Off Fleeton Road, Reedville.<br />
Deltaville Dealer Days, 10<br />
a.m.-4 p.m., several lines of<br />
boats will be featured at Annapolis<br />
Yacht Sails South,<br />
Chesapeake Yacht Sails, Norton<br />
Yachts, and S&J Yachts,<br />
all in Deltaville. Free. 776-<br />
9211.<br />
Middle Bay Boat Show, 11<br />
a.m.-5 p.m., Norview Marina,<br />
Deltaville. A variety of boats<br />
will be on display along with<br />
over 30 exhibitors of boat<br />
products. Children’s activities.<br />
Free. 776-6463.<br />
World Famous Breakfast,<br />
8-11 a.m., American Legion<br />
Post 83, Route 198, Hudgins,<br />
Mathews County. $8. 725-<br />
9133.<br />
Benefit Trail Ride, 9 a.m.-2<br />
p.m., Beaverdam Park, 9537<br />
Fary Mill Road, Gloucester.<br />
Fundraiser for the Upright Alpaca<br />
Farm. $25. 445-5944.<br />
Visit us soon!<br />
Monday, <strong>May</strong> 6<br />
Fried Chicken Dinner, 5<br />
-6:30 p.m. American Legion<br />
Post 117, 39 American Legion<br />
Way, Reedville.<br />
Winter/Spring Lecture, 7<br />
p.m. Festival Halle, Reedville.<br />
Sponsored by Reedville Fishermen’s<br />
Museum, Dr. Lynton<br />
Land will discuss climate<br />
change and the Chesapeake<br />
Bay. 453-6529.<br />
CBVRS Golf Tournament,<br />
Colonial Beach Volunteer<br />
Rescue Squad, 255 Dennison<br />
Street, Colonial Beach. 224-<br />
7750.<br />
Tuesday, <strong>May</strong> 7<br />
Marjorie’s Flea Market,<br />
5:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Marjorie’s<br />
Flea market, 15683 Historyland<br />
Highway, Warsaw.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>May</strong> 8<br />
Book Signing, 1-3 p.m.,<br />
Middlesex County Museum,<br />
Saluda. British author Robbie<br />
James Slaughter will sign<br />
his new book, “For God, For<br />
Country . . . For Love.” Refreshments.<br />
All U.S. proceeds<br />
from book sales go to the<br />
Wounded Warrior Project.<br />
Decorative Wheat Weaving<br />
Class, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Rice’s<br />
Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern, 73<br />
Monument Place, Heathsville.<br />
Heritage Arts series. $25<br />
members/$30 others, plus<br />
materials fee. Register at<br />
580-3377.<br />
Friday, <strong>May</strong> 10<br />
By the Bay Parade of<br />
Homes, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.<br />
Lancaster By the Bay Chamber<br />
of Commerce, the event<br />
showcases builders, craftsmen,<br />
home decor designers<br />
and other vendors in the home<br />
building arena. Headquarters:<br />
Good Luck Cellars, 1025<br />
Goodluck Road, Kilmarnock.<br />
Homes open for tours. Preparade<br />
tickets prior to <strong>May</strong><br />
8, $20, at lancasterva.com.<br />
Tickets after <strong>May</strong> 8, $25 at<br />
parade headquarters.<br />
Second Friday Art Walk,<br />
6-9 p.m. Colonial Beach. 224-<br />
7181.<br />
Food Bank Open, noon. Indian<br />
Creek Yacht and Country<br />
Club. Entry forms at all local<br />
golf courses, or call sponsor,<br />
White Stone Baptist Church,<br />
435-1413.<br />
“Rumors,” 8 p.m. Westmoreland<br />
Players production at
<strong>The</strong> Players <strong>The</strong>ater, Callao.<br />
Adults, $20, students $12.<br />
By reservation, 529-9345 or<br />
westmorelandplayers.org.<br />
Father John Boddie Memorial<br />
Golf Classic, 12:30<br />
p.m., Piankatank River Golf<br />
Club, Hartfield, $80 per player.<br />
776-0949.<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 11<br />
Brew Jam, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.,<br />
6596 Main Street, Gloucester<br />
Court House. Music, beer and<br />
food. Featuring 20 different<br />
Virginia microbrews and four<br />
local bands. Sponsored by<br />
Gloucester Main Street Association,<br />
$20. 695-0700.<br />
Mathews YMCA Barbecue<br />
Bash, 6-10 p.m., entertainment<br />
and beverages. $50.<br />
725-1488.<br />
By the Bay Parade of<br />
Homes, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.<br />
Lancaster By the Bay Chamber<br />
of Commerce, the event<br />
showcases builders, craftsmen,<br />
home decor designers<br />
and other vendors in the home<br />
building arena. Headquarters:<br />
Good Luck Cellars, 1025<br />
Goodluck Road, Kilmarnock.<br />
Homes open for tours. Preparade<br />
tickets prior to <strong>May</strong><br />
8, $20, at lancasterva.com.<br />
Tickets after <strong>May</strong> 8, $25 at<br />
parade headquarters.<br />
Traputo Quilted T-Shirt<br />
Class, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Rice’s<br />
Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern. 73<br />
Monument Place, Heathsville.<br />
Heritage Arts series. $25<br />
members/$30 others, plus<br />
materials fee. Register at<br />
580-3377.<br />
“Rumors,” 8 p.m. Westmoreland<br />
Players production at<br />
<strong>The</strong> Players <strong>The</strong>ater, Callao.<br />
Adults, $20, students $12.<br />
By reservation, 529-9345 or<br />
westmorelandplayers.org.<br />
Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 12<br />
“Rumors,” 3 p.m. Westmoreland<br />
Players production at<br />
<strong>The</strong> Players <strong>The</strong>ater, Callao.<br />
Adults, $20, students $12.<br />
By reservation, 529-9345 or<br />
westmorelandplayers.org.<br />
Save the Stack Dedication<br />
Ceremony, 4 p.m. Omega<br />
Protein property, Reedville.<br />
Speaker: Rep. Rob Wittman.<br />
Bring a lawn chair. Refreshments<br />
follow. 453-6529.<br />
Cruise-In, 4 p.m. Hosted by<br />
Memory Lane Car Club at the<br />
Boys and Girls Club of the<br />
Northern Neck, Main Street,<br />
Kilmarnock. All types of vehicles<br />
are welcome. 435-6171.<br />
Mom and Me Canoe, 1-4<br />
p.m., Beaverdam Park,<br />
Gloucester, free. 693-2107.<br />
Events<br />
Tuesday, <strong>May</strong> 14<br />
Marjorie’s Flea Market,<br />
5:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., 15683<br />
Historyland Highway, Warsaw.<br />
Thursday, <strong>May</strong> 16<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pink Ribbons of Hope<br />
Charity Golf Tournament, 9<br />
a.m., Piankatank River Golf<br />
Club, Hartfield. Proceeds to<br />
benefit Massey Cancer Center.<br />
776-6516.<br />
“Rumors,” 8 p.m. Westmoreland<br />
Players production at<br />
<strong>The</strong> Players <strong>The</strong>ater, Callao.<br />
Adults, $20, students $12.<br />
By reservation, 529-9345 or<br />
westmorelandplayers.org.<br />
Friday, <strong>May</strong> 17<br />
Just Gardens Tour, 10 a.m.-<br />
4 p.m. Five waterfront residential<br />
gardens in Lancaster<br />
County. Benefits <strong>The</strong> Haven<br />
Shelter and Services. $15<br />
advance, $20 tour day. Purchase<br />
advance tickets at <strong>The</strong><br />
Dandelion in Irvington, <strong>The</strong><br />
Pedestal in Kilmarnock, <strong>The</strong><br />
Box Boutique in White Stone,<br />
Wildest Dreams in Burgess<br />
and Shoppe for Haven’s Sake<br />
in Warsaw. On tour days, tickets<br />
will be available at each<br />
of the gardens.<br />
“Rumors,” 8 p.m. Westmoreland<br />
Players production at<br />
<strong>The</strong> 7th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line returns to Gloucester Court House for a Revolutionary War<br />
Encampment from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 25, on the Historic Court Circle, Main Street.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Players <strong>The</strong>ater, Callao.<br />
Adults, $20, students $12.<br />
By reservation, 529-9345 or<br />
westmorelandplayers.org.<br />
Gloucester Park Partners<br />
Golf Tournament, Piankatank<br />
River Golf Club, Hartfield.<br />
776-6516.<br />
<strong>May</strong> 16-18<br />
“My Sister Eileen,” a dinnertheater<br />
by the Court House<br />
Players, 7 p.m., Distinction,<br />
White Marsh, Gloucester<br />
County, $30. 725-0474.<br />
<strong>May</strong> 17-18<br />
<strong>2013</strong> Spring Symposium:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Civil War in Tidewater<br />
Virginia. Sponsored by Foundation<br />
for Historic Christ<br />
Church, 420 Christ Church<br />
Road, Weems. Speakers,<br />
tours, dinner, luncheon. Reservations<br />
required. Fees<br />
vary per activity. 438-6855,<br />
tgeeson@christchurch1735.<br />
org, or christchurch1735.org.<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 18<br />
Urbanna Creek Regatta,<br />
9 a.m.-5 p.m., Town Marina,<br />
Urbanna Creek. Races feature<br />
Cocktail Class wooden powerboats.<br />
Free. 832-4578.<br />
Marine Science Day, 10<br />
a.m.-3 p.m., Virginia Institute<br />
of Marine Science, Gloucester<br />
Point. Open house, display<br />
booths, crafts, hands-on activities,<br />
children’s Parade of<br />
Marine Life, music by Bob<br />
Zentz, free. 684-7000.<br />
Big Bash Fishing Tournament,<br />
Beaverdam Park,<br />
Gloucester, 693-2107.<br />
Bayside Youth Ballet Spring<br />
20th Anniversary Gala, 7<br />
p.m., Gloucester High School<br />
auditorium. 694-5900.<br />
Small Standard Flower<br />
Show, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.<br />
Heathsville United Methodist<br />
Church, Heathsville. Chesapeake<br />
Bay Garden Club. Interpretations<br />
of fiber art works<br />
submitted by members of local<br />
fiber art guilds.<br />
Ladies Only Wine Class, 1-5<br />
p.m. Ingleside Winery, 5872<br />
Leedsown Road, Oak Grove.<br />
Learn wine etiquette, how<br />
to taste wine, how to detect<br />
flaws and sample pairings.<br />
Reservations required. 224-<br />
8687.<br />
Truck Pull, gates open 3<br />
p.m., competition begins 6<br />
p.m. <strong>The</strong> Lively Pavilion, 5170<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Memory Lane Car Club holds monthly Cruise-Ins at 4 p.m. on second<br />
Sundays at the Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Neck on North Main<br />
Street in Kilmarnock. All types of vehicles are welcome. Monthly club<br />
meetings begin at 3 p.m. Above, Isabelle Bunch of Irvington displays<br />
her 1966 Austin Healey. Her husband Ed’s 1955 black and white<br />
Studebaker is in the background. “<strong>The</strong> old car hobby is truly a family<br />
affair,” said Jack Ashburn. For more Memory Lane Car Club events, call<br />
435-6171.<br />
Mary Ball Road, Lively. Sponsored<br />
by Upper Lancaster Volunteer<br />
Fire Department and<br />
Dragon Motorsports. $15.<br />
Ages 10 and younger free<br />
with paying adult.<br />
Farm to Fork Spring Dinner,<br />
5-8 p.m. Northern<br />
Boaters’ Boutique<br />
Fun<br />
Spring &<br />
Summer<br />
Clothes!<br />
Hidden Inside Deltaville Yachting Center Ships’ Store<br />
Mon. – Sat. 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.<br />
804-776-9898<br />
Neck Farm Museum, 12705<br />
Northumberland Highway,<br />
Horsehead. Dinner highlights<br />
local farm-raised ingredients<br />
cooked by a local chef on site<br />
and served in the field beside<br />
the museum. By reservation<br />
only, $50 450-8182, or 761-<br />
5952.<br />
“Rumors,” 3 p.m. Westmoreland<br />
Players production at <strong>The</strong><br />
Players <strong>The</strong>ater, Callao. Adults,<br />
$20, students $12. By reservation,<br />
529-9345 or westmorelandplayers.org.<br />
Senior’s Prom, 7-11 p.m. Festival<br />
Halle, Reedville. Relive the<br />
senior prom with an evening of<br />
dancing. Sponsored by Reedville<br />
Fishermen’s Museum. Tickets<br />
required. 453-6529 or rfmuseum.org.<br />
Stock Car Racing, 6-10 p.m.,<br />
Virginia Motor Speedway, Route<br />
17, Jamaica, Middlesex County.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ultimate Super Late Models<br />
Mid-Atlantic Spring Championship<br />
plus regular race divisions.<br />
758-1867.<br />
Samaritan Group Golf Tournament,<br />
Piankatank River Golf<br />
Club, Hartfield. 776-6516.<br />
Tappahannock/Essex Volunteer<br />
Fire Department<br />
Golf Tournament, 1 p.m.,<br />
Now carrying<br />
Hobbs Hole Golf Course,<br />
Tappahannock. 443-4500.<br />
Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 19<br />
“My Sister Eileen,” a play<br />
by the Court House Players, 3<br />
p.m., Distinction, White Marsh,<br />
Glocuester County, $20. 725-<br />
0474.<br />
“Rumors,” 3 p.m. Westmoreland<br />
Players production at <strong>The</strong><br />
Players <strong>The</strong>ater, Callao. Adults,<br />
$20, students $12. By reservation,<br />
529-9345 or westmorelandplayers.org.<br />
<strong>May</strong> 17-19<br />
Tour de Chesapeake, biking<br />
and family adventure in<br />
Mathews County. Includes Saturday<br />
night Seafood Feast and<br />
Party at the Wharf, Art deTour<br />
on Saturday and Sunday, and<br />
Paddle da Bay on Friday.<br />
<strong>May</strong> 18-19<br />
Urbanna Small Boat Meet,<br />
Piankatank River at Freeport,<br />
Gloucester. Informal messabout<br />
with rowing and sailing<br />
races. Limited primitive camping<br />
available. Saturday night<br />
pot-luck supper. 758-2721.<br />
Tuesday, <strong>May</strong> 21<br />
Sandals<br />
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(804) 776-7766<br />
Life is too short not to browse. Open 7 Days.
Marjorie’s Flea Market, 5:30<br />
a.m.-5:30 p.m., 15683 Historyland<br />
Highway, Warsaw.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>May</strong> 22<br />
Crazy Quilt Stitching Class,<br />
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Rice’s Hotel/<br />
Hughlett’s Tavern. 73 Monument<br />
Place, Heathsville.<br />
Heritage Arts series. $25 members/$30<br />
others, plus materials<br />
fee. Register at 580-3377.<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 25<br />
Revolutionary War Encampment,<br />
10 a.m.-4 p.m., Historic<br />
Court Circle, Gloucester Court<br />
House. <strong>The</strong> 7th Virginia Regiment<br />
of the Continental Line will<br />
re-enact life during the American<br />
Revolution. Black powder demonstrations,<br />
drilling of volunteer<br />
soldiers, an 18th century pharmacist,<br />
children’s games of the<br />
period. Free. 693-0014.<br />
Blacksmith: Ore to Ax,<br />
9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Stratford<br />
Hall, 483 Great House Road,<br />
Stratford. Demonstrations, iron<br />
making, forging, farriering. $10<br />
493-1972, or 493-8038, ext<br />
7787.<br />
Spring on the Plantation, 10<br />
a.m.-4 p.m. George Washington<br />
Birthplace National Monument,<br />
1732 Popes Creek Road, Colonial<br />
Beach. 224-1732.<br />
CBVRS Crab Feast, Colonial<br />
Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad,<br />
312 Colonial Avenue, Colonial<br />
Beach. 224-7750.<br />
Strawberry Festival, 9 a.m.-<br />
3 p.m. St. Stephen’s Episcopal<br />
Church, Heathsville. Fresh<br />
strawberries, strawberry shortcake,<br />
food, beverages, vegetables,<br />
plants, herbs, baked<br />
goods, arts, crafts, music and<br />
Essex<br />
9 a.m.–1 p.m. in the<br />
center of historic downtown Tappahannock, the third Saturday<br />
of the month. 445-2067<br />
Gloucester<br />
4:30–7:30<br />
p.m. in Gloucester, every Wednesday. 695-0700<br />
Lancaster<br />
9 a.m.–1 p.m. at Irvington<br />
Commons, the fi rst Saturday of the month. 438-9088<br />
9 a.m.–1 p.m. on North<br />
Main Street, the fourth Saturday of the month. 435-2182<br />
Mathews<br />
9 a.m.–1 p.m. on the Court<br />
Green, every Saturday. 725-3318<br />
Middlesex<br />
9 a.m.–1 p.m. at Deltaville<br />
Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park, the fourth<br />
Saturday of the month. 776-7200<br />
9 a.m.–1 p.m. at Taber Park,<br />
the second Saturday of the month. 758-2613<br />
Northumberland<br />
9 a.m.–1p.m. at Rice’s<br />
Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern, the third Saturday of the month.<br />
580-3377<br />
Richmond<br />
9 a.m.–1 p.m. at the intersection<br />
of Rt. 360 and Main Street, the second Saturday of<br />
the month. 445-4459<br />
Westmoreland<br />
8 a.m.–1 p.m. at the old Courthouse,<br />
the fi rst Saturday of the month. 703-598-2112<br />
church tours.<br />
Big Croaker Tournament,<br />
June Parker Marina, Route 17,<br />
Essex County. Sponsored by<br />
Tappahannock Rotary Club.<br />
Big Bash Bass Tournament,<br />
Beaverdam Park, Gloucester.<br />
694-0921.<br />
Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 26<br />
Spring on the Plantation, 10<br />
a.m.-4 p.m. George Washington<br />
Birthplace National Monument,<br />
1732 Popes Creek Road, Colonial<br />
Beach. 224-1732.<br />
Memorial Day Remembrance,<br />
2 p.m., American Legion Post<br />
83, Route 198, Mathews.<br />
Monday, <strong>May</strong> 27<br />
Memorial Day Observance,<br />
10 a.m., Tappahannock War<br />
Memorial.<br />
Memorial Day Ceremony, 9<br />
a.m. Bethel United Methodist<br />
Church will host its 23rd annual<br />
Memorial Day Ceremony, White<br />
Chapel Road, west of Lively.<br />
Speaker: Audrey Thomasson.<br />
Tuesday, <strong>May</strong> 28<br />
Marjorie’s Flea Market, 5:30<br />
a.m.-5:30 p.m., 15683 Historyland<br />
Highway, Warsaw.<br />
Friday, <strong>May</strong> 31<br />
Christchurch School Alumni<br />
Golf Tournament, noon, King<br />
Carter Golf Course, Irvington.<br />
758-2306.<br />
Stumptown Hunt Club<br />
Golf Tournament, 1 p.m.,<br />
Hobbs Hole Golf Course,<br />
Tappahannock. 443-4500.<br />
Have an event to be listed<br />
in next month’s <strong>Rivah</strong>? For<br />
Middle Peninsula events,<br />
email editor@ssentinel.com.<br />
For Northern Neck events<br />
email editor@rrecord.com.<br />
Events<br />
Youngsters of all ages will get a chance to enjoy many hands-on<br />
activities from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at Working<br />
Waterman’s Weekend at the Deltaville Maritime Museum.<br />
Jazz quartet to play for auction/dinner<br />
IRVINGTON—Chesapeake<br />
Academy’s Masquerade in <strong>May</strong><br />
Auction <strong>May</strong> 4 will feature the<br />
Jason Jenkins Quartet, silent auction,<br />
dinner and live auction, beginning<br />
at 6 p.m. Tickets are $100. To<br />
purchase tickets, call Chesapeake<br />
Academy at 438-5575.<br />
Raffl e tickets are $10 per<br />
chance to win $5,000, $1,000 or<br />
$500. Raffl e tickets may be purchased<br />
at Chesapeake Academy or<br />
in Kilmarnock at Specials, Burke’s<br />
Jewelers, Main Street Pharmacy<br />
and Chesapeake Boat Basin.<br />
Museum to host<br />
preview reception<br />
MORATTICO—<strong>The</strong> Morattico<br />
Waterfront Museum will host "Wine<br />
and Cheese by the River" at 5 p.m.<br />
April 27 at 6584 Morattico Road.<br />
<strong>The</strong> event promises good food and<br />
drink and an early viewing of new<br />
exhibits prior to the museum's <strong>May</strong><br />
4 opening for the season.<br />
Tickets are $25. For tickets, contact<br />
Pat Clawson at 462-0442, or<br />
email patclawson@yahoo.com.<br />
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To avoid disappointment, call<br />
the numbers where indicated<br />
to verify dates and times<br />
of events. All area codes are<br />
(804) unless otherwise listed.<br />
Thursday, April 25<br />
Horsehead Pickers, 10 a.m.-<br />
12:30 p.m. Mid-County Rescue<br />
Squad Building, Heathsville.<br />
Friday, April 26<br />
<strong>The</strong> Holmes Brothers, 7 p.m.,<br />
St. Clare Walker Middle School<br />
auditorium, Route 33, Locust Hill.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Honeywind Bluegrass Boys<br />
also will play. $20. Proceeds benefit<br />
Middlesex County Museum<br />
and Middlesex NAACP. 824-8085.<br />
Clayton Neal, 5 p.m., Sandpiper<br />
Reef Restaurant, Hallieford,<br />
Mathews County.<br />
Charles Arthur & the Bellevue<br />
Rhythm-Aires, 5-9 p.m., Deltaville<br />
Maritime Museum. 776-7200.<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong> Crossing, 7-10<br />
p.m. Willaby’s Restaurant, 327<br />
Old Ferry Road, White Stone.<br />
Fine Swiss Cheese, 9 p.m.<br />
Damon’s, 7104 George<br />
Washington Memorial Highway,<br />
Gloucester, 693-7281.<br />
Saturday, April 27<br />
Eileen Edmonds, Jake Moore<br />
and Jay Gillespie, 5-6 p.m.,<br />
Deltaville Maritime Museum,<br />
287 Jackson Creek Road,<br />
Deltaville. Picnics and lawn<br />
chairs welcome. 776-7200.<br />
Julius Ray Pittman & <strong>The</strong> Revival,<br />
6-8 p.m., Deltaville Maritime<br />
Museum, 287 Jackson Creek<br />
Road, Deltaville, $10. Picnics and<br />
lawn chairs welcome. 776-7200.<br />
William Earl Sadler, Paul Rilee<br />
Julius Ray Pittman & <strong>The</strong> Revival will be in concert from 6-8 p.m. on<br />
Saturday, April 27, at the Deltaville Maritime Museum.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Holmes Brothers will return to their native Middlesex County for a<br />
7 p.m. benefit concert on Friday, April 26, at St. Clare Walker Middle<br />
School in Locust Hill. <strong>The</strong> Honeywind Bluegrass Boys also will perform.<br />
and Dave Shuber, 5 p.m., Sandpiper<br />
Reef Restaurant, Hallieford,<br />
Mathews County. 725-3331.<br />
Planet Full of Blues, 10<br />
a.m.-8 p.m., Beaverdam Park<br />
Spring Festival, $10. 693-2107.<br />
Key’d Up, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.,<br />
Beaverdam Park Spring<br />
Festival, $10. 693-2107.<br />
Country & Rock ‘n’ Roll Oldies<br />
Show, 8 p.m. Donk’s <strong>The</strong>ater,<br />
8259 Buckley Hall Road, Hudgins.<br />
$12 adults/$5 kids. 725-7760.<br />
Sunday, April 28<br />
Terry Barber, 3 p.m., Mathews<br />
High School, 9889 Buckley Hall<br />
Road. Part of the Concerts By<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bay Series. $25. 725-9776.<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Concerts<br />
Wednesday, <strong>May</strong> 1<br />
Fine Swiss Cheese, 9 p.m.<br />
Damon’s, 7104 George<br />
Washington Memorial Highway,<br />
Gloucester, 693-7281.<br />
Thursday, <strong>May</strong> 2<br />
Northumberland Spring Band<br />
Concert, 7 p.m. Northumberland<br />
High School Auditorium, Claraville.<br />
All Northumberland school<br />
bands. Preceded by NHS band<br />
Booster Spaghetti Dinner with<br />
entertainment by the NHS Jazz<br />
Band. Concert is free. Dinner<br />
tickets by advance purchase, $10<br />
adults, $7 students. 529-6777.<br />
Friday, <strong>May</strong> 3<br />
Throwin’ Wake Band, 7<br />
p.m., Middlesex Sports Complex,<br />
Route 33, Locust Hill,<br />
as part of the Middlesex Relay<br />
For Life festivities. Free.<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 4<br />
Jason Jenkins Jazz Quartet,<br />
6 p.m. Chesapeake Academy’s<br />
Masquerade in <strong>May</strong><br />
Auction, Irvington. $100. Purchase<br />
tickets at 438-5575.<br />
Hidden Treasures From Our<br />
Attic, 7:30 p.m. <strong>The</strong> Northern<br />
Neck Orchestra Spring Concert,<br />
Lancaster Middle School <strong>The</strong>ater,<br />
School Street, Kilmarnock. $20,<br />
reserve tickets at 438-5225.<br />
Thursday, <strong>May</strong> 9<br />
Horsehead Pickers, 10 a.m.-<br />
12:30 p.m. Mid-County Rescue<br />
Squad Building, Heathsville.<br />
African Dance and Drum<br />
Troupe, 9:30 a.m. Chesapeake<br />
Academy, Irvington. Free,<br />
by reservation. 438-5575,<br />
chesapeakeacademy.org.<br />
Friday, <strong>May</strong> 10<br />
William Earl and Friends, 5 p.m.,<br />
Sandpiper Reef Restaurant, Hallieford,<br />
Mathews County. 725-3331.<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 11<br />
Bill and Pam Gurley, with Gray<br />
Granger, 6 p.m. Music by the River,<br />
Belle Isle State Park, Lancaster,<br />
$3 parking fee. 462-5030.<br />
Brew Jam, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Main<br />
Street, Gloucester Court House.<br />
Featuring music of four bands: Eileen<br />
Edmonds String Trio, Karl Werne<br />
& Friends, Sarah Williams, and<br />
Toby and Larry, $20. 695-0700.<br />
Landon Tucker, 5 p.m., Sandpiper<br />
Reef Restaurant, Hallieford,<br />
Mathews County. 725-3331.<br />
Gayle McGehee (above) and the Nocturnes will perform from 6-8 p.m.,<br />
on Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 25, at the Deltaville Maritime Museum, 287 Jackson<br />
Creek Road. Picnics and lawn chairs are welcome.<br />
Aggressive folk rock duo Mercy<br />
Creek of Weems, featuring Cheryl<br />
Nystrom and John Ball, will be<br />
among three bands performing<br />
at the Menokin Music Festival<br />
from 2-7 p.m. <strong>May</strong> 11 at Historic<br />
Menokin, 4037 Menokin Road,<br />
Warsaw. Tickets are $15 at the<br />
gate. Other bands are Cold Steel<br />
Country and <strong>The</strong> Tender.<br />
Menokin Music Festival, 2-7<br />
p.m. Menokin, 4037 Menokin<br />
Road, Warsaw. Bands include Mercy<br />
Creek, Cold Steel Country and<br />
<strong>The</strong> Tender. Advance tickets $10<br />
at Union First Market Bank, the<br />
Menokin Visitor’s Center and menokinmusic.org.<br />
$15 at the gate.<br />
Talent Search, 8 p.m.<br />
Donk’s <strong>The</strong>ater, 8259 Buckley<br />
Hall Road, Hudgins. $12<br />
adults/$5 kids. 725-7760.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>May</strong> 15<br />
Fine Swiss Cheese, 9 p.m.<br />
Damon’s, 7104 George<br />
Washington Memorial Highway,<br />
Gloucester, 693-7281.<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 18<br />
Jumbo Lump Daddy and the<br />
Backfin Boys, 7-9 p.m., Taber<br />
Park, Urbanna. First of the Music<br />
Under the Stars concert<br />
series. Bring lawn chairs. Free.<br />
Eileen Edmonds, 5 p.m.,<br />
Sandpiper Reef Restaurant,<br />
Hallieford, Mathews County.<br />
Thursday, <strong>May</strong> 23<br />
Horsehead Pickers, 10 a.m.-<br />
12:30 p.m. Mid-County Rescue<br />
Squad Building, Heathsville.<br />
Friday, <strong>May</strong> 24<br />
Sweet Justice, 8:30 p.m.<br />
Sunset Grill, 16197 General<br />
Puller Highway, Deltaville. $5.<br />
Dave McKenney, 5 p.m., Sandpiper<br />
Reef Restaurant, Hallieford,
Terry Barber will be in concert<br />
at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 28, at<br />
Mathews High School as part of<br />
the Concerts by the Bay series.<br />
Mathews County. 725-3331.<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 25<br />
Gayle McGehee and the Nocturnes,<br />
6-8 p.m., Deltaville Maritime<br />
Museum, 287 Jackson Creek<br />
Road, Deltaville, $10. Picnics and<br />
lawn chairs welcome. 776-7200.<br />
Country Current/U.S. Navy<br />
Combo, 6 p.m. Music by the River,<br />
Belle Isle State Park, Lancaster,<br />
$3 parking fee. 462-5030.<br />
Farren Winter, 8 p.m.<br />
Donk’s <strong>The</strong>ater, 8259 Buckley<br />
Hall Road, Hudgins. $12<br />
adults/$5 kids. 725-7760.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>May</strong> 29<br />
Fine Swiss Cheese, 9 p.m.<br />
Damon’s, 7104 George Washington<br />
Memorial Highway,<br />
Gloucester, 693-7281.<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> casino<br />
open April 27<br />
KILMARNOCK—<strong>The</strong> Boys<br />
and Girls Club of the Northern<br />
Neck at 517 North Main Street<br />
in Kilmarnock will host “Casino<br />
Night on the <strong>Rivah</strong>” from 6 to<br />
10 p.m. April 27. Tickets are $50<br />
per person and include food, beverages,<br />
prize tickets, $10,000 in<br />
casino chips and a portrait by a<br />
professional photographer. Purchase<br />
tickets at the club administration<br />
offi ce, 435-9696.<br />
Billy Barrack<br />
Barbecue<br />
hot off the<br />
grill April 27<br />
BURGESS—<strong>The</strong> Methodist<br />
Men of Fairfi elds United Methodist<br />
Church in Burgess will hold a<br />
North Carolina-style pork barbecue<br />
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April<br />
27, in the activities building.<br />
Patrons will have their choice of<br />
chopped or sliced barbecue, said<br />
Bob Matthews. It will be served<br />
by the platter, sandwich or takeout<br />
one-pound containers. Patrons can<br />
eat in or carry out.<br />
To expedite takeout orders, call<br />
453-2631 the morning of the barbecue.<br />
Proceeds will support the<br />
men’s out-reach missions.<br />
Vintage Car<br />
Show set<br />
for June 1<br />
in Mathews<br />
MATHEWS—<strong>The</strong> Chasing<br />
Pavement Vintage Car Show and<br />
Celebrity Benefi t Concert will be<br />
held from 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. in<br />
downtown Mathews.<br />
Classic, Exotic, Super Cars, Hot<br />
Rods, Restomods, American and<br />
European cars and trucks all will<br />
have their separate divisions.<br />
All vintage and classic cars<br />
from all decades are invited to participate.<br />
All proceeds will benefi t the<br />
Mathews County Sheriff’s Department,<br />
all volunteer fi re and rescue<br />
squads in Mathews, and special<br />
projects sponsored by the county.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Vintage Girls will be there<br />
along with celebrity guests. <strong>The</strong><br />
presentation of trophies will be at<br />
4:30 p.m. followed by a concert<br />
at 5:30 p.m. featuring national<br />
recording artist Blessid Union of<br />
Souls.<br />
For more details and space<br />
availability or to register, contact<br />
Mac at 570-350-1422 or email<br />
jaycee6@verizon.net.<br />
LUTCF<br />
Agent<br />
Office: (804) 580-4422<br />
Fax: (804) 580-2144<br />
Cell: (804) 366-0060<br />
7666 Northumberland Hwy. Heathsville, VA 22473<br />
billy.barrack@vafb.com<br />
FarmBureauAdvantage.com<br />
Celebrating 20 Years<br />
This year marks the 20th anniversary of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rivah</strong> Visitor’s<br />
Guide. Our publication evolved from a once-a-year<br />
supplement in the Southside Sentinel and <strong>Rappahannock</strong><br />
<strong>Record</strong> newspapers called “Summer Lifestyles.” It focused on<br />
boating, camping, fi shing and other summertime activities in the<br />
Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck.<br />
In 1993, there were only three issues of the <strong>Rivah</strong> Visitor’s Guide<br />
published—June, July and August. We now publish six issues a year<br />
and have expanded our directories and event calendars to include all<br />
of the places to go and things to do that make our area of the state<br />
such a special place to visit and live.<br />
Do you have a story, photo or anything else you remember from<br />
a past <strong>Rivah</strong> Visitor’s Guide? If so, send your favorite memory to<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong>@rrecord.com. We would love to know about it!<br />
We are grateful to all of our faithful readers and advertisers who<br />
have supported us for the past 20 years and we look forward to the<br />
next exciting 20 years of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rivah</strong> Visitor’s Guide.<br />
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Working Waterman’s Weekend to open maritime park season<br />
DELTAVILLE— <strong>The</strong> Deltaville<br />
Maritime Museum and Holly Point<br />
Nature Park will officially open<br />
what promises to be a stellar <strong>2013</strong><br />
season with Working Waterman’s<br />
Weekend (WWW) on Friday and<br />
Saturday, April 26-27. Visitors<br />
will experience not only two days<br />
of food and fun attractions but also<br />
a preview of the massive rebuilding<br />
effort ongoing at the museum<br />
since the devastating fire of last<br />
July.<br />
<strong>The</strong> kickoff is on Friday evening<br />
from 5-9 p.m. with the annual<br />
Shrimp and Barbecue Dinner and<br />
Dance. Featured on Saturday will<br />
be the Deltaville Farmers’ Market,<br />
Memory Lane Car Show, Nautical<br />
Flea Market, classic restored<br />
workboats, free creek cruises,<br />
model trains, first look at the minimuseum<br />
exhibits, the first “double-header”<br />
Groovin’ in the Park<br />
concerts and Billz Bistro all kick<br />
off a full season of events for the<br />
maritime park.<br />
Local favorites “Charles Arthur<br />
and the Bellevue Rhythm-Aires”<br />
will be on the bandstand and<br />
steamed shrimp, Carolina barbecue,<br />
baby-back ribs and Bill and<br />
Randy’s Rockin’ Chowder will be<br />
on the buffet at Friday evening’s<br />
dinner. Tickets are limited, so get<br />
yours early at the museum office<br />
Deltaville<br />
Dealer Days<br />
are <strong>May</strong> 4-5<br />
DELTAVILLE—Deltaville<br />
Dealer Days will be held from<br />
10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and<br />
Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 4-5, and will feature<br />
several lines of boats.<br />
Participating in the event will<br />
be Annapolis Yacht Sails South,<br />
Chesapeake Yacht Sails, Norton<br />
Yachts, and S&J Yachts, all in<br />
Deltaville, “<strong>The</strong> Boating Capital<br />
of the Chesapeake.”<br />
Admission is free and those<br />
attending are invited to register<br />
for drawings of cash prizes.<br />
Boat brands to be represented<br />
include Beneteau Power, Beneteau<br />
Sail, Carolina Classic, Catalina<br />
Yachts, Jeanneau Yachts,<br />
Marlow Hunter, Marlow Mainship<br />
and Southerly.<br />
For more information, call<br />
776-9211, 776-7575, 776-9898.<br />
or 436-7131.<br />
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or Nauti-Nell’s in Deltaville.<br />
Saturday morning starts early<br />
with Billz Bistro opening at 8<br />
a.m. with hot coffee, breakfast<br />
bowls and egg sandwiches. <strong>The</strong><br />
Bistro will serve breakfast with<br />
fresh eggs from<br />
the local Lover’s<br />
Retreat Dairy as<br />
long as they last,<br />
and segway into<br />
its luncheon menu<br />
of hot dogs, burgers,<br />
barbecue and<br />
special offerings.<br />
Billz Bistro serves<br />
until 1 p.m.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first<br />
Deltaville Farmers’<br />
Market kicks<br />
off at 9 a.m. Local<br />
produce and crafts<br />
of all kinds will<br />
line the entry drive<br />
of the park’s new museum area.<br />
Other attractions will surround the<br />
new events pavilion, waterfront,<br />
and pierwalk for easy strolling.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are plenty of picnic tables<br />
and benches for relaxing while<br />
you shop.<br />
Just across from the Boat Shop,<br />
the <strong>Rappahannock</strong> Railroaders<br />
will display their working model<br />
train sets for young and old alike.<br />
Looking for fishing or sailing<br />
craft? Inflatables? Take a walk<br />
through the new West Section<br />
Nature Trails for a look at the<br />
donated watercraft in our “Field<br />
of Dreams.” You<br />
could find the<br />
Friday and<br />
Saturday, April<br />
26–27, at<br />
<strong>The</strong> Deltaville<br />
Maritime<br />
Museum and<br />
Holly Point<br />
Nature Park<br />
perfect boat for<br />
your favorite<br />
water sport.<br />
In the main<br />
parking lot there<br />
will be a car<br />
show with the<br />
folks from the<br />
Memory Lane<br />
Car Club and<br />
other car buffs<br />
showing off<br />
their “babies.”<br />
All who enjoy<br />
classic cars at<br />
their finest can<br />
stroll among these restored and<br />
carefully kept autos, enjoy their<br />
lines, and talk cars with their<br />
owners.<br />
On the waterfront, the Explorer<br />
Society starts their busy season<br />
with a bang aboard Explorer, the<br />
museum’s replica of Capt. John<br />
Smith’s shallop. Members, in<br />
authentic Colonial seaman’s dress,<br />
“After we bought the new home, even<br />
after we unpacked all the boxes . . . we<br />
weren’t home until we found our new<br />
Church . . .”<br />
We invite you to join us!<br />
Irvington Baptist Church<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Sunday Place for Everyday Christians”<br />
Handicapped access to every level available by ramps and elevator<br />
Over forty young persons in our Youth Group<br />
Sunday School Assembly-9:45 a.m. • Bible Classes-10:00 a.m.<br />
Worship Service-11:00 a.m. • Nursery Provided<br />
Wednesday Prayer Service-7:00 p.m.<br />
Wednesday night Bible study for Preteens and Teens<br />
Pastor: John Howard Farmer 438-6787<br />
jhf.ibc@verizon.net -- www.rrecord.com/irvchurch.htm<br />
53 King Carter Drive (at Route 200)<br />
using terms and commands from<br />
the 1600s, will take visitors back<br />
400 years for rowing trips around<br />
Mill Creek.<br />
Chesapeake Marine Railway<br />
will offer free creek cruises aboard<br />
the restored Only Son as will our<br />
own Cap’n Pete Cordozo aboard<br />
the musuem’s open deadrise<br />
Cooper Hill donated by Keith<br />
Ruse of Deltaville Boat Yard. <strong>The</strong><br />
creek cruises and Explorer rides<br />
will be from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. It will<br />
be captain’s choice to extend the<br />
cruises past 1 p.m.<br />
In the mini-musuem, the “Civil<br />
War in Middlesex” exhibit is<br />
rebuilding with a special section<br />
on Middlesex’s own John Taylor<br />
Woods, the nautical hero of the<br />
“Ambush at Wilton Creek.”<br />
An original historical drama reenacting<br />
the “Ambush at Wilton<br />
Creek” will be performed on the<br />
museum’s waterfront stage in<br />
mid-August. <strong>The</strong> play was written<br />
over the winter by museum curator<br />
Raynell Smith, playwright of<br />
the well-received “Stingray Point<br />
Story.”<br />
On Saturday evening, Groovin’<br />
in the Park <strong>2013</strong> makes history<br />
as Groovin’ presents its first ever<br />
double-header concert starting<br />
<strong>May</strong> 10 & 11, <strong>2013</strong><br />
Tickets On Sale Now!<br />
2 nd Annual By the Bay<br />
Parade of Homes<br />
$20 pp - Online at<br />
lancasterva.com/events<br />
or Phone 804-435-6092<br />
$25 after 5/8/13<br />
Lancaster By the Bay Chamber of Commerce-129 S. Main St., Kilmarnock, VA<br />
Farm & Home Supply, LLC<br />
Hardware & Marine Hardware, Pet Food<br />
& Supplies, Large Greenhouse, Echo<br />
Power Equipment, Garden Tillers,<br />
Valspar Paints & Sundries,<br />
Bird Food, Feeders<br />
and much more!<br />
SOUTHERN<br />
STATES<br />
469 N. Main St., PO Box 249<br />
Kilmarnock, Virginia 22482<br />
Hours: 7:30 - 5:30 M-F, 7:30 - 5:00 Sat.<br />
at 5 p.m. with country rockers<br />
Eileen Edmonds and Jay Gillespie,<br />
and continuing at 6 p.m. with<br />
Lancaster native Ray Pittman and<br />
<strong>The</strong> Revival bringing their horndriven<br />
rockin’ soul music to the<br />
stage. Tickets are $10 at the door.<br />
Time is running out on the<br />
Groovin’ “6-for-5” anytime ticket<br />
package. Get 6 tickets for $50.<br />
You save $10. <strong>The</strong> last opportunity<br />
to buy these packages will be at<br />
the door of the April 27 concert.<br />
Tickets are available now at Nauti-<br />
Nell’s or the museum office.<br />
Deltaville Maritime Museum<br />
and Holly Point Nature Park is<br />
a non-profit organization at 287<br />
Jackson Creek Road and on Mill<br />
Creek. Turn right off Route 33<br />
across from the Shell Station to<br />
get there.<br />
Holly Point Nature Park, the<br />
Pierwalk and all other outside<br />
exhibits, gardens and facilities are<br />
open dawn to dusk throughout the<br />
year, except during pre-announced<br />
private events.<br />
To find out more, visit www.<br />
deltavillemuseum.com, email<br />
museumpark@verizon.net or call<br />
776-7200. <strong>The</strong> museum mailing<br />
address is P.O. Box 466, Deltaville,<br />
VA 23043.<br />
SOUTHERN<br />
STATES
Registration begins for July 6 Deltaville 5K & Kids Fun Run<br />
DELTAVILLE—<strong>The</strong> “Very<br />
Groovy Deltaville 5K & Kids Fun<br />
Run” will be held Saturday, July 6.<br />
<strong>The</strong> course will take runners and<br />
walkers through Deltaville with a<br />
view of the Chesapeake Bay.<br />
It is open to runners and walkers<br />
of all ages. <strong>The</strong> Kids Fun Run<br />
REEDVILLE—<strong>The</strong> Reedville<br />
Fishermen’s Museum and the Save<br />
the Stack Committee recently<br />
announced the Dedication of the<br />
Stack Ceremony will be held from<br />
4-5:30 p.m. <strong>May</strong> 12. Rep. Rob<br />
Wittman will participate.<br />
More than $300,000 was raised<br />
by the community over the past<br />
three years to preserve the local<br />
landmark, noted stack committee<br />
chairman Blaine Altaffer.<br />
“Being able to raise this level<br />
of money during the toughest<br />
economic times since the Great<br />
Capt. Tom’s<br />
Oyster Floats<br />
Oyster Gardening Floats,<br />
Spat and Supplies<br />
Delivery and Set-up Services<br />
Visit our<br />
website for<br />
our Deltaville<br />
& Irvington<br />
Farmers’<br />
Market show<br />
dates!<br />
Can’t wait for<br />
a show? Supplies<br />
available at our<br />
Hartfield, Onancock<br />
and Chesapeake<br />
locations. Call or visit<br />
our website!<br />
Tom Noffsinger<br />
Deltaville, Va.<br />
(a ½-mile course) is for those 12<br />
and under.<br />
All proceeds from this year’s<br />
race will go toward the beautification<br />
of the Deltaville community.<br />
Registration is currently open<br />
at www.DVLRace.com. <strong>The</strong> 5K<br />
entrance fee is $25 and the Kids<br />
Ceremony to mark a new beginning for <strong>The</strong> Stack<br />
Depression is a testament to the<br />
stack and what it means to the<br />
Northern Neck as a reflection<br />
point of the areas deep-rooted fishing<br />
and maritime heritage,” said<br />
Altaffer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> money came from a variety<br />
of sources including individual<br />
donors from around the country,<br />
from fishing families, companies<br />
and from major fund raising events,<br />
he said. People also gave with their<br />
hands and hearts, making this feat<br />
so especially impressive.<br />
<strong>The</strong> community is invited to<br />
Phone: (804) 815-1423<br />
www.oystergardening.com<br />
tom@oystergardening.com<br />
Fun Run is $10 until June 30.<br />
Walk-up registration on the day<br />
of the race increases by $5. All<br />
participants this year will receive<br />
a complimentary t-shirt, race bib<br />
and giveaways from event sponsors.<br />
“We encourage everyone to<br />
join in the celebration of this huge<br />
accomplishment. Attendees will<br />
be able to walk around the base of<br />
the stack and see up close the six<br />
foot by 10 foot bronze plaque that<br />
will be mounted on the base of the<br />
stack.<br />
A brief history of the stack will<br />
be presented, including a diorama<br />
designed by Kathy Humphreys<br />
modeled after the original Morris<br />
Fisher factory stack built in 1902.<br />
“It is so exciting to know that <strong>The</strong><br />
Stack has been saved and is ready<br />
for the next 100 years of greeting<br />
come out and be a part of this event<br />
whether it is being a participant, a<br />
sponsor or a volunteer,” said event<br />
official Carolyn Miller. “Help us<br />
continue to make this an annual<br />
Deltaville tradition.<br />
For all the details, visit www.<br />
DVLRace.com.<br />
boaters and watermen going in<br />
and out of Cockrell Creek!” said<br />
Reedville native and committee<br />
member Charles Williams.<br />
Refreshments will follow the<br />
ceremony.<br />
Attendees are urged to bring<br />
a chair. Direct questions to the<br />
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum at<br />
453-6529.<br />
To reach the <strong>The</strong> Stack, follow<br />
Route 360 East to Reedville and<br />
the signs to Omega Protein. <strong>The</strong><br />
stack is located on the property of<br />
Omega protein.<br />
Have an event to be listed in next month’s <strong>Rivah</strong>? For Middle Peninsula events,<br />
email editor@ssentinel.com. For Nothern Neck events email editor@rrecord.com.<br />
Book signing of<br />
novel due in <strong>May</strong><br />
SALUDA—British author<br />
Robbie James Slaughter comes<br />
back to where it all began. His<br />
book, “For God, For Country .<br />
. . For Love,” has already been<br />
launched in the United Kingdom<br />
and is receiving excellent reviews,<br />
but it will have its U.S. launch in<br />
West Point and Saluda.<br />
Written as a biographical novel,<br />
the book grips the reader from the<br />
very start and follows the life of<br />
Dalton Roy Slaughter, who was<br />
born at Church View, Middlesex<br />
County in 1919. A farm boy and<br />
member of Wares Church, Slaughter<br />
grew up believing that one day<br />
he would marry a local girl, settle<br />
down, and work his own farm.<br />
But fate had its own ideas, and<br />
WWII threw his plans into chaos.<br />
Drafted into the 116th Regiment,<br />
(29th Infantry Division), Slaughter<br />
found himself storming Omaha<br />
Beach on D-Day.<br />
<strong>The</strong> book’s portrayal of the<br />
battle for Normandy is seen<br />
through Slaughter’s eyes. Equally<br />
moving, is the portrayal of the<br />
social influences of the day and<br />
Slaughter’s romance with a young<br />
English girl.<br />
Slaughter’s son Robbie is the<br />
author of the book and spent nine<br />
years researching and writing<br />
the story. It is a labor of love as<br />
described by some, one which has<br />
seen him retrace his father’s footsteps<br />
and interview many, many<br />
people along the way.<br />
Book signings will take place in<br />
West Point at the West Point Business<br />
Center on the corner of Main<br />
Street and 7th Street on Saturday,<br />
<strong>May</strong> 4, from 2-6 p.m. and at the<br />
Middlesex County Museum, 777<br />
General Puller Highway, Saluda, on<br />
Wednesday, <strong>May</strong> 8, from 1-3 p.m.<br />
Refreshments will be served. All<br />
U.S. proceeds from book sales go<br />
to the Wounded Warrior Project.<br />
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“Nancy” by Ed Headley<br />
‘Northern Neck Views’<br />
to hang through <strong>May</strong> 17<br />
LANCASTER—<strong>The</strong> Mary Ball<br />
Washington Museum & Library at<br />
8346 Mary Ball Road in Lancaster<br />
will feature “Northern Neck<br />
Views: Acrylic Paintings by Ed<br />
Headley” through <strong>May</strong> 17.<br />
Headley, a resident of Lottsburg,<br />
mainly depicts water scenes, boats<br />
including traditional fishboats and<br />
workboats, and country landscapes<br />
in his artwork. He paints in acrylics<br />
and uses a technique that produces<br />
a look similar to watercolors<br />
or pastels.<br />
Headley’s interest in painting<br />
goes back to an art class he took<br />
in 1985 at <strong>Rappahannock</strong> Community<br />
College where his teacher,<br />
Sidney King, told him that he had<br />
some talent. However, he did not<br />
continue with art at that time and<br />
did not paint again for more than<br />
20 years. Headley says that he<br />
returned to art in 2006 when he<br />
“purchased a set of paint brushes<br />
at a yard sale, and the rest is history.”<br />
“Ed’s paintings reflect real views<br />
of the Northern Neck that capture<br />
the heritage of the area from agriculture<br />
to fishing,” said executive<br />
director Karen Hart. “<strong>The</strong> exhibit<br />
12 <br />
will contain a mix of originals and<br />
framed prints and visitors will be<br />
able to purchase these as well as<br />
unframed prints and notecards in<br />
various sizes.”<br />
Visitors can enjoy free admission<br />
to the exhibit and meet the<br />
artist on April 13 during the<br />
Lancaster Court Day Festival from<br />
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
Just Gardens tour tickets now available<br />
LANCASTER—Just Gardens<br />
tickets are now available. <strong>The</strong> tour,<br />
<strong>May</strong> 16 and 17, will showcase five<br />
gardens in the Merry Point, Yankee<br />
Point and Millenbeck areas of<br />
upper Lancaster County.<br />
<strong>The</strong> gardens are all on the<br />
Corrotoman River, considered by<br />
many to be one of the most beautiful<br />
rivers in the area, said publicity<br />
coordinator CJ Carter.<br />
<strong>The</strong> river is known for its high<br />
banks, protected coves and deep<br />
water, said Carter. <strong>The</strong> five gardens<br />
open for tour are along the<br />
‘<strong>The</strong> Holmes Brothers’ concert set for April 26<br />
LOCUST HILL— A “Musical<br />
Evening with <strong>The</strong> Holmes Brothers”<br />
will be held at 7 p.m. on<br />
Friday, April 26, at 7 p.m. at St.<br />
Clare Walker Middle School in<br />
Locust Hill. Proceeds will benefit<br />
the Middlesex County Museum<br />
and the Middlesex NAACP.<br />
<strong>The</strong> New York Times describes<br />
<strong>The</strong> Holmes Brothers style as:<br />
“Timeless, deeply soulful and<br />
uplifting gospel-drenched blues,<br />
street corner doo-wop, ballads,<br />
R&B, country and funk.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chicago Sun-Times raves,<br />
“A breathtaking and heartfelt<br />
journey through gospel-drenched<br />
soul, blues, funk and country.”<br />
From winning multiple Blues<br />
Music Awards to sharing stages<br />
and recordings with Bob Dylan,<br />
Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen,<br />
Patti Smith, Willie Nelson, Lou<br />
Reed, Peter Gabriel, Merle Haggard,<br />
Keith Richards, Al Green,<br />
Ben Harper, Lucinda Williams,<br />
Steve Earle, Levon Helm, Rosanne<br />
Cash, Odetta, and <strong>The</strong> Jungle<br />
Piling Caps; Dock<br />
Ladders; Floating<br />
Dock Kits; Dock<br />
Floats & Hardware;<br />
Aluminum Ramps;<br />
Boat & Jet Ski Lifts<br />
and Drive-on Ramps;<br />
Self Bailing Pedal<br />
Boats, Kayaks<br />
and more<br />
eastern and western branches of<br />
the river.<br />
Cottage-style, contemporary,<br />
water features, innovative erosion<br />
solutions, pergolas, a greenhouse;<br />
Just Gardens offers ideas<br />
and inspiration for new and experienced<br />
gardeners alike, she said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> tour is a fundraiser for <strong>The</strong><br />
Haven Shelter and Services.<br />
Master Gardeners will help<br />
identify plant material and answer<br />
questions, said Carter. Many of the<br />
owners will be available to answer<br />
questions as well.<br />
Brothers, <strong>The</strong> Holmes Brothers<br />
have seemingly done it all.<br />
Brothers Sherman and<br />
Wendell Holmes were raised<br />
locally in Middlesex County at<br />
Christchurch. <strong>The</strong>y met drummer<br />
Popsy Dixon, a fellow Virginian,<br />
at a New York gig and formed<br />
<strong>The</strong> Holmes Brothers band in<br />
1979.<br />
Opening the concert will be<br />
the Honeywind Bluegrass Boys.<br />
<strong>The</strong> concert will be held in<br />
Tour hours are 10 a.m. to 4<br />
p.m. both days. Tickets are $15 in<br />
advance or $20 on tour days.<br />
Advance tickets may be<br />
purchased at <strong>The</strong> Dandelion<br />
in Irvington, <strong>The</strong> Pedestal in<br />
Kilmarnock, <strong>The</strong> Box Boutique<br />
in White Stone, Wildest Dreams<br />
in Burgess or Shoppe for Haven’s<br />
Sake in Warsaw.<br />
Tickets also may be purchased<br />
by sending a SASE and check<br />
payable to <strong>The</strong> Haven to Just Gardens,<br />
P.O. Box 429, Irvington, VA<br />
22480.<br />
the St. Clare Walker Middle<br />
School auditorium, 6814 General<br />
Puller Highway, Locust Hill.<br />
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased<br />
at the Middlesex County<br />
Museum (Saluda), Nimcock Gallery<br />
(Urbanna), Cryer Center<br />
(Locust Hill), and Nauti Nell’s<br />
(Deltaville). If still available,<br />
they also can be purchased at<br />
the door the night of the concert.<br />
Call 824-8085 or 758-3663 for<br />
more information.<br />
TOGA Middle Peninsula Oyster Fair<br />
If you are interested in oyster gardening and bay ecology,<br />
please join us <strong>May</strong> 11, <strong>2013</strong> at Christchurch School,<br />
49 Seahorse Lane, Christchurch, VA 23031.<br />
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LOCUST HILL—<strong>The</strong> Middlesex<br />
Family YMCA will hold its<br />
annual Healthy Kids Day from 10<br />
a.m.-noon Saturday, April 27, at<br />
the Middlesex Sports Complex in<br />
Locust Hill. <strong>The</strong>re will be crafts<br />
and activities for everyone.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Middlesex County Sheriff’s<br />
Office will be on hand to make<br />
Identity Kits for the kids. McGruff,<br />
the crime-stopping dog, will greet<br />
everyone.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Middlesex Volunteer Fire<br />
Department of Urbanna will have<br />
a truck at the event for all future<br />
firefighters to enjoy, and the Central<br />
Middlesex Volunteer Rescue Squad<br />
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CHRISTCHURCH— <strong>The</strong> Middlesex<br />
County Woman’s Club<br />
(MCWC) will sponsor a fundraiser<br />
luncheon at Christ Church Parish<br />
Hall in Christchurch on Friday,<br />
<strong>May</strong> 3, at 11:30 a.m.<br />
“We are excited to welcome<br />
Don Haynie of Williamsburg<br />
as our guest speaker,” said club<br />
spokesperson Carolyn Bailey.<br />
“As a popular specialist in herbs<br />
and herb gardening, his timely<br />
presentation will awaken the gardener<br />
in all of us in time to utilize<br />
his knowledge in our spring gardens.”<br />
Haynie is the former owner of<br />
Buffalo Springs Herb Farm and is<br />
now a well-known garden consultant,<br />
floral arranger and lecturer<br />
on herb related topics. His topic<br />
for the luncheon will be “Herbs<br />
in the Landscape” and a questionand-answer<br />
period will follow his<br />
presentation.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a limited quantity of<br />
tickets available for $25 each for<br />
both the lecture and the luncheon.<br />
“This is a wonderful opportunity<br />
for those interested to enjoy a<br />
delightful luncheon followed by a<br />
speaker who will advise on how to<br />
incorporate herbs throughout your<br />
garden,” said Bailey.<br />
For tickets, contact Anne<br />
Massey at 758-3243.<br />
Healthy Kids Day set for April 27 at Y<br />
of Urbanna will feature its new<br />
state-of-the-art ambulance.<br />
Plenty of arts and crafts will be<br />
featured, including tile art, sponsored<br />
by Harrow’s Home Center,<br />
and wood painting, sponsored by<br />
Urbanna Builders’ Supply. Many<br />
more activities will be available for<br />
everyone to enjoy and all are welcome<br />
to participate.<br />
<strong>The</strong> goal at Healthy Kids Day is<br />
to show the community how the Y<br />
can help everyone enjoy a healthy<br />
lifestyle through activity and happiness.<br />
If you or your business would<br />
like to participate in Healthy Kids<br />
Day, call the YMCA at 776-8846.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> date August 23, 1871 was one of several important dates<br />
in the history of steamboats in and around Urbanna as local<br />
farmer William H. Purkins sold three acres of waterfront land to<br />
Baltimore & Susquehanna Steam Co. out of Baltimore, Maryland.<br />
(Middlesex Deed Book 24, pp. 316-317.)<br />
<strong>The</strong> 3-acre property located on the <strong>Rappahannock</strong> River just<br />
outside of Urbanna became known for nearly 50 years as West<br />
Urbanna (steamboat) Wharf. <strong>The</strong> new steamboat dock built far<br />
out into the <strong>Rappahannock</strong> River, would become the main competitor<br />
of three steamboat wharfs in Urbanna Creek.<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong> River steamboat wharfs reached for nearly a<br />
half-mile out into the river, and included North End Wharf near<br />
Deltaville, Mill Creek Wharf near Wake, West Urbanna Wharf<br />
near Urbanna and Water View Wharf at Water View.<br />
When these company-owned wharfs were built, they gave an<br />
economic advantage to the Baltimore steamboat companies over<br />
the smaller private-owned creek wharfs. Certainly, the big companies<br />
wanted as much commerce as possible at their own wharfs<br />
and directed business in that manner.<br />
<strong>The</strong> West Urbanna Wharf deed called for three acres on the<br />
waterfront with a right-of-way from a narrow road that is today<br />
Lord Mott Road, “to be wide enough to permit ordinary carts,<br />
wagons and carriages. Twenty-feet wide at grade to eliminate any<br />
danger of collision.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> right-of-way extended out to the main county road (Old<br />
Virginia Street), as it does today. <strong>The</strong> deed stated that the main<br />
road was between “Urbanna and Gatewoods Mill.” Gatewoods<br />
Mill was later named Hillard’s Mill located on the old colonial<br />
mill pond near Remlik.<br />
In 1871, there were three steamboat docks in Urbanna all vying<br />
for the steamboat business - Burton’s Wharf owned by Columbus<br />
Burton, Gressitt’s Wharf owned by Jno. D. Gressitt, and Donaldson’s<br />
Wharf owned by <strong>The</strong> Donaldson, Shultz Co. out of Baltimore.<br />
Burton was provoked to action more than any of the others<br />
by having to compete with West Urbanna Wharf. Burton’s Wharf<br />
was the primary wharf of call on the creek.<br />
Once West Urbanna Wharf was established, Captain Lang<br />
Nelson of Baltimore built a large hotel on a portion of the three<br />
acres overlooking the steamboat dock. He and Burton were outright<br />
enemies. On January 31, 1916, Burton, along with the support<br />
of the Urbanna Trade Association, sent a letter to the Virginia<br />
General Assembly to force Nelson and the steamboat company to<br />
take Urbanna out of the wharf’s name. <strong>The</strong>y were eventually successful<br />
and Burton’s Wharf became Urbanna Wharf- No. 12 and<br />
West Urbanna Wharf was changed to Remlik Wharf.<br />
When he heard of this, Lang Nelson was furious. He screamed<br />
to his stable boy to hitch up a wagon. Captain Lang weighed<br />
nearly 300 pounds. He raced to Urbanna, straight down Watling<br />
Street to Burtons Wharf. When he got to the wharf, he realized<br />
he needed to use a sanitary closet. <strong>The</strong>re was one built over the<br />
creek on Burton’s dock. Captain Lang ran inside and was doing<br />
his business when the pilings from his weight gave way and he<br />
landed in the creek with his pants down.<br />
Lum Burton came running when he heard the commotion<br />
but when he saw who it was started laughing. “Damn you Lum<br />
Burton, I’ll see you in court,” Captain Lang screamed as he went<br />
back to his wagon and went towards home.<br />
<strong>The</strong> last steamboat, Anne Arundel, came into Urbanna Creek in<br />
September of 1937 and stopped at Urbanna Wharf-No. 12. As the<br />
vessel left town, businesses closed and people throughout town<br />
lined the creek bank to watch the end of a glorious era. Urbanna’s<br />
steamboat era lasted from 1821 to 1937 - 116 years.<br />
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with a top speed of about 18 and 26 miles per hour,<br />
respectively.<br />
Weight is added to boats with lighter drivers so the boats weigh the<br />
same and to keep them competitive. <strong>The</strong> boats travel around markers in<br />
2-lap heat races that last about 2 minutes each. <strong>The</strong> top fi nishers transfer<br />
to the fi nal championship round, which will be run in 4 classes.<br />
Also competing in a race will be Smith Island Crab Skiffs, which<br />
have larger engines and are longer.<br />
Cocktail Class racing is inexpensive low-speed club racing where<br />
driver skill and boat set-up are more important than horsepower. Drivers<br />
kneel in the boat and lean toward the bow to keep the boat planing effi -<br />
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Race Venue<br />
Lawrence Fuccella of Urbanna, a regatta organizer, is expecting<br />
between 30-50 boats for the races that will be staged at the Urbanna<br />
Town Marina at Upton’s Point. Racers from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New<br />
Jersey, South Carolina and Georgia are expected. “We are going to bring<br />
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Cocktail Class race boats are homebuilt, either from a kit or from scratch.
Friendly racers will help each other, only until the green flag drops.<br />
together a group of like-minded people with a love of the water and<br />
small communities,” he said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Urbanna Creek Cocktail Class fl eet formed this winter and there<br />
are 7 boats being built. About 5 other boats are being built elsewhere<br />
in Middlesex County, and at least one more is being prepared on the<br />
Northern Neck.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cocktail Class boats are adapted from a 1939 design by Charles<br />
MacGregor, originally published in “<strong>The</strong> Rudder Magazine” as an<br />
example of what could be done with a novel new material called “plywood.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cocktail Class Wooden Boat Racing Association (CCWBRA)<br />
has roots on the Corrotoman River in Lancaster County and was formed<br />
in 2010 to encourage and organize family boatbuilding and racing in the<br />
Cocktail Class runabout. <strong>The</strong> Cocktail Class races now have 90 members<br />
in 27 states and there are fl eets in Canada. Visit www.CCWBRA.<br />
Winning isn’t everything.<br />
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Driver skill is the key<br />
to winning<br />
Although Cocktail Class<br />
wooden boats are small, the<br />
racing is intense. Because<br />
the boats are so evenly matched,<br />
driver skill is essential in gaining a<br />
competitive edge.<br />
<strong>The</strong> race begins with a fl ying<br />
start. Racers assemble several yards<br />
from the starting line and anticipate<br />
the signals. A series of tones are<br />
given at 30 seconds, 20 seconds and<br />
10 seconds. <strong>The</strong> goal is to have your<br />
boat at full speed and as close to the<br />
start line as possible when the green<br />
fl ag drops. Cross the line too early,<br />
and the racer receives a penalty.<br />
<strong>The</strong> boats are very light, so the<br />
way the driver leans can help or<br />
hinder speed. Drivers lean out over<br />
the bow to help the boat plane<br />
faster.<br />
<strong>The</strong> boats run a triangular course,<br />
and turning in a graceful arch is<br />
the art of racing. If the driver leans<br />
too far to one side, the propeller<br />
can rise out of the water, slowing<br />
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the boat. <strong>The</strong> engine will rev up<br />
slightly, indicating the propeller is<br />
not pushing and the competition<br />
will gain an advantage. Try and turn<br />
too sharply, and the prop will lose<br />
forward thrust.<br />
Position in the turns is important.<br />
If a racer tries to pass on the<br />
outside, his boat will get caught in<br />
the wake of boats in front and be<br />
pushed further out, as the competition<br />
moves ahead.<br />
Drivers pilot their crafts at relatively<br />
modest speeds of around 20<br />
mph, looking for any advantage as<br />
they negotiate turns.<br />
Racing these little boats is “terrifi<br />
cally fun and exhilarating,” said<br />
Chris Riddick, who placed second<br />
in his fi rst race last August. “It’s a<br />
blast, especially when you’re neckand-neck<br />
with the competition.”<br />
Riddick is withholding his race<br />
strategy for the fi rst Urbanna Cup<br />
Regatta on Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 18, when<br />
more than 30 boats are expected.<br />
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This new generation of race boats will line the beach the way boats used to do for the<br />
Urbanna Labor Day Regatta powerboat races, which were last held in 1966. <strong>The</strong> Labor Day<br />
races were stopped because of concerns that the creek was too narrow for the high-speed<br />
boats.<br />
Fuccella said the U.S. Coast Guard has approved the Urbanna Cup Regatta race venue,<br />
which will be held near the town marina. USCG Auxiliary Flotilla 62 of Deltaville will send<br />
3 boats to assist in the on-water organization.<br />
<strong>The</strong> offi cial event sponsor is Dozier’s Port Urbanna Town Center Marina.<br />
Evening Concert<br />
At 7 p.m., activities shift uptown to Taber Park for the fi rst concert in the town’s “Music<br />
Under the Stars” series, featuring “Jumbo Lump Daddy and the Backfi n Boys” performing<br />
classic rock until 9 p.m.<br />
A race boat will be on display during the concert, and hot dogs, hamburgers, french fries,<br />
funnel cakes and soft drinks will be available for purchase from the Middlesex Volunteer<br />
Fire Department of Urbanna.<br />
Race Schedule<br />
T here will be 5 racing classes with up to 6 boats in each heat. <strong>The</strong> fi nals<br />
in each class will pit the top 6 boats against each other. Each class will<br />
run heats and fi nal races that will take a total of about an hour.<br />
Starting at 9:30 a.m., the Women’s Division is fi rst on the course in 6<br />
horsepower (HP) boats.<br />
From 10:45 to 11:45 a.m., the 6 HP Heavy Division runs.<br />
From noon to 1 p.m., the Open Division 6 HP will battle.<br />
Competing from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. will be the Smith Island Crab Skiffs,<br />
with their larger engines and longer boats.<br />
From 3 to 4:30 p.m., the Open Division 8 HP will be the fi nale.<br />
Spectators can get close to the action and watch from the town marina’s<br />
long dock. Catered food by Something Different will be available at the<br />
marina. <strong>The</strong>re will be a “brewery hospitality” area operated by the Urbanna<br />
Business Association.<br />
An information brochure will be available at the town marina.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be no spectator parking at the marina or at Oyster Harbor<br />
Condominiums.<br />
Find more information at www.Urbanna.com or www.CCWBRA.com, or<br />
call 832-4578.<br />
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Boats idle about waiting for race signals. <strong>The</strong> goal is to be at full speed<br />
and near the starting line, but not across it, when the green flag falls.<br />
Smith Island Crab Skiff’s are longer and have larger engine, like this<br />
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Where can you go in <strong>Rivah</strong><br />
Country for a family friendly<br />
excursion or day of fun? Below<br />
are listings of places that may<br />
be of interest. All area codes are<br />
(804) unless otherwise listed.<br />
Air Excursion<br />
Bay Aviation<br />
Hummel Field<br />
Topping 436-2977<br />
Animal Farm<br />
River Birch Animal Farm<br />
5952 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Locust Hill 758-3522<br />
Open daily, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Free<br />
admission.<br />
Boat Cruises<br />
Bay Water Excursions<br />
308 Railway Rd.<br />
Port Haywood 725-2876<br />
Boat tours on the Chesapeake<br />
Bay with USCG certified captain.<br />
Captain Billy’s Charters/<br />
River Cruises<br />
545 Harvey’s Neck Rd.<br />
Heathsville 580-7292<br />
Custom cruises every Sat. evening.<br />
Private cruises available.<br />
www.captbillyscharters.com<br />
“Faded Glory” – <strong>The</strong> Hope<br />
and Glory Inn’s 25 Passenger<br />
Vessel<br />
65 Tavern Rd.<br />
Irvington 438-6053<br />
Luncheon and cocktail cruises<br />
aboard a restored Chesapeake<br />
Bay oyster boat. Reservations<br />
required.<br />
Jackson Creek Outfitters<br />
274 Bucks View Ln.<br />
Deltaville 776-9812<br />
Kayak rentals, paddleboat rentals,<br />
small sailboat rentals, eco<br />
tours, and fishing guide services.<br />
Located at Deltaville Marina.<br />
Let’s Go Sailing!<br />
Urbanna 824-4006<br />
Day cruises, boat rides and<br />
lessons on “Free Spirit”. By<br />
appointment.<br />
Potomac River Charters<br />
Colonial Beach 224-1400<br />
Departs from Colonial Beach<br />
Town Pier.<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong> River Cruise<br />
Tappahannock 453-2628<br />
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“Captain Thomas” travels to<br />
Ingleside Vineyards.<br />
“Serenity”<br />
Yorktown (757)710-1233<br />
A 65' schooner offers two-hour<br />
cruises. Weekends only. Private<br />
charters, group reservations and<br />
“locals” specials.<br />
Smith Island Cruise<br />
382 Campground Rd.<br />
Reedville 453-3430<br />
Departs from Chesapeake<br />
Bay Camp-Resort. Reservations<br />
required.<br />
www.smithpointmarina.com<br />
Tangier Island Cruise<br />
468 Buzzard Point Rd.<br />
Reedville 453-2628<br />
Departs from Buzzard’s Point<br />
Marina.<br />
Urbanna Cruises<br />
Urbanna 366-1778<br />
Cruise local creeks and rivers<br />
aboard a comfy, chartered<br />
pontoon boat. Now serving <strong>The</strong><br />
Tides Inn in addition to Urbanna<br />
marinas.<br />
www.urbannacruises.com<br />
Boat Rentals<br />
Boatyard at Christchurch<br />
1228 Crafton Quarter Rd.<br />
Saluda 758-4067<br />
Near Christchurch School in<br />
Middlesex.<br />
Ingram Bay Marina<br />
545 Harvey’s Neck Rd.<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Diversions<br />
Stock car racing is held on most Saturday nights throughout the summer at Virginia Motor Speedway at<br />
Jamaica in Middlesex County. Call 758-1VMS or check the events calendar in this issue for dates and times<br />
of upcoming races.<br />
Heathsville 580-7292<br />
14–18' boats with 25 hp outboard<br />
motors. Fishing licenses<br />
included in rental. Rod and reel<br />
rental at marina tackle shop.<br />
www.captbillyscharters.com<br />
Jackson Creek Outfitters<br />
274 Bucks View Ln.<br />
Deltaville 776-9812<br />
Kayak rentals, paddleboat rentals,<br />
small sailboat rentals, eco<br />
tours, and fishing guide services.<br />
Located at Deltaville Marina.<br />
Tucker’s Recreation<br />
Park and Marine<br />
244 Barn Rd.<br />
Shacklefords 785-4464<br />
16' and 17' open bow fiberglass<br />
boats with outboard motors.<br />
Fishing license included in<br />
rental.<br />
Bowling<br />
Evans Bowling Center<br />
34 Cralle Ct.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-3950<br />
River Lanes and Grill<br />
16 Town Centre Dr.<br />
Kilmarnock 436-9004<br />
Village Lanes<br />
7307 John Clayton Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester 693-3720<br />
Camps for Kids<br />
4–H Camps<br />
Contact local extension<br />
offices.<br />
Aylett Country Day School<br />
Powcan Rd.<br />
Millers Tavern 443-3214<br />
Day camps June, July, Aug.<br />
Belle Isle State Park<br />
1632 Belle Isle Rd.<br />
Lancaster 462-5030<br />
Boys and Girls Club<br />
of the Northern Neck<br />
517 Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-2422<br />
Summer camps in 2-week sessions.<br />
Activities, field trips, swimming,<br />
arts and crafts, more.<br />
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Summer Horse Camps<br />
12612 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Hartfield 776-0606<br />
Camp offered by Bridlewise<br />
Riding Academy Day and Boarding<br />
Camp from beginner to advanced<br />
riders.<br />
Camp Piankatank<br />
1586 Stampers Bay Rd.<br />
Hartfield 776-9552<br />
Day and residential camps for<br />
ages 7–17. Activities include sailing,<br />
rock wall, archery, swimming<br />
and Bible study.<br />
Gloucester County<br />
Parks and Recreation<br />
6467 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 693-2355<br />
Mathews County YMCA<br />
10746 Buckley Hall Rd.<br />
Mathews 725-1488<br />
Middlesex Family YMCA<br />
11487 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Hartfield 776-8846<br />
Sailing camps, soccer camps,<br />
summer day camps.<br />
Missoula<br />
Children’s <strong>The</strong>atre Camps<br />
(406)728-1911<br />
Week-long residency “starring”<br />
local students in a full-scale<br />
musical.<br />
Northern Neck Family YMCA<br />
39 William B. Graham Ct.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-0223<br />
Weekly summer sessions.<br />
Northumberland<br />
Family YMCA<br />
6348 Northumberland Hwy.<br />
Heathsville 580-8901<br />
Weekly summer camp in conjunction<br />
with the public schools.<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong> Art League<br />
Camps<br />
19 N. Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 436-9309<br />
Weekly art camps for ages<br />
6–17. Held in Kilmarnock.<br />
Reedville<br />
Fisherman’s Museum<br />
504 Main St.<br />
Reedville 453-6529<br />
Model camp in Aug.<br />
Richmond County YMCA<br />
45 George Brown Ln.<br />
Warsaw 333-4117<br />
Weekly summer sessions.<br />
Stratford Hall Camps<br />
483 Great House Rd.<br />
Montross 493-8038<br />
Grandparent/grandchild camp.<br />
Summer Camps on the River<br />
49 Seahorse Ln.<br />
Christchurch<br />
758-2306 (ext. 177)<br />
Residential and day camp coed<br />
summer camp, Christchurch<br />
School in Middlesex.<br />
VIMS Summer Camps<br />
1375 Greate Rd.<br />
Gloucester Point 684-7878<br />
Westmoreland Family YMCA<br />
18849 Kings Hwy.<br />
Montross 493-8163<br />
Licensed summer day camp<br />
program.<br />
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Westmoreland County<br />
Camps<br />
18849 Kings Hwy.<br />
Montross 493-8163<br />
Day camp.<br />
Canoe/Kayak Rentals<br />
Belle Isle State Park<br />
1632 Belle Isle Rd.<br />
Lancaster 462-5030<br />
Chesapeake Bay<br />
Camp-Resort<br />
382 Campground Rd.<br />
Reedville 453-3430<br />
Ingram Bay Marina<br />
545 Harvey’s Neck Rd.<br />
Heathsville 580-7292<br />
Rent or bring your own and explore<br />
miles of shoreline or join a<br />
group tour to remote locations<br />
around the rivers and bay.<br />
www.captbillyscharters.com<br />
Jackson Creek Outfitters<br />
274 Bucks View Ln.<br />
Deltaville 776-9812<br />
Kayak rentals, paddleboat rentals,<br />
small sailboat rentals, eco<br />
tours, and fishing guide services.<br />
Located at Deltaville Marina.<br />
Lazy Days Adventures<br />
Hardyville 776-9853<br />
Rentals and eco-tours of local<br />
waters. Will deliver.<br />
Westmoreland State Park<br />
1650 State Park Rd.<br />
Montross 493-8821<br />
Group kayak trips, paddle<br />
boats and paddle boards coming<br />
in June.<br />
Enrichment Classes<br />
Chestnut Cove<br />
Bed and Breakfast<br />
and Zekiah Glass<br />
511 Oakley Ln.<br />
Farnham 394-3142<br />
Two guest rooms with private<br />
baths, full breakfast and lunch.<br />
Two-day classes in creating<br />
stained glass, with a separate<br />
fee, is offered inclusively with<br />
overnight stays.<br />
InsideOut Yoga<br />
366 James Wharf Rd.<br />
White Stone 436-2204<br />
Four levels of vinyasa flow yoga<br />
classes. Classes integrate breath<br />
and movement, awareness and<br />
alignment, strength and flexibility,<br />
stillness and joy.<br />
Olive for Yoga<br />
16314 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 832-0079<br />
Studio offers ABC’s of yoga,<br />
gentle/restorative, hatha, yin,<br />
power vinyasa, vinyasa flow and<br />
yogalates.<br />
TriYoga<br />
370-4856<br />
Offering a multi-level hatha<br />
blend. Class times and locations<br />
vary.<br />
www.triyoganow.com<br />
Farmers’ Markets<br />
Deltaville Farmers’ Market<br />
287 Jackson Creek Rd.<br />
Deltaville 776-6950<br />
Fourth Sat. of the month <strong>May</strong>–<br />
Nov.; 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Holly Point<br />
Nature Park at the Deltaville Maritime<br />
Museum.<br />
Gloucester Market<br />
6523 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 695-0700<br />
Monthly June–Aug., Wed. evenings<br />
4–7 p.m. Located at the<br />
gazebo.<br />
Heathsville Farmers’ Market<br />
73 Monument Place<br />
Heathsville 580-3377<br />
Third Sat. of the month Apr.–<br />
Oct., 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Behind Rice’s<br />
Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern.<br />
Irvington Farmers Market<br />
Irvington Commons<br />
Irvington 480-0697<br />
First Sat. of the month from<br />
<strong>May</strong>–Nov., 9 a.m.–1 p.m.<br />
www.facebook.com/<br />
pages/Irvington-Farmers-<br />
Market/378175415629187<br />
Mathews Farmers’ Market<br />
10494 Buckley Hall Rd.<br />
Mathews 725-7196<br />
Every Sat., 9 a.m.–1 p.m. at<br />
Mathews historic courthouse<br />
green.<br />
Montross Market Days<br />
15803 Kings Hwy.<br />
Montross 703-598-2112<br />
First Sat. of the month<br />
<strong>May</strong>–Sept.<br />
Tappahannock Farmers’<br />
Market<br />
Prince St. and Cross St.<br />
Tappahannock 445-2076<br />
Third week each month Apr.–<br />
Nov. except for June which is<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Fest.<br />
www.TappahannockMarket.com<br />
Urbanna Farmers’ Market<br />
351 Bonner St.<br />
Urbanna 761-4840<br />
<strong>The</strong> second Sat. of each month<br />
<strong>May</strong>–Sept.; 9 a.m.–1 p.m. in Taber<br />
Park.<br />
Warsaw Farmers’ Market<br />
Courthouse Circle<br />
Warsaw<br />
From 9 a.m.–1 p.m. the second<br />
Sat. of each month <strong>May</strong>–Sept.<br />
www.warsawfarmersmarket.com<br />
Fun Parks<br />
Swamp Fun Park<br />
2735 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester 642-8778<br />
Paint ball.<br />
Cyber Star<br />
6706 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 824-9450<br />
Video game center with X-Box,<br />
Wii, PlayStation, arcade games,<br />
laser tag.<br />
Learn to Sail<br />
Nortons Sailing School<br />
97 Marina Rd.<br />
Deltaville 776-9211<br />
Premier Sailing<br />
744 St. Andrews Ln.<br />
Weems 438-9300<br />
www.premiersailing.com<br />
Stingray Point Sailing School<br />
18355 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 909-2655<br />
Movies<br />
See what flying is really meant to be<br />
in our impeccably restored<br />
1943 Fairchild PT-19<br />
Essex 5 Cinemas<br />
1653 Tap pahan nock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 445-1166<br />
Hillside Cinema<br />
7321 John Clayton Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester 693-2770<br />
York River Crossing Cinema<br />
2226 York Crossing Dr.<br />
Hayes 642-5999<br />
Pick Your Own<br />
Bentwaters Farm<br />
1083 Circle Dr.<br />
Mathews 725-5839<br />
Spray-free blueberries, homegrown<br />
yarns from sheep raised on<br />
the farm, lambs and Kids, Cashmere<br />
and Nigerian goats. Open by<br />
appointment.<br />
Eastfields Farms<br />
85 Preston Point Rd.<br />
Mathews 725-3948<br />
Spray-free blueberries in July/<br />
Aug. Open Fri.–Sun.<br />
Lew Bristow’s<br />
Blackberry Farm<br />
9607 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Hartfield 776-7785<br />
9 a.m.–5 p.m., Mon., Wed.,<br />
and Fri.; 9 a.m.–7:30 p.m., Tues.,<br />
Thurs. and Sat. in season.<br />
Diversions<br />
Tater Neck Blueberry Farm<br />
Potato Neck Rd.<br />
Port Haywood 725-2623<br />
Open mid-July through Labor<br />
Day, during daylight. No chemicals<br />
used, six different varieties<br />
available.<br />
Westmoreland Berry Farm<br />
1235 Berry Farm Ln.<br />
Oak Grove 224-9171<br />
www.westmorelandberryfarm.<br />
com<br />
Putt Putt<br />
Bethpage Miniature Golf and<br />
Ice Creamery<br />
4817 Old Virginia St.<br />
Urbanna 758-GOLF (4653)<br />
Putt-putt golf. Rt. 602 just<br />
outside of Urbanna, Middlesex<br />
County.<br />
Racing<br />
Bill Sawyer’s<br />
Virginia Motor Speedway<br />
4426 Tidewater Tr.<br />
Jamaica 758-1867<br />
Dirt track racing select Sat.<br />
nights through October.<br />
Colonial Beach Dragway<br />
2035 James Monroe Hwy.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7455<br />
1/8th mile asphalt drag track.<br />
Dragon Motor Sports<br />
1790 Howerton Rd.<br />
at Hummel Field, Topping<br />
436-2977 www.BayAviationOnline.com<br />
Gift Certificates Available<br />
Reasonable Rates<br />
Call us for an appointment.<br />
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Diversions<br />
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Dunnsville 443-1903<br />
Truck and tractor pulls.<br />
Skating<br />
Stan’s Skateland<br />
17408 Kings Hwy.<br />
Montross 493-9890<br />
Fri.–Sat., 7:30–10 p.m.<br />
<strong>The</strong>aters<br />
Court House Players<br />
Mathews 725-0474<br />
Community theater serving<br />
Gloucester, Mathews and Middlesex<br />
Counties. Dinner theater.<br />
www.courthouseplayers.org<br />
Donk’s <strong>The</strong>ater<br />
223 Buckley Hall Rd.<br />
Mathews 725-7760<br />
Virginia’s Lil’ Ole Opry. Live<br />
country music in a family<br />
atmosphere.<br />
www.donkstheater.com<br />
Lancaster Players<br />
361 Chesapeake Dr.<br />
White Stone 435-3776<br />
Westmoreland Players<br />
16217 Richmond Rd.<br />
Callao 529-9345<br />
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Trolley Rides<br />
Triangle Trolley<br />
435-1552<br />
Between Kilmarnock, Irvington<br />
and White Stone. Every Fri. and<br />
Sat. <strong>May</strong> 3–Oct. 5.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pearl Trolley<br />
Urbanna 758-2613<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pearl runs in and around<br />
Urbanna in Middlesex County,<br />
from <strong>May</strong> 24–Sept. 3 25¢. Sponsors<br />
needed.<br />
Wine Tastings<br />
Athena Vineyards<br />
and Winery, Inc.<br />
3138 Jessie Ball duPont Mem. Hwy.<br />
Burgess 580-4944<br />
Belle Mount Vineyards<br />
2570 Newland Rd.<br />
Warsaw 333-4700<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dog and Oyster Vineyard<br />
170 White Fences Dr.<br />
Irvington 438-9463<br />
Wine tastings, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.<br />
Thurs.–Mon.<br />
General’s Ridge Vineyard<br />
1618 Weldons Dr.<br />
Hague (703) 313-9742<br />
Tasting room, appetizers. Fri.<br />
<strong>The</strong> “Velas Restaurant”<br />
noon–7 p.m.; Sat. noon–6 p.m.;<br />
Sun. noon–5 p.m. 703-313-9742<br />
Mon.–Thurs.; 472-3172 Fri.–Sun.<br />
Good Luck Cellars<br />
1025 Good Luck Rd.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-1416<br />
Open Thurs. 11 a.m.–6 p.m.,<br />
Fri. 11 a.m.–8 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m.–<br />
6 p.m. and Sun. noon–5 p.m.<br />
Hague Winery<br />
8268 Cople Hwy.<br />
Hague 472-5283<br />
Ingleside Vineyards<br />
and Winery<br />
5872 Leedstown Rd.<br />
Oak Grove 224-8687<br />
Oak Crest Vineyard<br />
and Winery<br />
8215 Oak Crest Dr.<br />
King George<br />
(540) 663-2813<br />
Vault Field Vineyards<br />
2953 Kings Mill Rd.<br />
Kinsale 472-4430<br />
Enjoy unique dining experiences in the center of our vineyard<br />
<br />
Hours subject to change<br />
Wine Pairing dinners by reservation<br />
<br />
<br />
(804) 580-4053<br />
To make updates to this directory,<br />
please email: <strong>Rivah</strong>@rrecord.com<br />
Located at 619 Train Lane, Wicomico Church, Va.<br />
From Route 200 in Wicomico Church take Remo Road-Rt 609 East for 2 miles.<br />
Right on Mill Point Road and Left on Train Lane.<br />
www.jaceyvineyards.com<br />
Good Luck Cellars<br />
An Estate Winery<br />
<br />
Saturday 11am-6 pm Sunday Noon-5 pm<br />
1025 Good Luck Road<br />
<br />
<br />
www.goodluckcellars.com<br />
Facilities available to rent for<br />
weddings, reunions, parties, etc.
Northern Neck T-Shirts<br />
Rainbow Sandals<br />
Switch Flops by Lindsay Phillips<br />
Chamilia Jewelry<br />
Jen Callahan Artwork<br />
Beach Bags & Towels<br />
Summer Dresses<br />
Tervis Tumblers<br />
5757 Richmond Rd. Warsaw 804-333-0581<br />
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Yoga retreat to take place<br />
KILMARNOCK—<strong>The</strong> fourth annual<br />
Kekoka Yoga Retreat will take place <strong>May</strong> 17-19<br />
at YMCA Camp Kekoka in Kilmarnock.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fee is $100 and includes lodging, four<br />
healthy meals, all levels of yoga, meditation,<br />
pranayama, Qi Gong, ayurveda, a Thai massage<br />
partner class, yoga anatomy, a holistic healing<br />
Heathsville<br />
Farmers Market<br />
at Historic Rice’s Hotel / Hughlett’s Tavern<br />
Sat., <strong>May</strong> 18th<br />
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.<br />
panel discussion, laughter yoga, campfires with<br />
drum circles, small group discussions, massages,<br />
energy healing, acupuncture, arts and<br />
crafts and water activities.<br />
For reservations, visit ymcacampkekoka.org,<br />
or contact camp director Cassie Leichty, at cleichty@peninsulaymca.org,<br />
or 435-3616.<br />
Truck pull set in Lively<br />
LIVELY—Upper Lancaster Volunteer Fire Department<br />
and Dragon Motorsports will present the eighth<br />
annual Lively Truck Pull Series <strong>May</strong> 18 at <strong>The</strong> Lively<br />
Pavilion at 5170 Mary Ball Road in Lively. Gates<br />
open at 3 p.m. Competition starts at 6 p.m. Admis-<br />
sion is $15. Ages 10 and younger free with a paying<br />
adult.<br />
Classes will include 11000 Super Pro Farm, 6200<br />
Altered Street, 6400 Pro Stock 4wd, 8050 RWB Diesels,<br />
Street Semis and Monster Trucks.<br />
Shop for fresh produce from four local farms, breads and<br />
baked goods, nursery plants, handcrafts, and locally-raised<br />
poultry, lamb and pork. Tavern Blacksmiths, Quilters,<br />
Woodworkers, and Spinners/Weavers will be on-site.<br />
Located just off Route 360 in Heathsville behind the old Courthouse. For<br />
more information, e-mail info@rhhtfoundation.org, or call 804-580-3377.<br />
23
Spring arrived late this year<br />
but never fear, the fish are<br />
biting on schedule. <strong>The</strong><br />
water temperature on the Chesapeake<br />
Bay broke into the low<br />
50s by late April and continues<br />
to climb. Although rockfish are<br />
the most anticipated species this<br />
season, other fish are available<br />
in surprising numbers. A tasty<br />
time is ahead!<br />
<strong>The</strong> big surprise<br />
Speckled trout action was<br />
hot in both the <strong>Rappahannock</strong><br />
and Potomac rivers during the<br />
month of April. This is not the<br />
24 <br />
Billy Pipkin<br />
<strong>The</strong> Fishing Line<br />
It’s gonna be a<br />
“fish-a-licious” spring<br />
first time these tasty fish have<br />
been caught during the colder<br />
weather months, but it is the<br />
first year that so many anglers<br />
participated in the fishery.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se “specks,” as we call<br />
them locally, have been found<br />
in the feeder waterways between<br />
the bridges on the <strong>Rappahannock</strong><br />
and as far up the Potomac River<br />
as Montross. <strong>The</strong>y range in size<br />
from 14 to 25 inches.<br />
<strong>The</strong> specks tend to hang in<br />
skinny water locations where<br />
structure is present. That structure<br />
can vary from grassy or<br />
shell bottoms to piers and even<br />
CUSTOM YACHT CANVAS<br />
<br />
<br />
12 Years Best of Bay Winner<br />
“BEST CANVAS SHOP”<br />
– Chesapeake Bay Magazine<br />
WHITE STONE<br />
(804) 435-7229<br />
Two Locations<br />
DELTAVILLE<br />
(804) 776-7044<br />
along marsh-grassed shorelines.<br />
Locations with a water depth of<br />
less than 6 feet are more likely<br />
to hold the trout as they tend to<br />
feed on prey that frequent shallow<br />
water, such as minnows, soft<br />
crabs and grass shrimp.<br />
This has become a very popular<br />
fishery among kayakers and<br />
anglers in small skiffs that are<br />
able to navigate quietly through<br />
the shallow areas.<br />
Speckled trout action will<br />
continue to improve and be<br />
available into <strong>May</strong> while they go<br />
through their spawning period.<br />
As the month progresses specks<br />
can be found in more widespread<br />
locations.<br />
Rockin’ the bay<br />
With last winter being relatively<br />
warm, it allowed the<br />
migratory stock of rockfish<br />
to winter off of the upper Virginia<br />
coastline. <strong>The</strong>n several<br />
cold fronts hit the region in late<br />
winter which created cooler<br />
water temperatures, and slowed<br />
the migration of fish into the<br />
bay.<br />
Many rockfish had an even<br />
earlier start on the spring spawning<br />
run as they never left the<br />
bay waters after initially heading<br />
up in December. During<br />
the fall months, rockfish head<br />
up the bay in an effort to find<br />
their favorite food source—<br />
menhaden. With much of the<br />
bait remaining in the bay and<br />
rivers this winter, the rockfish<br />
that arrived in December never<br />
left. That seemed to be a benefit<br />
as the spawning run was spread<br />
over a longer period of time.<br />
This creates a longer duration<br />
that these fish head out of the<br />
spawn areas and head out toward<br />
the ocean. I look for these fish<br />
to be abundant again this month<br />
with individual sizes ranging<br />
from 30-40 inches during the<br />
trophy season.<br />
By mid-<strong>May</strong> the smaller rockfish,<br />
20-24 inches, begin to settle<br />
in. If the weather remains moderate,<br />
we should find abundant<br />
numbers of the smaller class of<br />
rockfish both in the rivers and<br />
bay waters.<br />
Croaker have already begun<br />
to filter into the middle bay and<br />
will be available to bottom fishermen<br />
this month. Spring action<br />
is usually best in the rivers first<br />
and then the bay waters fill with<br />
large specimens.<br />
With warm weather here, the<br />
fishing season is getting off to a<br />
great start. I’m looking forward<br />
to cooking some fresh rockfish<br />
on the grill with a side of fresh<br />
cut asparagus. Get your grills<br />
ready for some great tasting fish<br />
and you too will be enjoying<br />
some “fish-a-licious” meals.<br />
Until next time . . . fair<br />
winds.<br />
Capt. Billy Pipkin owns and<br />
operates Capt. Billy’s Charters<br />
and Ingram Bay Marina in<br />
Wicomico Church —580-7292.<br />
For the latest fishing information<br />
and tips, read his column<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Fishing Line” weekly in<br />
the <strong>Rappahannock</strong> <strong>Record</strong>.<br />
Sara Weakley of Montross displays<br />
a trophy rockfish caught with<br />
Capt. Billy Pipkin aboard “Liquid<br />
Assets II.”<br />
<br />
Closest Marina to the Bay!<br />
Deep Ramp<br />
Land Storage<br />
boats and trailers<br />
Boathouse Slips<br />
Up to 50 feet<br />
Open Slips<br />
Up to 60 feet<br />
Cabin Rentals<br />
Ingram Bay Marina
All area codes are (804) unless<br />
otherwise listed.<br />
Essex<br />
■ <strong>Rappahannock</strong> River<br />
Garrett’s Marina<br />
339 Catch Penny Ln.<br />
Bowler’s Wharf 443-2573<br />
At Buoy 19 on <strong>Rappahannock</strong><br />
River. Gas, ship’s store, engine<br />
repair, boat sales, launching<br />
ramp, restrooms, showers and<br />
boat storage.<br />
Harborside Storage<br />
at Garrett’s Marina<br />
339 Catch Penny Ln.<br />
Bowler’s Wharf 443-0190<br />
Fully enclosed dry stack and<br />
open dry stack storage.<br />
June Parker Marina<br />
531 Church Ln.<br />
Tappahannock 443-2131<br />
High/dry storage, ship’s store,<br />
boat ramp, and slips. Gas and ondemand<br />
diesel.<br />
Gloucester<br />
■ Glenns<br />
Friday’s Marine<br />
14879 Geo. Wash. Hwy.<br />
Glenns 758-4131<br />
Suzuki outboard engines sales<br />
and repair. Most outboards serviced,<br />
marine store.<br />
■ Perrin River<br />
Crown Pointe Marina<br />
9737 Cook’s Landing Rd.<br />
Hayes 642-6177<br />
On Perrin River off York River.<br />
Yamaha dealer, Valvtect gas, diesel,<br />
ice, bait, pumpout, ship’s<br />
store, 20-ton travel lift, restrooms,<br />
showers, ramp, fish cleaning station.<br />
Fishing charters, two pools,<br />
235 slips plus transient slips.<br />
■ Rowes Creek<br />
Holiday Marina<br />
3143 Holiday Marina Rd.<br />
Hayes 642-2528<br />
On Rowes Creek off the<br />
Severn River. Diesel, ice, showers,<br />
restrooms, transient slips,<br />
marine parts, full service marina,<br />
hull repair, 60-ton lift, ramp.<br />
■ Sarah’s Creek<br />
Jordan Marine Service<br />
7804 Jordan Rd.<br />
Gloucester Point 642-4360<br />
On Sarah’s Creek off the York<br />
River. Sewage pumpout, 12-ton<br />
and 60-ton travel lifts, 100-ton<br />
railway, paint and hull repairs,<br />
wet and dry storage, showers<br />
and restrooms.<br />
York River Yacht Haven<br />
8109 Yacht Haven Rd.<br />
Gloucester Point 642-2156<br />
At mouth of Sarah’s Creek after<br />
green marker #9. Gas, diesel,<br />
10 ft. depth at fuel dock, sewage<br />
pumpout, ship’s store, ice, hull<br />
and engine repair, full service<br />
yard or do-it-yourself. 35 and 60<br />
ton lifts, car rental nearby, showers,<br />
restrooms, pool and picnic<br />
area, transient slips.<br />
■ Severn River<br />
Severn River Marina<br />
3398 Stonewall Rd.<br />
Hayes 642-6969<br />
On southwest branch of<br />
Severn River near marker #4, off<br />
Mobjack Bay. Full service repairs<br />
with 75-ton travel lift, wet and dry<br />
storage, ship’s store, transient<br />
facilities and other amenities.<br />
Lancaster<br />
■ Carter’s Creek<br />
Carter’s Cove Marina<br />
347 Carter’s Cove Dr.<br />
Weems 438-5273<br />
Deep water slips, electric service<br />
to all slips, sewage pumpout,<br />
laundry facilities, restrooms,<br />
modern bath house, wireless<br />
internet.<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Marinas<br />
<strong>The</strong> marina of Norton Yacht Sales is on Broad Creek in Deltaville.<br />
Marina at <strong>The</strong> Tides Inn<br />
480 King Carter Dr.<br />
Irvington 438-5000<br />
Gas/diesel, sewage pumpout,<br />
mini ship’s store, showers,<br />
laundry, dining, lodging, slips,<br />
restrooms, access to golf, tennis<br />
and swimming pools.<br />
www.tidesinn.com<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong> Yachts/<br />
Sanders Yacht Yard<br />
70 <strong>Rappahannock</strong> Rd.<br />
Irvington 438-5353<br />
Located on Carter’s Creek.<br />
Full service boatyard for power<br />
and sail. 30-ton travel lift, carpentry<br />
and engine shop. Paint shed<br />
for Awlgrip/restoration projects.<br />
Slips, dry storage, restrooms<br />
and showers.<br />
www.rappyachts.com<br />
■ Indian Creek<br />
Chesapeake Boat Basin<br />
1686 Waverly Ave.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-3110<br />
Gas/diesel, complete ship’s<br />
store, inboard/outboard engine<br />
repairs, Suzuki, Mercury,<br />
Nauticstar and Boston Whaler<br />
dealer, brokerage sales, slips,<br />
restrooms, launching ramp, ice<br />
and swimming pool.<br />
■ Meyer Creek<br />
Yankee Point<br />
Sailboat Marina<br />
1303 Oak Hill Rd.<br />
Lancaster 462-7018<br />
In Ottoman near the Mer-<br />
ry Point Ferry. Gas/diesel,<br />
pumpout, restaurant, swimming<br />
pool, boat brokerage, rental<br />
cottages, ship’s store, repairs,<br />
slips, restrooms, ramp.<br />
www.yankeepointmarina.com<br />
■ <strong>Rappahannock</strong> River<br />
Windmill Point Marina<br />
40 Windjammer Ln.<br />
White Stone 436-1818<br />
Fuel docks, deep water slips.<br />
Electric service, pumpout,<br />
restrooms, swimming pools and<br />
restaurant with tiki bar and grill.<br />
www.liveatwindmillpoint.com<br />
Mathews<br />
■ Cobbs Creek<br />
Ginney Point Marina<br />
22 Ginney Point Ln.<br />
Cobbs Creek 725-7407<br />
At Piankatank River and Cobbs<br />
Creek; depth at fuel dock, 5.5’;<br />
gas, diesel and oil; ramp, ice,<br />
toilets and showers, electric boat<br />
for charter. Engine, hull, electrical<br />
and sail repairs; slip rental,<br />
wet, dry, open and covered boat<br />
storage; limited marine supplies,<br />
one rental apartment.<br />
■ Davis Creek<br />
<strong>The</strong> Marina on Davis Creek<br />
343 Davis Creek Rd.<br />
Bavon 725-3343<br />
Located by the water, northwest<br />
of New Point Light just off<br />
the Mobjack Bay; Lat.37-19.8'<br />
N Long.76-17.9' W. Deep water<br />
slips for boats to 50', pumpout<br />
station, ramp usage with dry slip<br />
rental, showers and restrooms,<br />
Valvtect gas and diesel.<br />
■ Horn Harbor<br />
Horn Harbor Marina<br />
308 Railway Rd.<br />
Port Haywood 725-3223<br />
Located north of New Point<br />
Comfort. Gas, diesel, ice, 6'<br />
depth. Pool, showers, restrooms,<br />
pumpout; 15-ton travel lift, 80ton<br />
railway. Hull repairs for fiberglass<br />
and wood. Covered and<br />
open slips.<br />
■ East River<br />
Compass Marina<br />
6199 East River Rd.<br />
Mobjack 725-7999<br />
From East River at Mobjack Bay,<br />
enter at the #5 Daymark. Floating<br />
docks, in-slip pumpout, up to twin<br />
50 amp electrical service, bathhouse,<br />
17 slips for boats up to<br />
50', dredged to 8' MLW.<br />
Zimmerman Marine<br />
59 Heron Point Rd.<br />
Cardinal 725-3440<br />
On the west side of the East<br />
River, at navigation marker 13;<br />
engine, hull, electrical and radio<br />
repairs; can haul power boats up<br />
to 55' and sailboats up to 60'<br />
and 35 tons. No dockage or marina<br />
services.<br />
■ Milford Haven<br />
Morningstar Marina<br />
249 Mill Point Rd.<br />
Hudgins 725-9343<br />
Next to the Milford Haven Coast<br />
Guard Station, Gwynn’s Island.<br />
Gas and oil, fuel dock depth, 4’.<br />
Engine repairs, bottom painting,<br />
ship’s store, ice, bait and fishing<br />
supplies. Sewage pumpout, dry<br />
storage only. Picnic area, bathhouse,<br />
rental apartment.<br />
www.morningstarmarinas.com<br />
■ North River<br />
Mobjack Bay Marina<br />
454 Marina Rd.<br />
North 725-7245<br />
On Blackwater Creek near<br />
marker #2. Gas, diesel, fuel<br />
dock, low tide depth—4’. Primarily<br />
a sailboat marina. Repairs to<br />
hulls, electrical systems, minor<br />
engine repairs, bottom painting.<br />
20-ton travel lift. Dockage,<br />
boat ramp, dry storage, sewage<br />
pumpout, showers, restrooms,<br />
ship’s store.<br />
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■ Queen’s Creek<br />
Queen’s Creek Marina<br />
321 Walnut Acres Ln.<br />
Hudgins 240-8670<br />
Sail and powerboat slips,<br />
some covered, electric, fresh water.<br />
Clubhouse, restrooms, showers,<br />
ice, covered picnic area,<br />
play area, fish cleaning station,<br />
pumpout station. Land boat/<br />
trailer storage.<br />
Middlesex<br />
■ Broad Creek<br />
Chesapeake Cove Marina<br />
170 Greens Cove Rd.<br />
Deltaville 776-6855<br />
Gas and diesel fuel, sewage<br />
pumpout, ship’s store, hull and<br />
engine repair, restrooms, Finatic<br />
fishing charters, travel lift and<br />
prop service. Powerboat sales.<br />
Coastal Marine Inc.<br />
160 Dockside Dr.<br />
Deltaville 776-6585<br />
Full service boatyard for power<br />
and sail, 50-ton travel-lift, engine<br />
and mechanical shop, specializes<br />
in repair of Mercury outboards,<br />
Crusader engines repair<br />
and service.<br />
Deltaville Yachting Center<br />
18355 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 776-9898<br />
Gas, ship’s store, clubhouse,<br />
pool, hull refinishing/painting,<br />
engine repairs and installation,<br />
full rigging service, a/c and heat<br />
install and repair, boatel, yard<br />
storage, slips, forklift, 50-ton<br />
travel lift. Chesapeake Yacht<br />
Sales; dealer for Catalina yachts<br />
and Carolina classic powerboats.<br />
Mainship and Albin specialist. VA<br />
clean marina.<br />
www.dycboat.com<br />
Chesapeake<br />
Yacht Sales<br />
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Norton Yacht Sales, Inc.<br />
97 Marina Dr.<br />
Deltaville 776-9211<br />
Slips, fuel, pumpouts,<br />
restrooms, laundry, full service<br />
yacht repair yard, Yanmar diesel<br />
engine repairs, 35 ton travel lift,<br />
dealer for Marlow Hunter, Marlow<br />
Mainship and Jeanneau sailboats,<br />
brokerage sail and power,<br />
ASA sailing school, sail charters.<br />
www.nortonyachts.com<br />
Norview Marina<br />
18691 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 776-6463<br />
Gas and diesel, sewage<br />
pumpout, ship’s store, boatel,<br />
hull and engine repair, restrooms,<br />
boat ramp, swimming pool, laundromat,<br />
convenience market,<br />
travel lift, forklift, Delta boat<br />
sales and brokerage.<br />
Regatta Point Yachting<br />
Center<br />
137 Neptune Ln.<br />
Deltaville 776-8400<br />
Open and covered slips to 70’,<br />
clubhouse, conference room,<br />
pool, private bathrooms, laundry,<br />
pumpout, 30 transient slips for<br />
individuals/groups, wireless internet<br />
access, concrete floating<br />
docks.<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong> Marine<br />
Service<br />
141 Hamble Ln.<br />
Deltaville 776-7574<br />
Full service boat yard. 30- ton<br />
travel lift, boat forklift, haul and<br />
launch, quick haul, bottom painting,<br />
engine and transmission<br />
repair and replacements, winterizations,<br />
wooden and fiberglass<br />
boat repairs.<br />
Stingray Point Boat Works<br />
19047 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 776-7070<br />
Dealer for:<br />
<strong>May</strong> 4 & 5 Deltaville Dealer Days<br />
Boat Sales Event! 10am – 4pm<br />
Food! Doorprizes! Boats to Buy!<br />
2012 Catalina 355 (w/ Incentive Pack) SOLD!<br />
2004 Mainship Pilot 30' $104,900<br />
1999 Carver 40' $118,995<br />
Owners: Lew & Onna Grimm<br />
Large Inventory Used Power & Sail Boats <br />
www.cysboat.com <br />
All kinds of maintenance, dockage<br />
and storage is available.<br />
Stingray Point Marina<br />
19167 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 776-7272<br />
Ship’s store, hull and engine<br />
repair, restrooms, travel lift, boat<br />
storage and annual rentals.<br />
Walden’s Marina<br />
1224 Timberneck Rd.<br />
Deltaville 776-9440<br />
75 covered and open boat<br />
slips, ship’s store, gas and diesel<br />
fuel, restrooms, pumpout<br />
facility, full-service boatyard, hull<br />
and engine repair, ice, transient<br />
space, travel lift.<br />
■ Fishing Bay<br />
Chesapeake Boat Works<br />
548 Deagles Rd.<br />
Deltaville 776-8833<br />
Ship’s store, hull and engine<br />
repair, restrooms, travel lift, railway,<br />
dockage and boat storage.<br />
www.chesapeakeboatworks.com<br />
Fishing Bay Harbor Marina<br />
519 Deagles Rd.<br />
Deltaville 776-6800<br />
Gas and diesel, sewage<br />
pumpout, ship’s store,<br />
restrooms, swimming pool, laundromat,<br />
bicycles, Wi-Fi, ValvTect<br />
marine fuel, floating and fixed,<br />
open and covered slips.<br />
■ Jackson Creek<br />
Deltaville Boat Yard<br />
274 Bucks View Ln.<br />
Deltaville 776-8900<br />
Hull and engine repair, dry<br />
storage, fiberglass repair, carpentry<br />
work, travel lift, full rigging<br />
services, full service yard.<br />
Deltaville Marina<br />
274 Bucks View Ln.<br />
Deltaville 776-9812<br />
Gas and diesel, sewage<br />
pumpout, ship’s store,<br />
restrooms, swimming pool, laundromat,<br />
yacht repair services.<br />
■ LaGrange Creek<br />
Remlik Marina and<br />
Danny’s Marine Services<br />
485 Burch Rd.<br />
Urbanna 758-5450<br />
Full-service boatyard, hull and<br />
engine repairs, ship’s store,<br />
pumpout, 30-ton travel lift, swimming<br />
pool, restrooms, onshore<br />
winter storage, gas, 99 covered<br />
slips.<br />
11007 General Puller Highway, Hartfield 23071<br />
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■ Locklies Creek<br />
Locklies Marina<br />
784 Locklies Creek Rd.<br />
Topping 758-2871<br />
Gas and diesel fuel, ship’s<br />
store, dry storage, charter boats<br />
moor at the facility, restrooms,<br />
two launching ramps, boat rentals,<br />
picnic tables.<br />
Regent Point Marina<br />
and Boatyard Inc.<br />
317 Regent Point Dr.<br />
Topping 758-4457<br />
Sailboats and trawlers only.<br />
Sewage pumpout, restrooms,<br />
showers, boat ramp for leaseholders,<br />
playground, covered<br />
picnic area, storage lockers, and<br />
full service boatyard including<br />
hauling and ground storage.<br />
www.regentpointmarina.com<br />
■ <strong>Rappahannock</strong> River<br />
Boatyard at Christchurch<br />
1228 Crafton Quarter Rd.<br />
Saluda 758-4067<br />
Boatel, 30-ton travel lift, gas,<br />
dry storage, ship’s store, bait,<br />
bathhouse, launch, ramp, hull<br />
and mechanical repair.
■ Robinson Creek<br />
Sunset Point Marina<br />
792 Burrell’s Marina Rd.<br />
Urbanna 758-5016<br />
40 slips on Robinson Creek,<br />
handmade rockfish, flounder and<br />
trout tackle on sale, restrooms<br />
and bath houses, pumpout facilities,<br />
ramp, picnic tables, ice, gas<br />
grills and East Coast houseboats<br />
sales and manufacturing.<br />
■ Urbanna Creek<br />
Dozier’s Port Urbanna<br />
Yachting Center<br />
1 Waterfront St.<br />
Urbanna 758-0000<br />
Hull and engine repair,<br />
restrooms, outside boat storage<br />
facilities, limited transient dockage.<br />
Groceries and downtown<br />
Urbanna within walking distance.<br />
Covered slips to 70’, clubhouse<br />
and 40-ton lift.<br />
Urbanna Creek Marina<br />
at the Bridge<br />
10 Watling St.<br />
Urbanna (540) 226-5357<br />
Adjacent to Urbanna Creek<br />
Bridge. 44 slips, bath and shower<br />
facilities, restaurant access,<br />
apartment complex for yearly<br />
rental.<br />
Urbanna Town Marina<br />
210 Oyster Rd.<br />
Urbanna 758-5440<br />
At foot of Virginia St. 32 slips,<br />
16 transient. Bath and shower<br />
facilities, laundry, bikes and golf<br />
cart rentals, pumpout station,<br />
handicapped accessible.<br />
Northumberland<br />
■ Coan River<br />
Coan River Marina<br />
3170 Lake Rd.<br />
Lottsburg 529-6767<br />
Deep water slips with easy<br />
access to bay and river. Gas/<br />
diesel, sewage pumpout, ship’s<br />
store, laundry, restrooms, full repairs,<br />
25-ton travelift.<br />
Lewisetta Marina<br />
369 Church Ln.<br />
Lottsburg 529-7299<br />
Gas/diesel, pumpout, ship’s<br />
store, ice, hull and engine repair,<br />
restrooms, ramp.<br />
■ Cockrell’s Creek<br />
Buzzards Point Marina<br />
468 Buzzard Point Rd.<br />
Reedville 453-3545<br />
Restrooms, showers, gas/<br />
diesel, ice, pumpout service, 70<br />
in-water slips, dry storage, Wi-Fi,<br />
Tangier Island ferry service, picnic<br />
area.<br />
Fairport Marina<br />
252 Polly Cove Rd.<br />
Fairport 453-5002<br />
Gas/diesel, ship’s store and<br />
restaurant, restrooms.<br />
Reedville Marina<br />
902 Main St.<br />
Reedville 453-6789<br />
At Crazy Crab on Cockrell’s<br />
Creek, boat slips, gas/diesel,<br />
showers, pumpout, Wi-Fi, gift<br />
shop, restaurant with inside/<br />
outside dining, 30 and 50 amp<br />
electric.<br />
■ Great Wicomico River<br />
Great Wicomico River Marina<br />
836 Horn Harbor Rd.<br />
Burgess 580-0716<br />
■ Little Wicomico River<br />
Chesapeake Bay<br />
Camp-Resort<br />
382 Campground Rd.<br />
Reedville 453-3430<br />
Covered slips, store, showers,<br />
swimming pool, mini-golf, pavilion,<br />
Sun. breakfast. Overnight<br />
Marinas<br />
or annual slip rentals. Cabins,<br />
lodges, tent, RV sites.<br />
Cockrell’s Marine Railway<br />
309 Railway Dr.<br />
Heathsville 453-3560<br />
Hull and engine repair, sewage<br />
pumpout, ramp.<br />
Smith Point Marina<br />
989 Smith Point Rd.<br />
Reedville 453-4077<br />
Full service, covered and uncovered<br />
slips, ramp, forklift and<br />
28 f<br />
You’re invited to Norton Yachts Boat Show at Deltaville Dealer Days <strong>May</strong> 4-5, <strong>2013</strong>!<br />
Recycle!<br />
Carries “Made in America”<br />
Tervis & Signature Tumblers, Rolf Glassware, Screencraft<br />
Tileworks, Blue Crab Bay, Green Tree Jewelry, Ipswich Bay Soap,<br />
Pumpernickel Cards, Blair Cedar and more!<br />
Large inside/outside Consignment Area<br />
<br />
Personalized Service • Full-Time Prop Shop<br />
Wet & Dry Storage • Brokerage Sales<br />
Certifi ed Mechanics Available<br />
Monday – Saturday<br />
Engine Repowering • 30-Ton Lift • Fiberglass Repair<br />
Blister Repair • Woodwork • Ships Store<br />
Spray & Brush Painting • Transmissions Rebuilt<br />
Gas & Diesel • Covered Slips<br />
AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR:<br />
Deltaville, Va.<br />
804-776-6855<br />
Broad Creek &<br />
Green’s Cove Rd.<br />
Support Made in the USA<br />
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Marinas<br />
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12-ton travel lift, camping, bathhouse,<br />
laundry, ship’s store.<br />
Transients welcome. Wi-Fi. One<br />
mile to the bay.<br />
www.smithpointmarina.com<br />
■ Lodge Creek<br />
Olverson’s Lodge Creek<br />
Marina Inc.<br />
1161 Melrose Rd.<br />
Lottsburg 529-6868<br />
Gas/diesel, pumpout, ramp,<br />
sand beach, heated pool, laundry,<br />
restrooms/showers, boat<br />
with trailer storage, covered and<br />
open slips, transients welcome.<br />
■ Towles Creek<br />
Ingram Bay Marina<br />
545 Harveys Neck Rd.<br />
Heathsville 580-7292<br />
Near Wicomico Church. Covered<br />
slips up to 48', outside slips<br />
up to 60'. Transient slips, rental<br />
cabins, banquet facilities. Gas/<br />
diesel, sewage pumpout, ship’s<br />
store, tackle/bait shop, deep<br />
boat ramp, restrooms, showers,<br />
beach. Fishing charters, cruises<br />
(dinner, sunset or destination),<br />
boat/canoe rentals.<br />
www.captbillyscharters.com<br />
■ Yeocomico River<br />
Krantz Marine Railway<br />
3048 Harryhogan Rd.<br />
Callao 529-6851<br />
Pumpout, ship’s store, hardware<br />
and marine supplies only,<br />
hull and engine repair, restrooms,<br />
slip rentals.<br />
Richmond<br />
■ Morattico Creek<br />
Whelan’s Marina<br />
3993 Hales Point Rd.<br />
Farnham 394-9500<br />
Gas, ship’s store, boat repairs,<br />
launching ramp, ABC off,<br />
28 <br />
restrooms/showers, sales of<br />
boat and engines, Yamaha<br />
Wave Runners, travel lift.<br />
Westmoreland<br />
■ Mattox Creek<br />
Stepp’s Harbor View Marina<br />
277 Harbor View Circle<br />
Oak Grove 224-9265<br />
Slip rentals, showers, pool,<br />
store, snack bar, boat sales<br />
and repairs, fuel, sewage<br />
pumpout.<br />
www.harborvu.com<br />
■ Monroe Bay<br />
Bayside Marina<br />
11 Monroe Bay Ave.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7570<br />
40-slip marina, close to<br />
downtown Colonial Beach.<br />
New bathhouse and club room.<br />
Lighthouse Restaurant. Transients<br />
welcome.<br />
Nightingale’s Motel<br />
and Marina<br />
101 Monroe Bay Ave.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7956<br />
10 transient slips,<br />
restrooms, restaurant next<br />
door, motel accommodations.<br />
Stanford’s Marina<br />
and Railway<br />
829 Robin Grove Ln.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7644<br />
Working boatyard, slip rentals,<br />
haul and lift, wooden boat<br />
repairs, marine store.<br />
Monroe Bay Marina<br />
551 Lafayette St.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7544<br />
95 rental slips, water and<br />
electric, bathrooms, on-site<br />
security.<br />
Winkie Doodle Point Marina<br />
554 Lafayette St.<br />
Deltaville Yachting Center<br />
BOATEL • SLIPS • SERVICE • BOATYARD<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Owners: Lew & Onna Grimm<br />
www.dycboat.com (804) 776-9898<br />
18355 General Puller Hwy., Deltaville<br />
Colonial Beach 224-9560<br />
65 rental slips, bathrooms,<br />
water and electric.<br />
■ Potomac River<br />
Colonial Beach Yacht<br />
Center<br />
1787 Castlewood Dr.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7230<br />
200-slip marina with covered<br />
and floating berths, transients<br />
welcome, fuel, ship’s store,<br />
boat yard with 30-ton marine<br />
lift, sewage pumpout, bathhouse,<br />
beach, playground,<br />
pub, restaurant.<br />
Can we offer you a lift?<br />
Urbanna, Va.<br />
(804) 758-1099 or (800) 718-5737<br />
www.eastcoastboatlifts.com<br />
Boat Lift Features<br />
• Aluminum or Galvanized<br />
Steel Construction<br />
• Stainless Steel Cables<br />
• GFCI Protected Motors<br />
• Enclosed Covers<br />
• Standard & Custom Design<br />
• Optional Remote Controls<br />
Westmoreland State Park<br />
1650 State Park Rd.<br />
Montross 493-8821<br />
Public boat ramp, gas, ice,<br />
bait and fishing supplies.<br />
■ Yeocomico River<br />
Kinsale Harbour Yacht Club<br />
and Restaurant<br />
285 Kinsale Rd.<br />
Kinsale 472-2514<br />
Deep water slips, showers,<br />
swimming pool, tennis court, and<br />
restaurant. Transients welcome.<br />
Port Kinsale Marina<br />
and Resort<br />
Boat Lift Types<br />
347 Allen Point Ln.<br />
Kinsale 472-2044<br />
106 slips. Store, fuel, electric,<br />
laundry, bath houses, slip rentals,<br />
boat ramp, sewage pumpout,<br />
pool, lodging. <strong>The</strong> Mooring Restaurant.<br />
Full-service marina with<br />
mechanical services.<br />
White Point Marina<br />
175 Marina Dr.<br />
Kinsale 472-2977<br />
Slip rentals, fuel, sewage<br />
pumpout, showers,<br />
haul-out/railway facilities, mechanical<br />
services.<br />
• Aluminum Overhead Beam (NEW)<br />
• Galvanized Overhead Beam<br />
• Low Profi le<br />
• Jet Ski Lifts<br />
(rotation & standard)<br />
• Boathouse<br />
• Boat Lift Replacement Parts<br />
(motors, switches, cable, beams, etc.)
Black Drum<br />
Minimum Size Limit: 12½" Total Length<br />
Limit: 1 Black Drum per person per day<br />
Blue Catfish<br />
Minimum Size Limit: None<br />
Limit: Only one over 32" per day<br />
Bluefish<br />
Minimum Size Limit: None<br />
Limit: 10 Bluefish per person per day<br />
Cobia (Bonita)<br />
Minimum Size Limit: 37" Total Length<br />
Limit: 1 Cobia per person per day<br />
Grey Trout (Weakfish)<br />
Minimum Size Limit: 12" Total Length<br />
Limit: 1 Grey Trout per day per person<br />
Red Drum (Channel Bass)<br />
Minimum Size Limit: 18" Total Length<br />
Maximum Size Limit: 26" Total Length<br />
Limit: 3 Red Drum per person per day<br />
Sheepshead<br />
Minimum Size Limit: none<br />
Limit: 4 Sheepshead per person per day<br />
<strong>2013</strong> Sizes and Limits<br />
Recreational Fishing Regulations in Virginia’s Marine Waters<br />
Spadefish<br />
Minimum Size Limit: None<br />
Limit: 4 Spadefish per person per day<br />
Spanish Mackerel<br />
Minimum Size Limit: 14" Total Length<br />
Limit: 15 Spanish Mackerel per person per day<br />
Speckled Trout (Spotted Sea Trout)<br />
Minimum Size Limit: 14" Total Length<br />
Limit: 10 Speckled Trout per person per day<br />
Striped Bass (Striper, Rockfish)<br />
Virginia Trophy Season, <strong>May</strong> 1–15<br />
Minimum Size Limit: 32"<br />
Possession Limit: 1 Rockfish per person per day<br />
Spring Season, <strong>May</strong> 16–June 15<br />
Minimum Size Limit: 18" | Maximum Size Limit **: 28"<br />
Limit: 2 Rockfish per person per day<br />
** One fish of the two fish limit may be larger than 32" in length or larger<br />
Fall Season, October 4–December 31<br />
2 per person per day<br />
1 Rockfish 28" or longer can be kept<br />
Minimum Size Limit: 18" | Maximum Size Limit: 28"<br />
Summer Flounder (Fluke)<br />
Minimum Size Limit: 16"<br />
Limit: 4 Flounder per person per day<br />
Tautog<br />
Minimum Size Limit: 16"<br />
Limit: 3 Tautog per person per day<br />
Closed Season: <strong>May</strong> 1–September 19<br />
For information on the most current regulations, contact Virginia Marine Resources Commission, 2600 Washington Ave., P.O. Box 756, Newport News, Va. 23607: (757) 247-2200. VMRC “Hotline” number to report<br />
violations: (800) 541-4646. VMRC monitors VHF Channel 17. <strong>The</strong> VMRC website is www.mrc.state.va.us. Fish illustrations, courtesy Duane Raver, may not be reproduced without permission (919) 553-0280.
Northern Neck Anglers Club:<br />
A whopper of a fish tale<br />
by Lisa Hinton-Valdrighi<br />
NNAC <strong>2013</strong> Tournament Schedule<br />
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When two or more anglers get<br />
together, a few fi sh tales are<br />
inevitable. So when 30 or<br />
so members of the Northern Neck<br />
Anglers Club (NNAC) convene for<br />
a meeting, the stories are bound to<br />
be abundant.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> fi sh that get away are<br />
always very big ones. In fact, they<br />
Date Tournament Species Sponsor<br />
get bigger every time you tell the<br />
story,” said Jan Jamrog, NNAC’s<br />
2012 Angler of the Year.<br />
Jamrog has only been a member<br />
of the club for three years, but for a<br />
new member and relatively novice<br />
saltwater fi sherman, he’s done<br />
pretty well for himself. He earned<br />
31 total points during fi shing tour-<br />
<strong>May</strong> 4–5 Trophy Striper Rockfi sh Ace Hardware<br />
<strong>May</strong> 25–26 Rock-A-Thon Rockfi sh & Croaker RW’s Sport Shop<br />
June 22–23 Target Ship Shootout Bluefi sh, Flounder & Croaker Surfside Bait & Tackle<br />
July 20–21 Flounder Bash Flounder, Croaker, Speckled Trout<br />
& Puppy Drum<br />
J&W Seafood<br />
Aug. 17–18 Spanish Lessons Spanish Mackerel, Bluefi sh,<br />
Spot & Puppy Drum<br />
NNAC<br />
Sept. 14–15 Fall Grab Bag Speckled Trout, Spanish Mackerel,<br />
Spot & Puppy Drum<br />
NNAC<br />
Oct. 12–13 Striper Challenge Rockfi sh & Bluefi sh Marine Electronics of Hartfi eld<br />
Nov. 30–Dec.8 Bonus Rockfi sh Rockfi sh Southeastern Marine<br />
Jim Morris shows off his citation rockfish.<br />
naments last year to capture the<br />
angler of the year award.<br />
He read about the club in a<br />
newspaper article several years<br />
ago and like so many other recreational<br />
fi shermen was intrigued.<br />
For those who don’t know,<br />
NNAC is a group of recreational<br />
fi shermen dedicated to educating<br />
anglers on saltwater fi shing techniques<br />
and sharing the latest fi shing<br />
info on everything from tackle<br />
and bait selection to the hottest<br />
fi shing spots in the bay and rivers.<br />
<strong>The</strong> club currently has over 100<br />
members, according to president<br />
Tom Smith of Windmill Point.<br />
“And more than half [of the<br />
members] are out of the area but<br />
fi sh in the Northern Neck region.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y either have a boat down here<br />
or a weekend house,” said Smith.<br />
How it Started<br />
Just over a decade ago two boat<br />
captains were talking fi shing and<br />
the idea for the anglers club was<br />
born.
Captain Dave Compton of<br />
Mechanicsville, who ran a charter<br />
boat for about eight years, was<br />
docking his boat at Ingram Bay<br />
Marina in Northumberland County<br />
when he and Captain Billy Pipkin<br />
started talking “about how nice it<br />
would be to have an angling club<br />
in the area.”<br />
Pipkin told Compton, who<br />
owns a weekend home at Ingram<br />
Bay, that an organizational meeting<br />
for such a club had been held<br />
and about 100 people attended but<br />
“nothing came of it,” said Compton.<br />
So Compton went to the<br />
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum<br />
and asked director Angus Murdoch<br />
why the museum didn’t do something<br />
for the recreational angler.<br />
As luck would have it, Murdoch<br />
NNAC <strong>2013</strong> Meeting Schedule<br />
■ Saturday, April 27 7 p.m. at Transportation Building, 73<br />
Monument Place, Heathsville.<br />
■ Saturday, June 8 7 p.m. at Lancaster Community Library,<br />
35 School Street, Kilmarnock.<br />
■ Saturday, August 10 7 p.m. at Transportation Building, 73<br />
Monument Place, Heathsville.<br />
■ Saturday, October 5 7 p.m. at Lancaster Community<br />
Library, 35 School Street, Kilmarnock.<br />
Meetings are open to the public.<br />
Captain Dave Compton pulls in a fish.<br />
told Compton the museum had<br />
just received a $600 grant for such<br />
a purpose and Compton helped to<br />
organize a daylong fishing seminar,<br />
complete with guest speakers<br />
and door prizes.<br />
“We needed about 60 people<br />
to break even,” said Compton.<br />
“And the day before we only had<br />
39 people signed up. But on that<br />
Saturday, in February, right smack<br />
in the middle of winter, we opened<br />
the doors and people were lined<br />
up waiting to get in. It was incredible.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum netted about<br />
$1,200, he added, “and there was<br />
an instant decision to have another<br />
one the next year.”<br />
Compton helped organize three<br />
successful seminars and in August<br />
2003 posted a proposal about<br />
forming an anglers club on the<br />
website Tidal Fish. Well, he immediately<br />
got dozens of responses.<br />
“And not just from locals but<br />
people from all over seemed interested,”<br />
said Compton.<br />
One responder even wrote, “Let<br />
me know where to send the check.<br />
Great idea!”<br />
With an overwhelming response,<br />
Compton held an organizational<br />
meeting in October 2003 with<br />
about 35 attendees. By the end<br />
of the club’s first year, there were<br />
close to 100 members.<br />
In 2006, the club had a record<br />
254 members.<br />
“We had members from Pennsylvania,<br />
West Virginia, Maryland,<br />
all the way out to the Shenandoah<br />
continued on page 32<br />
NNAC<br />
Weigh-in Stations<br />
■ Lewisetta Marina<br />
369 Church Lane<br />
Lottsburg, VA 22511<br />
■ Smith Point Marina<br />
989 Smith Point Road<br />
Reedville, VA 22539<br />
■ Ingram Bay Marina<br />
545 Harvey’s Neck Road<br />
Heathsville, VA 22473<br />
■ B.E.S.T. Marine<br />
1220 Crafton Quarters<br />
Saluda, VA 23149<br />
■ Norview Marina<br />
Rt. 3 East<br />
Deltaville, VA 23043<br />
■ Chesapeake Boat Basin<br />
1686 Waverly Avenue<br />
Kilmarnock, VA 22482<br />
■ Morningstar Marina<br />
249 Mill Point Road<br />
Hudgins, VA 23076<br />
■ R.W’s Sport Shop<br />
249 Mill Point Road<br />
Callao, VA 22435<br />
■ J&W Seafood<br />
Rt. 33<br />
Deltaville, VA 23043<br />
■ Buzzard’s Point Marina<br />
468 Buzzard Point Road<br />
Reedville, VA 22539<br />
■ Northern Neck ACE<br />
Hardware<br />
96 School Street<br />
Kilmarnock, VA 22482<br />
Emmitt Boyd holds up his catch, caught on the Tangier Sound.<br />
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Billy Thorpe holds up his winning<br />
38-pound, 1-ounce rockfish.<br />
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Tom Hedgepeth displays his day’s catch.<br />
continued from page 31<br />
Valley and as far down the coast<br />
as Virginia Beach,” said Compton,<br />
who served as club president<br />
for eight years. “I never thought it<br />
would happen like that.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Benefi ts<br />
<strong>The</strong> club’s annual dues of $30<br />
includes an opportunity to fi sh in<br />
eight tournaments and an annual<br />
family picnic. NNAC holds<br />
four meetings per year, two in<br />
Northumberland County and two in<br />
Lancaster, all are open to the public.<br />
“Our tournaments aren’t terribly<br />
competitive,” said Smith.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>re are prizes, which are gift<br />
certifi cates to our sponsor businesses.<br />
Most have prizes for fi rst<br />
and second but the last tournament<br />
of the year, we gave six awards.<br />
“Our club couldn’t do what it<br />
does at this membership price<br />
without out sponsors and our<br />
weigh-in stations, which do our<br />
weigh-ins for free,” he added.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are 11 weigh-in locations<br />
for the tournaments, scattered from<br />
the Potomac River to Gwynn’s<br />
Island. A few, like Northern Neck<br />
Ace Hardware in Kilmarnock, are<br />
even landlocked.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y used to all be on the<br />
water,” said Smith. “But then we<br />
realized gas was too expensive to<br />
drive 20 miles to weigh in a tiny<br />
fi sh that may not even win.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> club has four fi shing<br />
regions, north of the Potomac<br />
River down to Smith Point and<br />
Cape Charles. If there is a small<br />
craft advisory in any of the four<br />
areas on tournament day, the fi shing<br />
is suspended.<br />
“We all have what I would call<br />
small boats,” said Smith. Most, he<br />
said, are 25-feet and smaller.<br />
Youth members, high school<br />
age and younger, are free.<br />
“We encourage parents to take<br />
their kids and grandparents to take<br />
their grandkids fi shing,” said Smith.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re’s also a lot of cooperative<br />
fi shing and teaching among club<br />
members, he said.<br />
“A lot of our members were<br />
freshwater fi shermen and started<br />
saltwater fi shing and wanted to<br />
learn,” said Smith.<br />
“We also have a fi shing partners<br />
list that you sign up for,” he<br />
said. “You can save money on gas<br />
and expenses and learn something<br />
from someone else.”<br />
Angler of the Year<br />
Jamrog, who has a summer<br />
home in Edwardsville in<br />
NNAC Sponsors<br />
■ ACE Hardware<br />
of Kilmarnock<br />
■ Green Top<br />
Sporting Goods<br />
■ J&W Seafood<br />
■ Jett’s Hardware<br />
of Reedville<br />
■ Marine Electronics<br />
of Hartfi eld<br />
■ RW’s Sport Shop<br />
■ Southeastern Marine<br />
■ Surfside Bait & Tackle<br />
■ Chesapeake Angler<br />
Magazine<br />
Northumberland County, was<br />
one of those freshwater fi shermen<br />
when he joined NNAC three<br />
years ago.<br />
Originally from New Hampshire,<br />
saltwater fi shing created<br />
“a whole new learning curve for<br />
[him].”<br />
He must have been a quick<br />
learner. Jamrog tallied 31 points<br />
last year, a whopping 12 points<br />
better than the angler of the year<br />
runner-up.<br />
“I think what happened was I<br />
went out and learned how to fi sh<br />
for all the species in our tournaments,<br />
while we have a lot of<br />
fi shermen who specialize in one<br />
variety. <strong>May</strong>be they’re outstanding<br />
in their area, like catching<br />
fl ounder or rockfi sh. Plus I was<br />
lucky.”<br />
Susan Hudson, who is one of<br />
only six women among the 100<br />
members, was the 2011 Angler<br />
of the Year. She and her husband<br />
retired from the Dahlgren area to<br />
the Northern Neck in 2010 primarily<br />
to fi sh.<br />
“We love fi shing and that’s one<br />
of the main reasons we came to the<br />
Reedville area,” said Hudson.<br />
Jamrog agrees.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re’s nothing like a relaxing<br />
day fi shing. In fact, “any day on<br />
the water is a good day,” he said.
Reedville Fishing<br />
Derby is <strong>May</strong> 3-4<br />
REEDVILLE—<strong>The</strong> 30th<br />
annual Reedville Fishing Derby<br />
will be held <strong>May</strong> 3 and 4. Buzzard’s<br />
Point Marina in Reedville<br />
will host the event. <strong>The</strong> Derby<br />
benefits Smith Point Sea<br />
Rescue.<br />
For <strong>2013</strong>, the target species<br />
is striped bass. Over $30,000 in<br />
cash prizes and awards will be<br />
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On Saturday night, the winners<br />
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Derby details and entry forms<br />
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Beaverdam Big Bash<br />
tourney due <strong>May</strong> 18<br />
GLOUCESTER—Five open<br />
tournaments are held at Beaverdam<br />
Park in Gloucester throughout<br />
the summer for fishermen to<br />
accumulate points toward a final<br />
closed Big Bash Classic Tournament<br />
in October.<br />
<strong>The</strong> top 20 teams compete in<br />
the final closed tournament to<br />
determine Beaverdam Park’s top<br />
fisherman of the season.<br />
<strong>The</strong> entry fee per tournament<br />
is $35 per boat for annual pass<br />
holders and $40 per boat for<br />
non-pass holders.<br />
Tournaments are held on<br />
the third Saturday during the<br />
months of March, April, <strong>May</strong>,<br />
June and September. Call 693-<br />
2355 to register.<br />
Middle Bay Boat Show coming to Norview Marina<br />
DELTAVILLE—Norview<br />
Marina in Deltaville will host<br />
the third annual Middle Bay<br />
Boat Show, a land and in-water<br />
event which will take place on<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 4, from 10 a.m.-6<br />
p.m. and Sunday, <strong>May</strong> 5, from<br />
11 a.m.-5 p.m., rain or shine.<br />
<strong>The</strong> show will be sponsored<br />
by Chesapeake Bay Magazine,<br />
West Marine, Richmond’s K95<br />
Country, <strong>The</strong> Local Scoop and<br />
the Virginia Marine Trades<br />
Association, and is expected to<br />
feature a variety of boat brands<br />
including Grady-White, Cobia,<br />
Parker, Sea Fox, Sea Cat, Edgewater,<br />
Key West, Chapparal,<br />
Scout, Carolina Cat and Polar<br />
among others.<br />
In addition, more than 30<br />
exhibitors will showcase everything<br />
from marine electronics<br />
to custom canvas products and<br />
marine fuel polishing services.<br />
This year, the Deltaville<br />
Maritime Museum will again<br />
display Explorer, its fully functional<br />
sailing and rowing replica<br />
of the shallop Captain John<br />
Smith used to explore and map<br />
the Chesapeake Bay in 1607-<br />
1608. Explorer was built by the<br />
Deltaville Maritime Museum in<br />
2006.<br />
Last year’s Middle Bay Boat<br />
Show drew nearly 1,200 visitors.<br />
“This is the only show of<br />
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its kind in the Middle Bay and<br />
it has grown since its inaugural<br />
year in 2011. This year, we are<br />
celebrating the trademarking<br />
of Deltaville, Virginia as “<strong>The</strong><br />
Boating Capitol of the Chesapeake<br />
Bay,” said Ernie Asaff,<br />
owner of Norview Marina. “On<br />
<strong>May</strong> 4-5, Deltaville also will<br />
host Deltaville Dealer Days, an<br />
open house at several marinas in<br />
the area. <strong>The</strong> town will literally<br />
be awash in enthusiastic boaters<br />
during the weekend.”<br />
Admission is free and there<br />
will be fun activities for the kids.<br />
For more information, contact<br />
Norview Marina at 776-6463 or<br />
visit www.norviewmarina.com.<br />
Above price does not include tax.<br />
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Listed here are directions<br />
to public boat ramps.<br />
Essex<br />
Bowlers Wharf<br />
At the end of Rt. 684 in<br />
Dunnsville.<br />
Dock Street Public<br />
Landing<br />
At the end of Dock St. in<br />
Tappahannock.<br />
Layton Ramp<br />
On Rt. 637 in<br />
Tappahannock.<br />
Prince Street Public<br />
Landing<br />
Off Rt. 360 in downtown<br />
Tappahannock.<br />
Ware’s Wharf<br />
At the end of Rt. 611 in<br />
Dunnsville.<br />
Gloucester<br />
Deep Point Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 606. Turn<br />
from Rt. 198 at Harcum.<br />
Gloucester Point Landing<br />
Near north end of York River<br />
bridge, off Rt. 17.<br />
Williams Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 1303, off<br />
Rt. 17.<br />
Cappahosic Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 618. Turn<br />
from Rt. 614 near Sassafras.<br />
Tanyard Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 617. From<br />
Rt. 17 at Woods Crossroads,<br />
take Rt. 610 south, then Rt.<br />
617 right.<br />
Warehouse Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 621. From<br />
Rt. 17, turn near Gloucester<br />
Courthouse.<br />
King and Queen<br />
Waterfence Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 611. Turn<br />
off Rt. 14 at Shanghai.<br />
King William<br />
West Point Landing<br />
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<strong>Rivah</strong> Ramps<br />
Turn off Rt. 33 near west<br />
end of Mattaponi River<br />
bridge.<br />
Lancaster<br />
Greenvale Creek Landing<br />
From River Rd. (Rt. 354)<br />
near Mollusk, turn on Rocky<br />
Neck Rd. (Rt. 662) to Thomas<br />
Landing Rd.<br />
Belle Isle State Park<br />
From River Road (Rt. 354)<br />
turn on Belle Isle State Road<br />
(Rt. 683). Fee $3.<br />
Mathews<br />
Milford Haven Landing<br />
On Gwynn’s Island. Turn<br />
from Rt. 198.<br />
Town Point Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 615. From<br />
Rt. 198 south of Mathews Courthouse,<br />
turn right onto Rt. 615.<br />
Middlesex<br />
Mill Stone Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 608, Water<br />
View. Turn off Rt. 17 onto<br />
Rt. 640, then left on Rt. 608.<br />
Oakes/Saluda Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 618. Turn<br />
at stoplight in Saluda.<br />
Upper Mill Creek Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 626. Near<br />
Hartfield, take Rt. 627, then<br />
left on Rt. 626.<br />
Urbanna Creek<br />
In Urbanna at the end of Virginia<br />
St. in municipal marina<br />
(fee for out-of town users).<br />
Northumberland<br />
Lodge Landing<br />
From Northumberland Hwy.<br />
(Rt. 360) in Callao, turn right<br />
on Harry Hogan Rd. (Rt. 712).<br />
Go to end.<br />
Forest Landing<br />
From Northumberland Hwy. (Rt.<br />
360) north of Heathsville, turn on<br />
Coan Stage Rd. (Rt. 612).<br />
Rowes Landing<br />
From Northumberland Hwy.<br />
(Rt. 360) near Heathsville,<br />
turn on Rowe’s Landing Rd.<br />
(Rt. 601) to the end.<br />
Cooper’s Landing<br />
From Northumberland<br />
Hwy (Rt. 360) turn south at<br />
Horsehead onto Cooper’s<br />
Landing Rd. (Rt. 707) to end.<br />
Shell Landing<br />
Turn from Northumberland<br />
Hwy. (Rt. 360) in Reedville<br />
onto Fleeton Rd. (Rt. 657).<br />
Cranes Creek<br />
Turn from Jessie Ball du-<br />
Pont Memorial Hwy. (Rt. 200)<br />
at Wicomico Church onto Sandy<br />
Point Rd. (Rt. 666).<br />
Richmond<br />
Simonson Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 606. Turn<br />
from Rt. 3 onto Rt. 608, then<br />
to Rt. 606.<br />
Totuskey Creek Landing<br />
Off Rt. 3 south of Warsaw.<br />
Carter’s Wharf<br />
Off Newland Rd. (Rt. 624)<br />
to Carter’s Wharf Rd. (Rt.<br />
622).<br />
Farnham Creek<br />
Canoe Landing<br />
Rt. 608 on Farnham Creek<br />
Rd.<br />
Westmoreland<br />
Westmoreland State Park<br />
Enter from Rt. 3.<br />
Bonums Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 763. Turn<br />
from Rt. 202 north of Callao.<br />
Currioman Dock<br />
At the end of Rt. 622. Turn<br />
from Rt. 3 in Montross.<br />
Branson Cove<br />
At the end of Rt. 612. Turn<br />
from Rt. 202 towards Coles<br />
Point.<br />
Coles Point Plantation<br />
Off of Rt. 728, Coles Point.<br />
Colonial Beach Landing<br />
At the end of Rt. 633. Turn<br />
from Rt. 205 between Oak<br />
Grove and Colonial Beach.<br />
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All area codes are (804) unless<br />
otherwise listed.<br />
Essex<br />
Essex County Parks and<br />
Recreation Department<br />
305 Cross Street<br />
443-2470<br />
Sports activities for youth and<br />
adults. Ball fields at Essex High<br />
School.<br />
Marsh Street Park<br />
Marsh St.<br />
Tappahannock 443-2470<br />
<strong>The</strong> park is run by Essex<br />
County Parks and Recreation Department,<br />
pool open June–Aug.,<br />
Tues.–Sat. 11 a.m.–6 p.m. and<br />
Sun. 1–6 p.m.<br />
Tennis Courts<br />
833 High School Circle<br />
Tappahannock 443-2470<br />
At Essex High School. Open to<br />
the public from 5 p.m. until dark<br />
when school is not in session.<br />
Gloucester<br />
Ark Park<br />
7963 Number Nine Rd.<br />
Gloucester<br />
This active park features soccer<br />
fields, a softball field, outdoor<br />
basketball court, restrooms and<br />
a large playground.<br />
Beaverdam Park<br />
8687 Roaring Springs Rd.<br />
Gloucester 693-2107<br />
<strong>The</strong> park contains a 635-acre<br />
freshwater lake. Eleven fish attractors<br />
and several species of<br />
fish are found there. Canoes,<br />
kayaks, paddle boats, and Jon<br />
boats with or without electric<br />
motors are for rent. Launch your<br />
own for a fee. Motors powered<br />
by fuels are not permitted. <strong>The</strong><br />
park has a playground, picnic<br />
shelter and an extensive hiking<br />
trail system including an<br />
interpretive trail, and multi-use<br />
trail for horseback riding or biking.<br />
Open daily from sunrise<br />
to sunset. Fishing and hunting<br />
licenses, bait and snacks are<br />
available.<br />
Brown Park<br />
Foster Rd.<br />
Gloucester<br />
Features a half pipe and<br />
large concrete area with ramps<br />
and rails for skateboarders. An<br />
open, tree-lined grass area is<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Parks & Recreation<br />
also available.<br />
Gloucester Point Beach Park<br />
1255 Greate Rd.<br />
Gloucester Point<br />
<strong>The</strong> park offers fishing with no<br />
license required, public beach,<br />
playground, restrooms, snack<br />
bar, an observation deck with<br />
high powered binoculars to view<br />
birds and wildlife.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gloucester Department<br />
of Parks and Recreation<br />
6467 Main Street<br />
Gloucester 693-2355<br />
25 public parks or water access<br />
areas.<br />
Public Beach<br />
Gloucester Point Beach on Rt.<br />
1208 at the York River. Fishing<br />
and restrooms.<br />
Tyndall Point Park<br />
1376 Vernon St.<br />
Gloucester Point<br />
<strong>The</strong> park contains remnants<br />
of Confederate and Union fortifications.<br />
It is the site of colonial<br />
Gloucester Towne, the first building<br />
of which was a tobacco warehouse<br />
built in 1632. It also has<br />
open play areas.<br />
Woodville Park<br />
Bray’s Point Road/<br />
Woodville Park Road<br />
<strong>The</strong> county’s newest park contains<br />
hundreds of acres of land<br />
donated to Gloucester for preser-<br />
Vir-Mar Beach is a public beach in Northumberland County.<br />
vation of green space. Includes<br />
soccer and football fields, gardens,<br />
hiking paths and an area<br />
for events and social activities.<br />
Lancaster<br />
Belle Isle State Park<br />
1632 Belle Isle Rd.<br />
Lancaster 462-5030<br />
A 700-acre park on the<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong> River, Mulberry<br />
and Deep creeks. Open daily,<br />
sunrise to sunset. Picnic areas,<br />
handicap accessible boardwalk<br />
and fishing pier, hiking/biking<br />
trails, bridle paths, motorboat<br />
ramp ($3 fee). Canoe and kayak<br />
rentals, bicycle and motorboat<br />
rentals. <strong>The</strong> park also offers sunset<br />
and moonlight canoe trips,<br />
nature programs and overnight<br />
camping and accommodations.<br />
Parking fee $3 weekends/holidays,<br />
$2 weekdays.<br />
www.virginiastateparks.gov<br />
Scottie Yard<br />
N. Main St. and Town Centre Dr.<br />
Kilmarnock<br />
<strong>The</strong> Kilmarnock Dog Park features<br />
off-leash play areas for<br />
small and large dogs. Open dawn<br />
to dusk.<br />
Hiking Trails<br />
Hickory Hollow Trail, 2 miles<br />
of marked trail, Regina Rd. (Rt.<br />
604) in Lancaster Courthouse.<br />
Open dawn to dusk.<br />
Chesapeake Trail, 1.5 mi.<br />
hiking trail geared to kids, Mary<br />
Ball Rd. (Rt.3) ¼ mile east of<br />
Lancaster Courthouse. Open<br />
dawn to dusk.<br />
Baylor Nature Trail on Norris<br />
Pond in Kilmarnock is on a former<br />
logging road. On Mary Ball<br />
Rd. (Rt. 3) east of downtown<br />
Kilmarnock. Open dawn to dusk.<br />
Public Beach<br />
Westland Beach at the terminus<br />
of Windmill Point Rd. (Rt.<br />
695) provides access to the<br />
Chesapeake Bay. Open dawn to<br />
dusk.<br />
Mathews<br />
Bethel Beach<br />
Natural Area Preserve<br />
Turn left on Rt. 611 just<br />
south of the town of Mathews.<br />
Turn right on Rt. 643, then left<br />
on Rt. 609. This 50-acre parcel<br />
contains a sandy beach, low<br />
dunes and salt marsh habitat<br />
bordering the Chesapeake<br />
Bay. Over 90 bird species have<br />
been reported on the preserve,<br />
which also protects the globally<br />
rare Northeastern Beach Tiger<br />
Beetle.<br />
Mathews Recreation Park<br />
<strong>The</strong> park is next to Mathews<br />
High School. It has a softball field,<br />
basketball court, playground and<br />
two lighted tennis courts. Rt. 14<br />
about a mile north of Mathews<br />
Courthouse.<br />
Public Beaches<br />
New Point Comfort Island at<br />
the Bay is accessible only by<br />
boat at high tide.<br />
Haven Beach, Diggs on Rt.<br />
643 at the Bay.<br />
Middlesex<br />
Holly Point Nature Park<br />
Deltaville<br />
<strong>The</strong> park offers a retreat on the<br />
banks of Mill Creek. Activities available<br />
are picnicking, bird watching<br />
or walking the nature trail. Visitors<br />
can explore the fish-shaped wildflower<br />
meadow and view the boats<br />
exhibited by the Deltaville Maritime<br />
Museum. <strong>The</strong>re is also a children’s<br />
garden and kayak landing.<br />
Open daily from dawn to dusk.<br />
Lewis B. Puller Memorial Park<br />
Saluda<br />
<strong>The</strong> park is sponsored by the<br />
Middlesex County Museum and<br />
is open 24 hours a day and is on<br />
Business Rt. 17 across from the<br />
museum.<br />
Urbanna Waterman’s Park<br />
Colorado Ave.<br />
Urbanna<br />
Overlooks the <strong>Rappahannock</strong><br />
River. <strong>The</strong>re is a picnic area and<br />
the park is open from sunrise to<br />
sunset.<br />
Middlesex County<br />
Sports Complex<br />
Sports Complex Road<br />
Locust Hill<br />
Walking track, volleyball and<br />
basketball courts, soccer/football<br />
field. Open dawn to dusk.<br />
Softball/baseball fields must be<br />
scheduled through Sports Complex<br />
Committee.<br />
Public Beach<br />
Wake Beach at the end of Rt.<br />
627.<br />
Swimming Pools<br />
Town of Urbanna and Deltaville<br />
Community Association (for residents<br />
and guests of residents).<br />
Taber Park<br />
351 Bonner St.<br />
Urbanna<br />
For residents and guests<br />
of residents: playground, and<br />
swimming.<br />
36 f<br />
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Parks<br />
f 35 Bay for marsh-bird communities. <strong>Rappahannock</strong> River Valley low Newland Rd. for 4.2 miles, Bay Ave.<br />
King George<br />
Sand beach habitat is important<br />
for the threatened Northeastern<br />
National Wildlife Refuge<br />
336 Wilna Rd.<br />
then turn left onto Strangeway/<br />
Rt 636. Follow Strangeway for Public Beach<br />
Caledon Natural Area Beach Tiger Beetle. Facilities Warsaw<br />
¼ mile, then turn right onto Colonial Beach<br />
11617 Caledon Rd.<br />
include a trail and boardwalk, One of four refuges that com- Sandy Ln./Rt 640. Follow San- Sunrise to sunset.<br />
King George<br />
a wildlife viewing platform, and prise the Eastern Virginia Rivers dy Ln. for 1.1 miles, then turn<br />
(800) 933-PARK parking area. Jessie Ball duPont National Wildlife Refuge Com- left into <strong>Rappahannock</strong> River Voorhees Nature Preserve<br />
A National Natural Landmark, Mem. Hwy (Rt. 200) to Shiloh plex. It protects 20,000 acres Valley NWR.<br />
1235 Berry Farm Ln.<br />
Caledon was the early colo- School Rd. (Rt. 606) turn left on of wetlands and associated<br />
Colonial Beach<br />
nial seat of the Alexander fam- Balls Neck Rd. (Rt. 605).<br />
ily. John and Philip Alexander<br />
uplands along the river and its<br />
major tributaries. At least four Westmoreland<br />
(434) 295-6106<br />
A 729-acre preserve on the<br />
founded the city of Alexandria Fishing Piers<br />
federally-listed threatened or en- A.T. Johnson<br />
northeast bank of <strong>Rappahannock</strong><br />
and established Caledon Planta- <strong>The</strong> Great Wicomico Public dangered species may be found, Recreation Center<br />
River, next to Westmoreland<br />
tion in 1659. Preservation of the Fishing Pier is on the southern including the American bald ea- 18849 Kings Hwy.<br />
Berry Farm. Four miles of<br />
bald eagle habitat is the primary shore of the Great Wicomico gle, peregrine falcon, shortnose Montross<br />
wooded trails for self-guided<br />
focus of the natural area. Five River just off Jessie Ball duPont sturgeon, and sensitive joint Aerobics, dance classes, walks. Trail map available at the<br />
hiking trails, limited tours of the Mem. Hwy. (Rt. 200) near the vetch. <strong>The</strong> Refuge hosts three cooking programs, basketball, Westmoreland Berry Farm store.<br />
eagle area are offered mid-June bridge at Glebe Point. Open from sites on the Virginia Birding and gymnastics, volleyball, enclosed Open weekends, 8 a.m.–6 p.m.,<br />
through Aug. by reservation only. sunrise to sunset.<br />
Wildlife Trail.<br />
batting cage, soccer and base- Apr. 22–Dec. 17.<br />
Guests can learn more about<br />
ball fields and small auditorium.<br />
Caledon by touring the visitor Hughlett Point<br />
Totuskey Tricentennial Park Meeting room and patio available Westmoreland Parks and<br />
center.<br />
Natural Area Preserve<br />
With boat landing, Rt. 3 at To- for rental.<br />
Recreation Department<br />
225-2303 tuskey Creek Bridge.<br />
493-8163<br />
Barnesfield Park<br />
<strong>The</strong> 205-acre preserve has<br />
Castlewood Park<br />
Provides recreation services to<br />
(540) 663-3205 sand beaches on the Chesa- Wilna Pond<br />
On Castlewood Dr. Permit all county citizens and visitors.<br />
Hwy. 301 at the Potomac peake Bay and the mouth of<br />
333-1470 required for parties over 20<br />
Gateway Welcome Center, King Dividing Creek, hiking trails and A 35-acre site, is open to people.<br />
Westmoreland State Park<br />
George. 175-acre county park on observation decks to view shore- public fishing. <strong>The</strong> pond is<br />
1650 State Park Rd.<br />
the Potomac River with nature birds, deer, turkey and migratory home to large mouth bass, Hurt Field at Legion Park Montross<br />
trails, picnic areas, playground, waterfowl. <strong>The</strong> beaches are home bluegill sunfish, fliers, yellow Rt. 3 west of Montross. Four- <strong>The</strong> park extends about one<br />
and beach fishing.<br />
to the threatened Northeastern bullhead catfish and American acre public park adjacent to and a half miles along the<br />
Beach Tiger Beetle. Take Jessie eel. <strong>The</strong> Wilna Unit is open for Chandlers Mill Pond offering rec- Potomac River, and its 1,299<br />
Northumberland<br />
Ball duPont Mem. Hwy. (Rt. 200) observation and photography<br />
turn on Shiloh School Rd. (Rt. daily, sunrise to sunset. Access<br />
reational opportunities for county<br />
residents.<br />
acres neighbor the former<br />
homes of both George Wash-<br />
606) to the end. Turn right on for canoes and kayaks is availington<br />
and Robert E. Lee. <strong>The</strong><br />
Balls Neck Rd. (Rt. 605). able. All other refuge units are Oak Grove Park<br />
Horsehead Cliffs provide visitors<br />
open by advanced reservation Rt. 205 between Oak Grove with a spectacular view of the<br />
Public Beach<br />
only. Headquarters are open and Colonial Beach. Eight-acre Potomac River. <strong>The</strong> park offers<br />
Vir-Mar Beach at the end of Mon.–Fri., 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m., public park featuring a sports hiking, camping, cabins, fish-<br />
Vir-Mar Beach Rd. (Rt. 643 ) in except federal holidays. From field, playground and picnic area. ing, boating and swimming. <strong>The</strong><br />
Hack’s Neck.<br />
Tappahannock, take US-360 E.<br />
visitor center gives an historical<br />
toward Warsaw. Follow US-360 Robin Grove Park<br />
and ecological perspective to<br />
Richmond<br />
E. for 4.1 miles, then turn left<br />
onto Rt. 624/Newland Rd. Fol-<br />
Colonial Beach<br />
an important natural area on<br />
On Robin Grove, off Monroe the coastal plain.<br />
Bush Mill Stream<br />
Natural Area Preserve<br />
At the mouth of Bush Mill<br />
Stream freshwater meets the<br />
saltwater of the Great Wicomico<br />
River. Tidal marshes and mud<br />
flats between steep-sided forested<br />
shores. Access by foot<br />
or canoe. Open daylight hours.<br />
Trails, boardwalk, viewing platform<br />
and interpretive signs for an<br />
abundance of wildlife. Four miles<br />
from Heathsville on Courthouse<br />
Rd. (Rt. 201), continue straight<br />
on Knights Lodge Dr. (Rt. 642)<br />
for half a mile, and turn left at<br />
the sign.<br />
Dameron Marsh<br />
Natural Area Preserve<br />
225-2303<br />
This 316-acre preserve contains<br />
one of the most significant<br />
wetlands on the Chesapeake<br />
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Fishing Pier<br />
Rt. 624 to Rt. 638.<br />
Public Beach<br />
4011 Naylors Beach Rd.<br />
Warsaw<br />
Take Rt. 360 to Rt. 624 to Rt.<br />
634.<br />
Public Hiking Trails<br />
Warsaw<br />
Richmond County trail behind<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong> Community College,<br />
Rt. 360.<br />
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Food Bank Open<br />
slated for <strong>May</strong> 10<br />
NORTHUMBERLAND—<br />
White Stone Baptist Church will<br />
sponsor the Food Bank Open Golf<br />
Tournament to benefit the Northern<br />
Neck Food Bank <strong>May</strong> 10 at Indian<br />
Creek Yacht and Country Club.<br />
Competition will open with a<br />
shotgun start at noon, announced the<br />
Rev. Dr. M.S. “Jeff ” Shanaberger.<br />
Format will be captain’s choice<br />
and prizes will be awarded for lowest<br />
gross and net scores as well as for<br />
longest drive and closest to the pin.<br />
Entry forms are available at all<br />
local golf courses and at whitestonebaptistchurch.org,<br />
or contact<br />
the church office at 435-1413, or<br />
wsbc@kaballero.com.<br />
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HARTFIELD—<strong>The</strong> Father<br />
John Boddie Memorial Golf Classic<br />
will be held on Friday, <strong>May</strong> 10,<br />
at the Piankatank River Golf Club<br />
in Hartfield. This annual event,<br />
presented by the Catholic Church<br />
of the Visitation in Topping, is a<br />
four-player captain’s choice competition<br />
open to all.<br />
Team prizes will be awarded<br />
for first, second, and third place in<br />
each flight. Golfers also will compete<br />
for individual driving, putting,<br />
and accuracy prizes.<br />
<strong>The</strong> entry fee is $80 per player,<br />
which includes use of the practice<br />
range, golf cart rental, greens fee,<br />
on-course beverages, and dinner in<br />
the Steamboat Restaurant. Registration<br />
begins at 11:30 a.m. with a<br />
shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. To sign<br />
up or for more information, call<br />
Gary Richardson at 776-0949.<br />
Jacob’s Ladder<br />
Golf Classic<br />
set for <strong>May</strong> 17<br />
IRVINGTON—<strong>The</strong> 20th<br />
annual Jacob’s Ladder Golf<br />
Classic will be held Friday, <strong>May</strong><br />
17, at the Golden Eagle Golf<br />
Course in Irvington.<br />
Online registration is available<br />
at www.jladder.org.<br />
On the day of the tournament<br />
registration will be at 10:30 a.m.<br />
and contests of skills will follow<br />
at 11 a.m. <strong>The</strong> shotgun start is<br />
12:30 p.m.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re will be lunch, oncourse<br />
refreshments and an<br />
awards dinner.<br />
<strong>The</strong> format will be fourperson<br />
teams, preferred drive,<br />
count best two balls.<br />
Jacob’s Ladder is a 501(c)<br />
(3) student enrichment organization.<br />
All proceeds from the<br />
Golf Classic are used to send<br />
children to the Jacob’s Ladder<br />
Summer Residential Enrichment<br />
Camp for one month.<br />
All area codes are (804) unless<br />
otherwise listed.<br />
Essex<br />
Hobbs Hole<br />
1267 Hobbs Hole Dr.<br />
Tappahannock 443-4500<br />
An 18-hole course behind<br />
Walmart. Restaurant, pro shop.<br />
Gloucester<br />
Gloucester Country Club<br />
6731 Golf Club Rd.<br />
Gloucester 693-2662<br />
A 9-hole course. Pro shop,<br />
snack bar.<br />
Lancaster<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Golf<br />
<strong>The</strong> Golden Eagle<br />
364 Clubhouse Rd.<br />
Irvington 438-4460<br />
An 18-hole course. Operated<br />
by <strong>The</strong> Tides resort. Restau-<br />
<br />
rant. Pro shop.<br />
www.tidesinn.com<br />
King Carter Golf Course<br />
480 Old Saint Johns Rd.<br />
Weems 435-7842<br />
An 18-hole course. Restaurant.<br />
Pro shop.<br />
Middlesex<br />
Piankatank River<br />
Golf Club<br />
6198 Stormont Rd.<br />
Hartfield 776-6516<br />
An 18-hole course. Pro shop,<br />
full-service restaurant. www.<br />
piankatankrivergolfclub.com<br />
Northumberland<br />
Quinton Oaks<br />
262 Quinton Oaks Ln.<br />
Callao 529-5367<br />
An 18-hole course. Restaurant.<br />
Pro shop.<br />
@m<br />
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(804) 776-6516<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
Steamboat<br />
Restaurant<br />
(804) 776-6589<br />
Both located at<br />
RT. 629,<br />
HARTFIELD, VA<br />
Turn on 707<br />
at Hartfield P.O.<br />
turn on 629<br />
Piankatank<br />
River Golf Club<br />
Open to <strong>The</strong> Public<br />
<br />
Memberships<br />
Available<br />
Group Outings<br />
Lessons<br />
Clinics – Juniors’,<br />
Ladies’ & Men’s<br />
Call for Tee Times<br />
up to 7 days in advance<br />
Open Every Day<br />
20 minutes North of Gloucester<br />
10 minutes from Norris Bridge<br />
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Doug Nabhan’s<br />
Coming Here<br />
Signs of Spring<br />
am always excited to start looking<br />
I for the first signs of spring—anything<br />
that makes me believe that my<br />
summer at the Chesapeake Bay is on<br />
the way. Sure signs of spring are the<br />
days getting longer and the day when<br />
we “spring forward” and change all<br />
the clocks. (Wouldn’t you think there<br />
was an easier way to do this?)<br />
<strong>The</strong> other thing we do as a precursor<br />
to spring is sit down and<br />
talk about what guests we want<br />
to have down to Deltaville this<br />
year. <strong>The</strong> actual list of possibilities<br />
is getting shorter each year as<br />
I have revealed too many details<br />
about individual guest behaviors.<br />
I still have one brother and two of<br />
38 <br />
his children who will come back.<br />
I have some people I work with<br />
whom I have invited, but think<br />
the invitation is token. Apparently,<br />
they believe an invitation must be<br />
very formal.<br />
I do have printed invitations<br />
to the bay that read the Nabhans<br />
invite you to the bay, but you<br />
cannot bring any children under<br />
the age of 30, suitcases, or more<br />
than one electronic device. You can<br />
bring towels, food and beer. You<br />
are invited for three full meals, but<br />
the car needs to be getting packed<br />
shortly after the third meal has<br />
been served to you. You do not<br />
need to bring gifts that you think<br />
someone with a bay home would<br />
like, such as lighthouse lamps and<br />
“crabby” things.<br />
Another sign of spring is the<br />
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number of maintenance calls that<br />
begin to mount up. And, if you are<br />
a “come here” like I am, the most<br />
disturbing thing that can happen is<br />
that you “get a call.” For example,<br />
we stayed down one winter evening<br />
and the HVAC system went<br />
out, except when it would suddenly<br />
turn on for about 10 minutes.<br />
It turned out that the house<br />
was only getting half the power<br />
it was supposed to get, which I<br />
did not even know could happen.<br />
<strong>The</strong> HVAC service tech said, “<strong>The</strong><br />
electrical box is humming, certain<br />
parts of the system have welded<br />
themselves shut, the wobbler shaft<br />
on the air-flow system has gone<br />
haywire, and it is going to be 5<br />
degrees tonight.”<br />
<strong>The</strong>n, I had to get Dominion<br />
over to see what was up with the<br />
power. <strong>The</strong> guy that came next<br />
said we had a huge problem and<br />
that we had to shut the power off to<br />
the house, or it would burn down<br />
that night! So now it is 6 p.m.,<br />
and I have to catch a flight out of<br />
town the next day. An impossible<br />
situation faced us. No HVAC, no<br />
power. We had to get the pipes<br />
drained. And before Dominion<br />
would turn the power back on, we<br />
had to have an electrician at the<br />
house first thing in the morning to<br />
rebuild all of the external electrical<br />
system.<br />
It seemed utterly hopeless, that<br />
is, until my friends and neighbors,<br />
Gene Ruark, the Macks, the<br />
Chaneys, the Cutlers, the Wiltons,<br />
Daniel of Asbury Electric, and<br />
Mike Smallwood came together<br />
like a Norman Rockwell picture<br />
Deltaville<br />
to literally save the day. I am not<br />
speechless often, but the caring<br />
and helpfulness that was shown on<br />
my behalf made me so.<br />
Anyone who reads this column<br />
understands what my little piece<br />
of paradise on the <strong>Rivah</strong> means<br />
to me. So, this spring, I will not<br />
utter one cross word about maintenance<br />
issues, as I could easily have<br />
owned a large “ashtray” that used<br />
to be my house on the <strong>Rivah</strong>, and<br />
instead of sitting in a chair listening<br />
to the sounds of the reconstruction<br />
of my home, I will continue<br />
to enjoy the peace and quiet I had<br />
thought could not get any better.<br />
Douglas M. Nabhan is a lawyer<br />
with the firm of Williams Mullen in<br />
Richmond and has had a weekend<br />
home in Deltaville for 21 years.
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Essex<br />
Days Inn Motel<br />
1414 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 443-9200<br />
60 rooms. Cable TV. Free<br />
continental breakfast. $.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Essex Inn<br />
Bed and Breakfast<br />
203 Duke St.<br />
Tappahannock 443-9900<br />
An historic Tappahannock<br />
Greek revival inn. Four rooms<br />
and four suites all with private<br />
baths, DSL or Wi-Fi access,<br />
cable TV, most with working<br />
fireplaces. Full gourmet breakfast.<br />
$$$.<br />
Holiday Inn Express<br />
1648 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 445-1200<br />
63 rooms, pool, business<br />
center, fitness center, washer<br />
and dryer, free internet and<br />
breakfast. $$$.<br />
Southside Motel and<br />
Marina<br />
910 S. Church Ln.<br />
Tappahannock 443-3363<br />
30 rooms, TV, microwave<br />
and refrigerator, pool. Free<br />
boat slips available. $.<br />
Super 8<br />
1800 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 443-3888<br />
43 rooms with cable TV, high<br />
speed internet, some with microwaves<br />
and most with refrigerators.<br />
Suites and king-sized<br />
rooms available. $.<br />
Dollar Inn<br />
823 S. Church Ln.<br />
Tappahannock 443-3366<br />
25 rooms with cable TV. $.<br />
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Gloucester<br />
Airville Plantation<br />
6423 TC Walker Rd.<br />
Gloucester 694-0287<br />
A pre-Revolutionary estate<br />
on 400 acres in Zanoni,<br />
this bed and breakfast has<br />
40 <br />
two guest rooms in the main<br />
house (circa 1756) and a cottage<br />
with kitchenette. Pool<br />
table, TV room, pool and full<br />
breakfasts. Water access to<br />
Mobjack Bay. $$-$$$.<br />
Comfort Inn<br />
6639 Forest Hill Ave.<br />
Gloucester 695-1900<br />
Close to the Historic District.<br />
Free hot breakfast, Wi-<br />
Fi, and outdoor pool. Hot tub<br />
rooms available. All 79 rooms<br />
have TVs and internet. Call for<br />
group discounts. $$.<br />
www.ComfortInnGloucester.<br />
com<br />
Gloucester Inn<br />
1408 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester Point 642-3337<br />
16 rooms with refrigerators<br />
and microwaves. Cable TV.<br />
$-$$.<br />
Hampton Inn<br />
6638 Forest Hill Ave.<br />
Gloucester 693-9393<br />
Close to the Historic District.<br />
Free hot breakfast,<br />
Wi-Fi, indoor pool, fitness<br />
center, meeting room, on-site<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Lodging<br />
<strong>The</strong> Riverview Inn offers a view of the Potomac River in Colonial<br />
Beach.<br />
guest laundry. All 84 rooms<br />
have cable TV, coffee makers,<br />
laptop desk and more.<br />
Group discounts available.<br />
$$-$$$.<br />
www.Gloucester.HamptonInn.<br />
com<br />
Inn at Sandy Creek<br />
9689 Burkes Pond Rd.<br />
North 693-2311<br />
2 bedroom carriage house<br />
located on historic property<br />
in James Store area. Hot tub,<br />
seasonal pool, full kitchen,<br />
washer/dryer, satellite TV, Wi-<br />
Fi, pet friendly. $$<br />
www.vrbo.com/383535#<br />
Inn at Warner Hall<br />
4750 Warner Hall Rd.<br />
Gloucester (800) 331-2720<br />
A plantation created in<br />
1642, by George Washington’s<br />
great-great grandfather,<br />
Augustine Warner. <strong>The</strong> inn is<br />
a 38-acre waterfront retreat.<br />
Fine dining Fri. and Sat. Rooms<br />
feature antiques and private<br />
baths. Some have views of the<br />
Severn River, a fireplace and<br />
jacuzzi. $$$$.<br />
www.warnerhall.com<br />
North River Inn<br />
Bed and Breakfast<br />
8777 Toddsbury Ln.<br />
Gloucester 693-1616<br />
On 100 waterfront acres,<br />
features antiques, air-conditioning,<br />
phones, and private<br />
baths, with views of the river,<br />
creek or fields. Full breakfast<br />
on weekends. Canoes available<br />
and deep water dock.<br />
$$-$$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Willows<br />
Bed and Breakfast<br />
5344 Roanes Wharf Rd.<br />
Gloucester 693-0270<br />
In a former Victorian country<br />
store and post office. Private<br />
baths, TV, queen-sized beds<br />
and breakfast. No smoking.<br />
$$.<br />
Tidewater Motel<br />
3666 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Hayes 642-2155<br />
33 rooms, some with kitchenettes.<br />
Pool. Non-smoking<br />
rooms available. $.<br />
Lancaster<br />
Back Inn Time<br />
445 Irvington Rd.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-2318<br />
A classic B&B, features<br />
four rooms with private baths,<br />
AC, Wi-Fi, gourmet breakfast<br />
and modern conveniences.<br />
$$-$$$.<br />
Bel Air Mansion<br />
and Guest House<br />
1632 Belle Isle Rd.<br />
Lancaster 462-5030<br />
Fully furnished waterfront<br />
homes at Belle Isle State<br />
Park. Mansion has whirlpool<br />
tub and accommodates six.<br />
Guest house accommodates<br />
eight. Canoes and bicycles included.<br />
Seasonal rates.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Blue House<br />
331 King Carter Dr.<br />
Irvington 571-331-2877<br />
2BR, 2BA cottage in the<br />
heart of Irvington. Available<br />
year round for weekend or<br />
weekly rental. A hip jewel-box<br />
of a house available for your<br />
getaway. $$$<br />
www.irvington331.com<br />
Flowering Fields<br />
Bed and Breakfast<br />
232 Flowering Field Rd.<br />
White Stone 435-6238<br />
Full breakfast. Golf packages<br />
and fishing charters arranged.<br />
King, queen and twin<br />
rooms, all with private baths.<br />
Weekday and weekend specials.<br />
$$.<br />
Holiday Inn Express<br />
599 North Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 436-1500<br />
68 rooms with Wi-Fi, extended<br />
stay rooms, handicap<br />
rooms, meeting room, business<br />
center and outdoor pool.<br />
Full hot breakfast. $$$.<br />
Hope and Glory Inn<br />
65 Tavern Rd.<br />
Irvington 438-6053<br />
Boutique hotel fashioned<br />
from an historic schoolhouse,<br />
eclectically styled. Soak in<br />
a hip pool, taste wine in the<br />
vineyard or cruise aboard a<br />
private boat. $$$$.<br />
Inn at Levelfields<br />
10155 Mary Ball Rd.<br />
Lancaster 435-6887<br />
B&B featuring six guest<br />
rooms. King/queen beds,<br />
fireplaces; four rooms with<br />
private baths and two with<br />
shared bath. Rowing school,<br />
pool, library. $$-$$$.<br />
Kilmarnock Inn<br />
34 East Church St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-0034<br />
16 private guest rooms<br />
and suites, breakfast served<br />
each morning. Meeting room<br />
and event space. Private<br />
lunches and dinners. Walk to<br />
restaurants and shops. Wi-Fi.<br />
$$$-$$$$.<br />
www.kilmarnockinn.com<br />
Historical Lancaster Tavern<br />
Bed and Breakfast<br />
8373 Mary Ball Rd.<br />
Lancaster 462-0080<br />
Two master suites. Internet,<br />
antique furnishings. Restaurant,<br />
includes full breakfast.<br />
$$$$.<br />
Tides Inn<br />
480 King Carter Dr.<br />
Irvington 438-5000<br />
Par 3 golf course on-site,<br />
championship golf at <strong>The</strong><br />
Golden Eagle, swimming, tennis,<br />
sailing, biking, summer<br />
children’s program, spa, special<br />
events, golf and family<br />
package plans. $$$$.<br />
www.tidesinn.com
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Whispering Pines Motel<br />
226 Methodist Church Rd.<br />
White Stone 435-1101<br />
Twenty-five guest rooms, 2<br />
suites; swimming pool, Wi-Fi.<br />
$-$$.<br />
Yankee Point Marina<br />
Cottages<br />
1303 Oak Hill Rd.<br />
Ottoman 462-7018<br />
Pool. Cottages: fully<br />
equipped with 3 bedrooms<br />
and 2 baths on creek with<br />
dock and ramp.<br />
Mathews<br />
Buckley Hall Inn<br />
11293 Buckley Hall Rd.<br />
Mathews 725-1900<br />
Offers a variety of rooms,<br />
all with private baths. Country<br />
breakfast, some four poster<br />
beds and fireplaces, wellstocked<br />
library. Furnished<br />
with 18th century reproductions.<br />
$$-$$$.<br />
www.buckleyhall.com<br />
<strong>The</strong> Inn at Tabbs Creek<br />
384 Turpin Ln.<br />
Port Haywood 725-5136<br />
A waterfront retreat situated<br />
on a secluded creek. Over 800<br />
ft. of waterfront and 8 acres of<br />
wooded and open space. <strong>The</strong><br />
main Inn is an 1820’s newly<br />
renovated farmhouse with<br />
separate cottages housing the<br />
suites just across the garden<br />
and pool. $$-$$$$.<br />
Middlesex<br />
Atherston Hall<br />
250 Prince George St.<br />
Urbanna 758-2809<br />
Immerse yourself in true<br />
English country living at this<br />
B&B just a stroll from Urbanna’s<br />
waterfront. Beautiful<br />
gardens, relaxing porches, traditional<br />
sailing and pet friendly.<br />
$$-$$$.<br />
www.atherstonhall.com<br />
Bethany Inn at Leafwood<br />
820 Gloucester Rd.<br />
Saluda (864) 934-7308<br />
1780’s Colonial home located<br />
in Saluda. <strong>The</strong> garden<br />
cottage has a queen bed, sitting<br />
room, kitchenette and private<br />
bath. <strong>The</strong> Acacia Room<br />
and Leafwood Room are upstairs<br />
in the main house and<br />
rented as one. Rooms include<br />
full breakfast, snacks, robes,<br />
Wi-Fi, TV with DVD player, DVD<br />
library, sunroom with DirecTV<br />
and library. Massage available.<br />
$$$.<br />
www.bethanyinnatleafwood.<br />
com<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chesapeake Inn<br />
250 Old Virginia St.<br />
Urbanna 758-1111<br />
Urbanna’s unique boutique<br />
hotel catering to the boater,<br />
business and leisure traveler.<br />
$$$.<br />
www.thechesapeakeinn.com<br />
<strong>The</strong> Deltaville Inn<br />
15378 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Hardyville 761-7059<br />
A bed and breakfast. $$$.<br />
Deltaville Dockside Inn<br />
70 Dockside Dr.<br />
Deltaville 776-9224<br />
Air-conditioning, cable TV,<br />
pool. $.<br />
Edentide Inn<br />
204 Bland Point Rd.<br />
Deltaville 776-6915<br />
Three air-conditioned rooms<br />
with TV and VCR. Private sitting<br />
room with fireplace, private<br />
screened porch. Boat<br />
slips available. Sand beach<br />
and fishing pier. Full breakfast.<br />
$$-$$$.<br />
Harrow House<br />
167 Lovers Ln.<br />
Deltaville 815-3102<br />
View of Jackson Creek and<br />
the Bay. Three double rooms<br />
with shared bath, air-conditioned,<br />
cable TV, continental<br />
breakfast. $.<br />
Heaven Scent<br />
Bed and Breakfast<br />
14180 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 832-6200<br />
Farmhouse with ground floor<br />
room with king bed. Upstairs<br />
family suite with king, queen<br />
and twin beds. Refreshments<br />
and full breakfast on porch.<br />
WIFI, guest computers, cable<br />
TV, DVD collection and library.<br />
Will shuttle to local marinas.<br />
Parking area for boats and<br />
trailers. Children welcome.<br />
Pet friendly. Late arrival okay.<br />
Open year round. $$-$$$.<br />
Inn at Urbanna Creek<br />
Bed and Breakfast<br />
210 Watling St.<br />
42 f<br />
Lodging<br />
As I sliced open a fresh kiwi<br />
bright green paint burst out<br />
to light up my kitchen<br />
We’ll match any vision<br />
Your Benjamin Moore headquarters<br />
To advertise in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Rivah</strong> Visitor's Guide,<br />
call 435-1701 or 758-2328<br />
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Urbanna 758-4661<br />
Virginia’s Cottage has a<br />
queen bed, kitchenette, bath,<br />
porch with rockers, and private<br />
garden with hot tub.<br />
King Suite includes separate<br />
sitting room, jacuzzi bath<br />
and shower. Watling Suite includes<br />
two rooms with queen<br />
beds, and a private bath. All<br />
include full breakfast, robes,<br />
DirecTV, W-iFi, library and patio.<br />
$$-$$$.<br />
www.innaturbannacreek.com<br />
Ivy Cottage<br />
323 Twiggs Ferry Rd.<br />
Hartfield<br />
Upscale guest cottage for<br />
two on the Piankatank River.<br />
Features central air, full kitchen,<br />
living room, bedroom with<br />
adjoining bath and a yearround<br />
porch. Non-smoking.<br />
Amenities include cable TV,<br />
VCR, DVD, telephone, pier,<br />
complimentary breads, cereals,<br />
coffee and teas. $$$.<br />
www.virginiarivercottages.<br />
com<br />
Pilot House Inn<br />
2737 Greys Point Rd.<br />
Topping 758-2262<br />
24 rooms, cable TV, Wi-<br />
Fi, dining room, conference<br />
room, and airport adjacent to<br />
inn. $.<br />
Northumberland<br />
Bay Motel<br />
18754 Northumberland Hwy.<br />
Lilian 453-5171<br />
20 air-conditioned rooms<br />
with cable TV and phone;<br />
swimming pool. Pets $10. $.<br />
Cats Cove Cottage<br />
2273 Mundy Point Rd.<br />
Callao 529-5056<br />
A private waterfront cottage<br />
for two. Sailboat depth deepwater<br />
pier. Swimming pool,<br />
rowboat. Continental breakfast<br />
served weekends. Two<br />
night minimum. $$.<br />
Cabins at Ingram Bay<br />
545 Harvey’s Neck Rd.<br />
Heathsville 580-7292<br />
Two cedar cabins with view<br />
of Chesapeake Bay. Sleeps<br />
up to 6. Kitchen, bath, Wi-Fi,<br />
satellite TV, access to fishing,<br />
crabbing, canoe, kayak<br />
and outboard boat rentals.<br />
Daily or weekly rentals.<br />
www.captbillyscharters.com<br />
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Fleeton Fields<br />
Bed and Breakfast<br />
2783 Fleeton Rd.<br />
Reedville 800-497-8215<br />
Three water view suites with<br />
private baths, robes, DirecTV,<br />
Wi-Fi. Kayak and canoe available.<br />
Children and pets with<br />
prior arrangement. Breakfast.<br />
$$$$.<br />
Gables Bed and Breakfast<br />
Inn<br />
859 Main St.<br />
Reedville 453-5209<br />
Victorian Captain’s Mansion<br />
c.1874 National Register<br />
with 1800’s schooner<br />
mast built into the home.<br />
One guest room with private<br />
bath in main house. Coach<br />
house with four guest rooms<br />
with private baths and water<br />
views. Waterside cottage with<br />
two luxury suites. Boat slips<br />
available. Breakfast. $$$$.<br />
GrandView Bed and<br />
Breakfast<br />
114 Riverside Ln.<br />
Reedville 453-3851<br />
Waterfront bed and breakfast<br />
on the Chesapeake Bay,<br />
close to Smith Island and<br />
Tangier cruises. Private pier,<br />
breakfast, wheelchair accessible.<br />
$$.<br />
Ma’Margaret’s House<br />
249 Greenfield Rd.<br />
Reedville 453-9110<br />
A restored grandmother’s<br />
home expanded to meet the<br />
needs of the twenty-first century.<br />
Built in 1914. All rooms<br />
have private baths, personal<br />
thermostat, TV and Wi-Fi.<br />
Northumberland Motel<br />
436 Northumberland Hwy.<br />
Callao 529-6370<br />
11 rooms; daily/weekly/<br />
monthly rentals. $.<br />
Richmond<br />
Greenwood Bed and<br />
Breakfast<br />
99 Maple St.<br />
Warsaw 333-4353<br />
Two guest rooms with private<br />
baths, cable TV; central<br />
dining for guests. Country<br />
breakfast. $.<br />
Northern Neck Inn Warsaw<br />
4522 Richmond Rd.<br />
Warsaw 333-1700<br />
38 rooms, including suites,<br />
satellite TV, air conditioning,<br />
swimming pool, exercise<br />
room. Continental breakfast.<br />
Pets accepted. $-$$$.<br />
Westmoreland<br />
Bell House Bed and<br />
Breakfast<br />
821 Irving Ave.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7000<br />
Alexander Graham Bell’s<br />
summer home on the<br />
Potomac River. Listed on the<br />
National Register of Historic<br />
Places and is a Virginia Historic<br />
Landmark. Four rooms<br />
with private baths. Wine and<br />
cheese each evening, full<br />
breakfast. $$$.<br />
www.thebellhouse.com<br />
General’s Ridge Vineyard<br />
1618 Weldons Dr.<br />
Hague 223-2478<br />
<strong>The</strong> Manor House, a<br />
three-bedroom home with<br />
full kitchen, dining and living<br />
spaces. Vineyard Views,<br />
a two-bedroom home with<br />
full kitchen, dining and living<br />
spaces. Homes situated<br />
in the vineyard. Complimen-<br />
Summer Rental<br />
Mobjack Bay Victorian; waterfront cottage cheerfully<br />
decorated. Built 2011. 3 BR, 2½ BA, Crabbing, Fishing,<br />
Boating Dock.<br />
Weekly, Weekend, Monthly. 804-347-0201<br />
“Stillpoint”<br />
Spacious beach apartment with a view to the Bay<br />
Enjoy bikes, birds & boats<br />
while being steps from the beach<br />
$2,500/month, $1,500/2 weeks or $800/week<br />
Call (804) 776-9084<br />
for more information<br />
tary bottle of wine. $$$-$$$$.<br />
www.generalsridgevineyard.com<br />
Guest Houses<br />
at Stratford Hall<br />
483 Great House Rd.<br />
Montross 493-8038<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cheek and the Astor<br />
guest houses each have a<br />
fully-equipped kitchen, living<br />
room, central heating and air<br />
conditioning and guest rooms<br />
with private baths. 21 guest<br />
rooms. Breakfast and tour included.<br />
$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Inn at Montross<br />
21 Polk St.<br />
Montross 493-8624<br />
Bed and breakfast with 5<br />
guestrooms. $$$.<br />
Nightingale Motel<br />
and Marina<br />
101 Monroe Bay Ave.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7956<br />
35-slip marina with electric<br />
and water, motel with five<br />
guest rooms, restaurant next<br />
door. $.<br />
Oyster Reef<br />
347 Allen Point Ln.<br />
Kinsale 472-2044<br />
One-bedroom cottage overlooking<br />
Yeocomico River.<br />
Queen bed, sleep sofa, rollaway.<br />
Sleeps five. $$$$.<br />
Riverview Inn<br />
24 Hawthorne St.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-0006<br />
21 guest rooms. Internet,<br />
cable TV, waterfront. $-$$.<br />
Your Place on the <strong>Rivah</strong><br />
Ivy Cottage<br />
Charming Guest Cottage for two<br />
on the Piankatank with a pier<br />
Skipjack Inn<br />
347 Allen Point Ln.<br />
Kinsale 472-2044<br />
Four guest rooms, private<br />
bath, individual temperature<br />
controls. A guest kitchenette<br />
is available on the main floor.<br />
$$$-$$$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Plaza B & B<br />
21 Weems St.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-1101<br />
Six guest rooms with private<br />
baths; two full suites, four<br />
mini-suites. Full breakfast<br />
and afternoon refreshments<br />
included. Heated pool and hot<br />
tub. Two cottages also available.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Garden Cottage, is<br />
equipped with kitchen, central<br />
air, washer/dryer, dishwasher,<br />
cable TV. Accommodates<br />
six. <strong>The</strong> Potomac Porch Cottage<br />
I has three bedrooms<br />
and Potomac Porch Cottage II<br />
has one bedroom. Both with<br />
river views and comparable<br />
amenities to the Garden Cottage.<br />
Linens provided. $$$$.<br />
www.colonialbeachplaza.com<br />
Wakefield Motel<br />
1513 Irving Ave.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7311<br />
Twenty rooms, some with<br />
refrigerator, microwave. Some<br />
with kitchenettes. Private pier.<br />
$-$$.<br />
Washington and Lee Motel<br />
17055 Kings Hwy.<br />
Montross 493-8093<br />
Twenty-eight rooms with microwaves<br />
and refri g erators, free<br />
Wi-Fi. $.<br />
RESERVATIONS: (757) 472-7211<br />
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All campgrounds provide<br />
full water, electric and<br />
sewage hookups unless noted<br />
and all phone numbers are<br />
in the (804) area code. Contact<br />
the camp for more information<br />
and for rates.<br />
Gloucester<br />
Yogi Bear’s Jellystone<br />
Park Camp-Resort<br />
3149 Campground Rd.<br />
Hayes 642-4316<br />
On the Severn River with<br />
fishing and crabbing piers and<br />
boat ramp. Over 200 sites for<br />
RV and tent camping, as well<br />
as cottages. Yogi Bear’s Water<br />
Zone, Jumping Pillow,<br />
recreation center, playground,<br />
kayak and paddleboat rentals.<br />
Family fun with planned activities.<br />
Party packages and day<br />
passes available.<br />
www.jellystonegp.com<br />
Thousand Trails –<br />
Chesapeake Bay Preserve<br />
12014 Trails Ln.<br />
Gloucester 693-6924<br />
On Piankatank River. 400<br />
sites, nationwide membership<br />
camping, pool, boating facilities,<br />
camp store, entertainment,<br />
organized activities.<br />
Lancaster<br />
Belle Isle State Park<br />
1632 Belle Isle Rd.<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Camping<br />
Campers at Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resort near Hayes in Gloucester County test their skills in a<br />
game of “washers,” which is kind of like horseshoes.<br />
Lancaster (800) 933-Park<br />
Campsites (28), canoe/<br />
kayak campsites (8), rental<br />
cabins, mansion and guest<br />
house. Free boat launch for<br />
overnight guests. Trails, fishing<br />
pier, canoe and motor<br />
boat rentals, camp store,<br />
laundry facilities, bath house<br />
and restrooms.<br />
www.virginiastateparks.gov<br />
Mathews<br />
Gwynn’s Island RV Resort<br />
551 Buck Chase Rd.<br />
Gwynn 725-5700<br />
125 sites, sand beach,<br />
portable boat launching, boat<br />
ramp nearby, recreation hall,<br />
camp store.<br />
New Point Comfort<br />
RV Resort<br />
846 Sand Bank Rd.<br />
New Point 725-5120<br />
300 sites, boating facilities,<br />
pool, playgrounds, recreation<br />
hall, planned entertainment.<br />
Sites on waterfront.<br />
Middlesex<br />
Bethpage Camp-Resort<br />
679 Browns Ln.<br />
Urbanna 758-4349<br />
1,000 sites, water park, conference<br />
center, playgrounds,<br />
organized activities, charter<br />
fishing and cruise boats, boat<br />
slips, boat storage, 1, 2 and<br />
3 bedroom vacation rentals.<br />
2005-06 National RV Park of<br />
the Year.<br />
Bush Park Campground<br />
724 Bushy Park Rd.<br />
Wake 776-6750<br />
400 sites, year-round section,<br />
pool, recreation hall,<br />
laundry, scheduled activities,<br />
pier, boat ramp.<br />
Cross Rip Ltd.<br />
Cross Rip Rd.<br />
Deltaville 776-9324<br />
Beach boat basin, water<br />
and electric. Reservations<br />
requested.<br />
Grey’s Point Camp<br />
3601 Greys Point Rd.<br />
Topping 758-2485<br />
700 sites, boat ramp and<br />
slips, bait and tackle shop<br />
(Virginia Saltwater Tournament<br />
weigh station), recreation hall,<br />
splash pool water park, nature<br />
trails, planned entertainment.<br />
Northumberland<br />
Chesapeake Bay Camp-<br />
Resort<br />
382 Campground Rd.<br />
Reedville 453-3430<br />
On Little Wicomico River.<br />
Pool, children’s playground,<br />
mini golf, satellite TV, hot<br />
showers, canoe rentals and<br />
boat ramp. Big rig sites,<br />
tent and smaller RV sites<br />
available.<br />
Smith Point Marina<br />
and Campground<br />
989 Sunny Bank Rd.<br />
Reedville 453-4077<br />
On Little Wicomico River.<br />
10 campsites for seasonal<br />
campers.<br />
www.smithpointmarina.com<br />
Richmond<br />
Heritage Park<br />
2570 Newland Rd.<br />
Warsaw 333-4038<br />
78 sites plus log cabins,<br />
243 acres, pool, boat<br />
ramp, hiking trails, shaded<br />
picnic grounds. 2 BR cabins<br />
available.<br />
Naylors Beach<br />
Campground<br />
4011 Naylors Beach Rd.<br />
Warsaw 333-3951<br />
Sites for tents and trailers,<br />
camp store, playground, boat<br />
ramp. Open <strong>May</strong> 1-Sept. 30.<br />
Westmoreland<br />
Harbor View Campground<br />
15 Harbor View Circle<br />
Colonial Beach 224-8164<br />
Open Apr.–Nov. 140 campsites<br />
with full hookups. Family<br />
oriented, outdoor pool, recreation<br />
center, boat slips, fishing,<br />
picnic area, horseshoes,<br />
playground and basketball.<br />
Leedstown Campground<br />
2195 Leedstown Rd.<br />
Oak Grove 224-7445<br />
Open <strong>May</strong> 1–Nov. 1. 20 RV<br />
sites. 10 tent sites. Waterfront<br />
camping, fishing pier,<br />
boat launch, gas dock, camp<br />
store and arcade.<br />
Monroe Bay Campground<br />
1412 Monroe Bay Circle<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7418<br />
302 sites, including 134<br />
full hookup sites. Playground,<br />
game room, campground<br />
store, propane on site, beach<br />
area and boat ramp.<br />
Westmoreland State Park<br />
1650 State Park Rd.<br />
Montross 493-8821<br />
Camping (133 sites), group<br />
camping (3 sites), and 26<br />
cabins. Pool and boat launch<br />
free for overnight guests.<br />
Camp store, laundry facilities<br />
and bathhouse.<br />
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Marine Science Day due <strong>May</strong> 18 at VIMS<br />
GLOUCESTER POINT—<br />
Marine Science Day, the<br />
Virginia Institute of Marine<br />
Science (VIMS) annual open<br />
house, will take place on Saturday,<br />
<strong>May</strong> 18, from 10 a.m.-3<br />
p.m. on the VIMS waterfront<br />
campus in Gloucester Point.<br />
This popular event is offered<br />
free of charge and is held rain<br />
or shine. <strong>The</strong> goal of Marine<br />
RAL posts <strong>May</strong><br />
<strong>2013</strong> special<br />
events calendar<br />
KILMARNOCK—<strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong> Art League<br />
recently posted its special<br />
events calendar for April.<br />
All events will be held<br />
at the RAL Studio Gallery<br />
at 19 North Main Street in<br />
KIlmarnock, said marketing<br />
committee member Barbara<br />
Richards. Gallery hours are<br />
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays<br />
through Saturdays. Admission<br />
is free and all art work<br />
is for sale.<br />
A new exhibit, “One Artist<br />
Show - John Latell,” will<br />
open <strong>May</strong> 1 and continue<br />
through June 1, said Richards.<br />
Latell’s original works of<br />
art in a variety of mediums<br />
including metal, paint and<br />
cloth will fill the exhibit<br />
room for this new exhibit,<br />
she said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> First Friday Reception<br />
from 5 to 7 p.m. <strong>May</strong> 3<br />
will highlight the exhibit. <strong>The</strong><br />
public is welcome to come<br />
meet the exhibiting artists,<br />
tour the gallery and enjoy light<br />
refreshments, she said.<br />
From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. <strong>May</strong><br />
11, 9 a.m. RAL will offer an<br />
“Off-the-Wall Sidewalk Sale.”<br />
RAL members have collected<br />
an amazing array of new and<br />
previously enjoyed art and artrelated<br />
items, said Richards.<br />
Shoppers will find framed and<br />
unframed original paintings,<br />
prints, photographs, mosaics,<br />
jewelry, pottery, art books,<br />
frames, art supplies, note<br />
cards and other items.<br />
<strong>The</strong> sale will be held rain<br />
or shine at the gallery, she<br />
said. Proceeds will support<br />
gallery operations.<br />
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Science Day is to give the<br />
public a behind-the-scenes<br />
look at how VIMS research in<br />
Chesapeake Bay and around<br />
the world helps protect and<br />
restore marine ecosystems.<br />
Visitors will be able to<br />
speak with scientists at display<br />
booths to learn how they help<br />
manage blue crabs, restore<br />
oysters, survey fish populations,<br />
unravel biodiversity,<br />
monitor water quality, find and<br />
remove “ghost” crab pots, and<br />
more.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Institute honors a dif-<br />
ferent animal each year during<br />
Marine Science Day, with this<br />
year’s choice being the oyster.<br />
<strong>The</strong> younger set will have the<br />
chance to learn about oysters<br />
with fun crafts and activities<br />
in the Children’s Pavilion.<br />
Kids and parents will also<br />
have the chance to collect and<br />
observe organisms from the<br />
York River, and to tour the<br />
Institute’s Teaching Marsh and<br />
Oyster Hatchery.<br />
Susan Maples, VIMS Public<br />
Outreach Coordinator, says<br />
this year’s event will “feature<br />
<strong>The</strong><br />
Highest<br />
Quality<br />
Amish<br />
Built<br />
Chairs<br />
several new hands-on activities<br />
in addition to favorites<br />
from years past.”<br />
One of the event’s perennial<br />
favorites is the Parade of<br />
Marine Life, in which children<br />
and adults from around Tidewater<br />
walk through the VIMS<br />
campus wearing handmade<br />
creature costumes including<br />
seahorses, jellyfish, sharks,<br />
dolphins, and blue crabs.<br />
In addition to these daylong<br />
activities, Marine Science<br />
Day offers a series of<br />
events that begin at specific<br />
times. <strong>The</strong>se include 10-minute<br />
mini-lectures, a seafood<br />
cooking demonstration, and<br />
musical performances by<br />
Bob Zentz. Details on these<br />
and all the other activities<br />
are available in the Marine<br />
Science Day program, which<br />
is available ahead of time at<br />
www.vims.edu/msd.<br />
VIMS, one of the leading<br />
marine centers in the U.S., provides<br />
research, education, and<br />
advisory service to help protect<br />
and restore Chesapeake<br />
Bay and coastal waters.
All area codes are (804) unless<br />
otherwise listed.<br />
Essex<br />
Essex County Museum<br />
and Historical Society<br />
218 Water Ln.<br />
Tappahannock 443-4690<br />
Included is the “Carl D. Silver<br />
Gallery,” another smaller gallery,<br />
a gift shop, reference room, document<br />
storage room, and handicap<br />
accessible restrooms.<br />
Exhibits of interest include<br />
“from Sandlot to Semipro: Baseball<br />
in Essex County,” which<br />
follows the story of America’s<br />
pastime in the county from just<br />
after the Civil War to present day.<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum also houses a civil<br />
war diorama: “Ft. Lowry.” Continuing<br />
exhibits include prehistoric<br />
fossils, Native American artifacts,<br />
colonial relics, and items from<br />
the American Revolution, Bacon’s<br />
Rebellion, the Civil War and World<br />
Wars I and II.<br />
Open free of charge daily (except<br />
for Wed. and Sun.) from 10<br />
a.m.–3 p.m.<br />
Gloucester<br />
Gloucester Museum<br />
of History<br />
6539 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 693-1234<br />
<strong>The</strong> Botetourt Building, built<br />
about 1770, was New’s Ordinary,<br />
a roadside tavern. On display is<br />
the “Battle of the Hook” exhibit,<br />
which was donated by the Battle<br />
of the Hook Committee and created<br />
by Warren Deal. Other displays<br />
of military conflicts focus on<br />
Gloucester’s WW II veterans. Also<br />
on display is the “Good Old Days”<br />
exhibit.<br />
<strong>The</strong> free museum is open<br />
Mon.–Sat. from 11 a.m.–3 p.m.<br />
and by appointment.<br />
Pocahontas Museum<br />
7335 Lewis Ave.<br />
Gloucester 693-2795<br />
<strong>The</strong> Museum has information,<br />
artifacts and pictures relating to<br />
the Indian Pocahontas, Captain<br />
John Smith and the Powhatan<br />
Indians. On display is a rock traditionally<br />
known as the one on<br />
which Capt. John Smith’s head<br />
was placed when Pocahontas<br />
saved his life at Werawocomoco<br />
(Wicomico) in Gloucester County.<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum is open on the<br />
second Sat. of each month<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Museums & Historic Sites<br />
Above is a photo of Historic Christ Church in Irvington during the Civil War era. On <strong>May</strong> 17, the museum will<br />
host a symposium on the Civil War featuring historian and author John V. Quarstein’s presentation on the<br />
crew of the USS Monitor, the first Yankee iron-clad ship. <strong>The</strong> reception is at 5:30 p.m., and the program at<br />
7 p.m.<br />
through Oct. from 1–4 p.m. and<br />
by appointment.<br />
Lancaster<br />
Christ Church and<br />
Carter Reception Center and<br />
Museum<br />
420 Christ Church Rd.<br />
Weems 438-6855<br />
<strong>The</strong> reception center and museum<br />
was built in 1735 by Robert<br />
“King” Carter.<br />
<strong>The</strong> church, reception center<br />
and museum are open to the public<br />
Apr.–Nov. from 10 a.m.–4 p.m.<br />
Mon.–Sat. and 2–5 p.m. Sun.<br />
Callfor group tours. Other times<br />
by appointment.<br />
www.christchurch1735.org<br />
Kilmarnock Museum<br />
76 N. Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 436-9100<br />
This museum features displays<br />
and exhibits focusing on Kilmarnock’s<br />
past and present.<br />
Rotating exhibits are featured<br />
plus displays of local artifacts and<br />
a timeline of events throughout<br />
area history. Currently on exhibit<br />
is news photography by the late<br />
Tanyua Dickenson, reporter for<br />
the <strong>Rappahannock</strong> <strong>Record</strong>.<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum is open Thurs.–<br />
Sat., 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Free.<br />
Mary Ball Washington<br />
Museum<br />
8346 Mary Ball Rd.<br />
Lancaster Courthouse<br />
462-7280<br />
Located in the Historic District,<br />
the museum comprises three<br />
historic buildings and library.<br />
More than 350 years of area<br />
history is on exhibit in the 1797<br />
clerk’s office, 1821 jail, and 1828<br />
Lancaster House.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Genealogy and History Library<br />
provides more than 7000<br />
reference materials including local<br />
court records, census data,<br />
business information, vital records,<br />
county histories, church<br />
records, and family files. <strong>The</strong> card<br />
catalogue is available online.<br />
Open Wed.–Fri. 10 a.m.–4 p.m.<br />
Admission is $3.<br />
Research library open Tues.-Fri.<br />
10 a.m.-4 p.m. with a $5 daily use<br />
fee.<br />
Both facilities open some Saturdays.<br />
Closed major holiday weekends.<br />
Check website for complete<br />
listing and hours.<br />
Morattico Waterfront Museum<br />
6584 Morattico Rd.<br />
Morattico<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum offers exhibits of<br />
an old fashioned country store,<br />
the history of the work life, gear<br />
and agriculture of local watermen<br />
of the village. Also on display are<br />
Native American artifacts, photos<br />
and documents relating to village<br />
history.<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum is open Sat.<br />
noon–4 p.m. and Sun. 1–4 p.m.<br />
<strong>May</strong>–Oct.<br />
Northern Neck<br />
Sports Wall of Fame<br />
60 South Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-1211<br />
<strong>The</strong> Northern Neck Sports Wall<br />
of Fame features plaques with<br />
bios and photos of individuals<br />
past and present that have excelled<br />
in sports from the Northern<br />
Neck of Virginia. Free. Located<br />
inside <strong>The</strong> Sports Centre. Open<br />
Mon.–Fri. 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Sat.<br />
9 a.m.–4 p.m.<br />
Steamboat Era Museum<br />
156 King Carter Dr.<br />
Irvington 438-6888<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum offers a visual<br />
history of the steamboats importance<br />
to area commerce, culture,<br />
social connections and life to small<br />
towns along the Chesapeake Bay<br />
and its tributaries. Dioramas, oral<br />
histories, models, artifacts, paintings,<br />
photos and audio and interactive<br />
components.<br />
<strong>The</strong> “Welcome Aboard” exhibit<br />
features an eight foot cutaway<br />
model of the steamer Lancaster.<br />
Also featured are vignettes of various<br />
rooms such as a typical stateroom,<br />
wheelhouse, boiler room,<br />
galley and dining room. <strong>The</strong> exhibit<br />
includes a sixfoot map showing<br />
steamboat wharf stops.<br />
Open Thurs.–Sat., 10 a.m.–4<br />
p.m. and Sun., 1–4 p.m. Donation<br />
only.<br />
Mathews<br />
Gwynn’s Island Museum<br />
1775 Old Ferry Rd.<br />
Gwynn 725-7949<br />
Features an exhibit of the<br />
“CINMAR” Discovery—the oldest<br />
man-made stone tool found in<br />
the Americas. <strong>The</strong> original stone<br />
blade was dated at 20,000 years<br />
old and is on display in the Smithsonian<br />
Institution. It was dredged<br />
from 240 feet of water about<br />
40 miles offshore in the Atlantic<br />
Ocean by Mathews scallop boat<br />
captain Thurston Shawn in 1970.<br />
Other exhibits include a pre-Civil<br />
War Wheeler and Wilson sewing<br />
machine and a tableaux depicting<br />
the legend of Col. Hugh Gwynn<br />
accepting what is now called Gwynn’s<br />
Island from Princess Pocahontas<br />
in gratitude for saving her<br />
life when she fell from her canoe.<br />
Also featured is memorabilia<br />
from the 1907 Jamestown Exposition,<br />
an extensive display of<br />
antique spectacles collected by<br />
the late Dr. Wm. H. Gatten, and<br />
artifacts from a mid-18th century<br />
home site, including glass and<br />
pottery shards from the 17th century,<br />
a King George III half penny<br />
dated 1773, Native American<br />
points, pottery and fossils. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
also are photos of two barrel<br />
wells.<br />
Also on display are items relating<br />
to the Black American history<br />
of Gwynn’s Island, prehistoric Native<br />
Americans, and an extensive<br />
history on the life of Captain John<br />
Smith and his connection to Gwynn’s<br />
Island. <strong>The</strong>re is a 100- plus<br />
year old corn sheller, with original<br />
red paint and name.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is a large collection of<br />
antique medical instruments from<br />
the estate of the late Mathews<br />
physician, Dr. James Warren<br />
Dorsey Haynes, and the old Grimstead<br />
Post Office.<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum, open 1–5 p.m.<br />
each Fri., Sat. and Sun. <strong>May</strong>–<br />
Oct., also has a research library<br />
and gift shop.<br />
Admission is free, donations<br />
welcome.<br />
Mathews Maritime Museum<br />
482 Main St.<br />
Mathews 725-4444<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum features memorabilia,<br />
artifacts, documents, photos,<br />
models, and many memories<br />
of time gone by. Long a boat building<br />
area of note, Mathews additionally<br />
has had its share of local<br />
watermen, menhaden fishermen,<br />
merchant mariners, US Navy sailors,<br />
fish packing houses, boat<br />
repair facilities, and marinas. <strong>The</strong><br />
museum honors the past and<br />
works to educate the future about<br />
maritime history.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> museum is staffed by volunteers,<br />
generally on Fri. and Sat.<br />
from Apr.–Nov. from 10–2, or by<br />
request for groups. If the “open”<br />
flag is flying, you’re invited inside.<br />
Tompkins Cottage<br />
43 Brickbat Rd.<br />
Mathews 725-3487<br />
Near the Mathews Courthouse,<br />
is a typical tidewater cottage of the<br />
early 1800s. It houses a museum<br />
and headquarters of the Mathews<br />
Historical Society.<br />
<strong>The</strong> oldest wooden structure<br />
in the courthouse, it was used by<br />
Christopher Tompkins as a general<br />
store starting in 1816.<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum houses a permanent<br />
exhibit of Mathews history<br />
including information on Captain<br />
Sally Tompkins, the only woman<br />
officer in the Confederate Army.<br />
Also included is an area of changing<br />
exhibits, a county map, and a<br />
sales area offering publications<br />
concerning Mathews history and<br />
related gift items.<br />
Admission is free. Open Fri.<br />
and Sat. from 10 a.m.–1 p.m.<br />
through Oct.<br />
Middlesex<br />
Deltaville Maritime Museum<br />
and Holly Point Nature Park<br />
287 Jackson Creek Rd.<br />
Deltaville 776-7200<br />
<strong>The</strong> newest exhibit is “Middlesex<br />
in the Civil War 1861-1865” and<br />
will run until 2015. Artifacts and<br />
models from when Deltaville was<br />
the “Boat Building Capital of the<br />
Chesapeake” are on exhibit.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Johns’ Pavilion displays<br />
historic vessels such as the W. A.<br />
Johns, a 34-foot three-log bottom<br />
sailing canoe that has had a number<br />
of working lives in Deltaville<br />
waters. Also, displayed is an old<br />
46 <br />
sora skiff once used for bird hunting<br />
in the Dragon Run, and several<br />
small skipjacks and deadrise<br />
workboats. <strong>The</strong> F. D. Crockett,<br />
a log bottom buyboat is at the<br />
museum’s Pierwalk as is the Explorer,<br />
a 30' reproduction of the<br />
shallop Captain John Smith used<br />
to explore and map Chesapeake<br />
Bay in 1608.<br />
In the boat shop visitors can<br />
see under construction a flatbottomed<br />
utility skiff typical of<br />
Deltaville boats of the past.<br />
In the park are picnic tables,<br />
walking trails, a sculpture garden,<br />
a kayak landing and a children’s<br />
garden. <strong>The</strong>re is also a fishshaped<br />
wildflower meadow.<br />
On the fourth Sat. <strong>May</strong>-Nov.<br />
there is a Farmers’ Market with<br />
over 40 vendors, creek cruises,<br />
miniature horse rides and more.<br />
<strong>The</strong> nature park is open daily,<br />
dawn to dusk. <strong>The</strong> museum is<br />
open Tues.- Sat. 10–4 and Sun.<br />
1–4.<br />
Middlesex County Museum<br />
777 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Saluda 758-3663<br />
As one of the oldest county<br />
museums in the state of Virginia,<br />
the museum covers over<br />
400 years of local history. Recently<br />
remodeled, our expanded<br />
exhibits feature a vast array of<br />
objects and items not seen together<br />
before: fossils and Indian<br />
artifacts, 19th Century textiles<br />
and clothing, a 1930’s country<br />
store, agricultural and industrial<br />
tools, historical money, toys and<br />
medical instruments. <strong>The</strong> exhibits<br />
contain stories of our past,<br />
including our African American<br />
history, Civil War, Revolutionary<br />
War, WWI, and WWII era, and<br />
tales of our most famous local<br />
resident, Lt. General “Chesty”<br />
Puller, the most decorated Ma-<br />
Reedville Fishermen’s Museum<br />
Preserving the Watermen’s Heritage<br />
804-453-6529 Open Tues.–Sun. <strong>May</strong>-Oct.<br />
504 Main St., Reedville, VA 22539<br />
www.rfmuseum.org<br />
rine in corps history.<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum has local history<br />
books for sale and resource<br />
books for the public’s use in the<br />
research center.<br />
Open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.<br />
Wed.–Sat.<br />
.<br />
Northumberland<br />
Northern Neck Farm Museum<br />
12705 Northumberland Hwy.<br />
Burgess 761-5952<br />
Luther Welch donated the<br />
property and much of the equipment<br />
to create a museum to<br />
tell the history of farming in the<br />
Northern Neck. <strong>The</strong> big red barn<br />
houses a photographic exhibit<br />
of farms, an American Indian exhibit<br />
and farm equipment such<br />
as antique tractors, hand tools,<br />
planters, seed hullers and butter<br />
churns. Other exhibits include<br />
a children’s area and an<br />
exhibit on Northern Neck rural<br />
electrification.<br />
<strong>The</strong> gift shop features many<br />
items including a first edition collectible<br />
tractor and toys. Hours<br />
are Sat. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. and Sun.<br />
1–4 p.m. Admission is $2 for<br />
adults, $1 for students, and children<br />
under 12 are free.<br />
Reedville<br />
Fishermen’s Museum<br />
504 Main St.<br />
Reedville 453-6529<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum offers visitors<br />
a glimpse of the rich heritage of<br />
the fishermen and watermen of<br />
Virginia’s Northern Neck and the<br />
Chesapeake Bay.<br />
In addition to the main museum<br />
gallery housing its permanent<br />
and changing exhibits, the<br />
museum features the Pendleton<br />
Building with its boat and model<br />
workshops and the historic William<br />
Walker House.<br />
In the water, the museum showcases<br />
the Claud W. Somers, a 42foot<br />
skipjack built in 1911, which<br />
offers tours twice monthly, and<br />
the Elva C., a 55-foot traditional<br />
workboat built in 1922, which offers<br />
tours to members.<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum also offers a gift<br />
shop and is open Tues.–Sun.<br />
from 10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. <strong>May</strong><br />
through Oct. Admission is $5 for<br />
adults, $3 for seniors and free<br />
for children under 12. www.rfmuseum.org<br />
Rice’s Hotel/<br />
Hughlett’s Tavern<br />
73 Monument Place<br />
Heathsville 580-3377<br />
A 1700’s restored Tavern and<br />
community square, the site includes<br />
a gift shop, foundation<br />
office, blacksmith shop, woodworkers<br />
shop, spinning and weaving<br />
studio and Carriage House.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Transportation Museum<br />
Building houses a permanent exhibit<br />
of the Chicacoan Oak. <strong>The</strong><br />
museum also offers a community<br />
room for rent and various classes<br />
in heritage arts.<br />
Gift Shop: Call for hours. 580-<br />
3536. Blacksmith shop hours:<br />
Tues., Thurs., Sat. 10 a.m.–3<br />
p.m. Spinning and weaving studio<br />
hours: Wed. 10 a.m.–2 p.m.; Sun.<br />
11 a.m.–3 p.m. Quilt Guild hours:<br />
Tues. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Woodworkers<br />
studio hours: Fri. 10 a.m.–3<br />
p.m. Restaurant at the Tavern,<br />
call 580-7900. Tavern Foundation<br />
hours: Mon.–Thurs. 9 a.m.–noon.<br />
www.rhhtfoundation.org<br />
Richmond<br />
Menokin<br />
4037 Menokin Rd.<br />
Warsaw<br />
Menokin was built c. 1769. It<br />
was the home of Independence<br />
signer Francis Lightfoot Lee. A<br />
partial ruin, the house provides<br />
a unique opportunity to see “behind<br />
the walls” of an 18th century<br />
mansion.<br />
<strong>The</strong> King Conservation and Visitors<br />
Center provides information<br />
on the history of the property and<br />
the architectural conservation<br />
work going on at Menokin. Hike<br />
trails to Cat Point Creek through<br />
the <strong>Rappahannock</strong> River Valley<br />
National Wildlife Refuge.<br />
From Apr.–Oct., open Mon.–<br />
Sat., 10 a.m.–4 p.m. From<br />
Nov.–March, open Mon.–Fri. 10<br />
a.m.–4 p.m. and weekends by<br />
appointment.<br />
Richmond County Museum<br />
5874 East Richmond Rd.<br />
Warsaw 333-3607<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum is in the county’s<br />
old jail, which was built in 1872.<br />
It includes three galleries, exhibit<br />
rooms and an office. <strong>The</strong> jail’s<br />
hanging chamber is also on the<br />
second floor.<br />
On permanent display is a<br />
scale model of the historic 1748<br />
Richmond County Courthouse,<br />
the third oldest courthouse in<br />
Virginia, a collection of Forrest<br />
Patton photography and an old<br />
fashioned country store. Another<br />
exhibit features Francis Lightfoot<br />
Lee, signer of the Declaration of<br />
Independence.<br />
Open Wed.–Sat. from 11<br />
a.m.–3 p.m.<br />
Kentucky Derby Party<br />
at the<br />
at the<br />
Historic Rice’s Hotel / Hughlett’s Tavern<br />
<br />
Watch the race on big screen TV and bet on<br />
your favorite ponies. Sumptuous food, open bar,<br />
mint juleps, live Bluegrass music, live and silent<br />
auction. Tickets $35 per person, $65 per couple<br />
in advance; $40 at the gate. Dress for fun!
Westmoreland<br />
A.T. Johnson Museum<br />
18849 Kings Hwy.<br />
Montross 493-7070<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum preserves the<br />
history and legacy of education<br />
for African American students in<br />
the Northern Neck, especially in<br />
Westmoreland County.<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum is a depository<br />
for collections, artifacts, memorabilia,<br />
documents and other items<br />
related to education.<br />
Built in 1937 in the Colonial<br />
Revival style, A. T. Johnson High<br />
School was the fi rst public educa-<br />
tion facility serving African American<br />
students in Westmoreland.<br />
<strong>The</strong> school was named for Armstead<br />
Tasker Johnson, a black<br />
educator and community leader<br />
instrumental in its construction.<br />
Open on Sat.,10 a.m.–2 p.m.,<br />
Sun., 2 p.m.–4 p.m. and other<br />
times by appointment.<br />
George Washington Birthplace<br />
National Monument<br />
1732 Popes Creek Rd.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-1732<br />
George Washington is among<br />
Westmoreland’s most famous<br />
native sons. Commander of the<br />
Continental Army, Revolutionary<br />
War hero and fi rst President of the<br />
United States, he professed to be<br />
fi rst and foremost a farmer.<br />
Open to the public 9 a.m.–5<br />
p.m. Admission $3. 16 and under<br />
free.<br />
James Monroe Birthplace<br />
Museum and Visitor Center<br />
4460 James Monroe Hwy.<br />
Colonial Beach 214-9145<br />
Open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.<br />
Saturdays and Sundays from Memorial<br />
Day through Labor Day. Admission<br />
is free. A picnic area is on<br />
the grounds and a canoe launch<br />
A ntique’n<br />
Specialty Shops, Antiques & Treasures<br />
BURGESS HOUSE, INC.<br />
An Eclectic Mix of<br />
Home Decor & Furniture<br />
“Old, New & In-Between”<br />
16 Rooms of Treasurers<br />
Jewelry, Nautical & Collectibles.<br />
80 Jessie Dupont Memorial Hwy.<br />
Burgess, VA 804 453-5900<br />
Jean’s<br />
Bargain<br />
Center<br />
“Why Buy New When Used Will Do”<br />
Open Mon. – Fri., & Sat.<br />
804-580-2850<br />
Route 360 • Between Heathsville & Burgess<br />
Quilting, Apparel & Home Decor Fabrics<br />
Notions, Patterns,<br />
Custom Sewing and Classes<br />
804-443-2154<br />
158 Prince St., Tappahannock, VA<br />
Commonwealth Antiques<br />
and Appraisals, Inc.<br />
Antiques, Collectibles<br />
& Estate Sales<br />
<br />
<br />
5150 Jessie Dupont Memorial Hwy.<br />
Wicomico Church, VA<br />
<strong>The</strong> General Store<br />
Antiques, Furniture, Primitives,<br />
China, Jewelry, Lamps<br />
Estate Sales & Appraisals<br />
684A Jessie Dupont Highway<br />
Tues. - Sat. 10-5<br />
Burgess, Va.<br />
804-453-3066<br />
<br />
<br />
6th Anniversary<br />
20% off with this ad<br />
<br />
is at a dock on Monroe Creek.<br />
Kinsale Museum<br />
449 Kinsale Rd.<br />
Kinsale 472-3001<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum is dedicated<br />
to the preservation, collection,<br />
exhibition and interpretation of<br />
local history. It’s in a late 19th<br />
century barroom, which was<br />
used as a meat market in the<br />
1920s; the old Ice Cream Parlor<br />
next door is being renovated by<br />
the Kinsale Foundation for gallery,<br />
library and meeting space.<br />
<strong>The</strong> 1909 Bank of Kinsale building<br />
stands just off the green<br />
t theR ivah<br />
A Multi-Dealer Mall located in<br />
Essex Square Shopping Center<br />
Come browse our store for furniture, glassware,<br />
jewelry, coins, trains and lots more!<br />
Civil War Artifacts<br />
<br />
Secondhand Rose<br />
Thrift, Antiques & Consignment<br />
New Junk Daily<br />
Tues to Sat 10-4<br />
804-580-2084<br />
Accepting New Consignments<br />
1428 Hull Neck Rd. (Old Edwardsville Store)<br />
Museums<br />
beside the Kinsale Motor Corp.<br />
building (1919).<br />
Open Fri. and Sat. from 10<br />
a.m.–5 p.m.<br />
Museum at Colonial Beach<br />
128 Hawthorne St.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-3379<br />
It is housed in the former Hoffman<br />
Gas Building (c. 1893).<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum depicts Colonial<br />
Beach heritage through various<br />
artifacts. Emphasis is on the<br />
period from 1890 through 1958<br />
when the town was a busy river<br />
tourism attraction that drew<br />
huge summer crowds.<br />
Material Girl<br />
Quilt Shop<br />
Supplies for Quilting<br />
Punch Needle<br />
Rug Hooking Classes<br />
(804) 453-6003<br />
16658 Northumberland Hwy, Reedville<br />
www.materialgirlnn.com<br />
Carter’s Cottage<br />
Consignments<br />
Antiques, Home Accessories<br />
Collectibles, Furniture,<br />
Jewelry, Nice Things<br />
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804-776-7878<br />
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47
If You Go<br />
Sandpiper Reef<br />
342 Misty Cove Road,<br />
Hallieford, Mathews, VA<br />
23109<br />
725-3331<br />
Open<br />
Thursday-Saturday,<br />
5-9 p.m.<br />
Sunday, noon-8 p.m.<br />
On the Menu<br />
Sandwiches<br />
Entrees<br />
Kids Menu<br />
Did you know?<br />
<strong>The</strong> restaurant building<br />
was once the dining hall<br />
for a Baptist Bible Camp<br />
for girls.<br />
by Tom Hardin<br />
When I was first offered<br />
the job of “restaurant<br />
reviewer” for the <strong>Rivah</strong><br />
Visitor’s Guide, I was very reluctant<br />
to accept. You see, I’ve met<br />
very few foods I don’t like. And<br />
being from West Virginia, I’m big<br />
(no pun intended) into fried food,<br />
fast food and the all-you-can-eat<br />
buffets. I used to think if I’m not<br />
bursting at the seams, I didn’t get<br />
my fair share at the Golden Corral.<br />
Since moving to the more<br />
sophisticated, genteel state of Virginia,<br />
I have changed a few dietary<br />
habits, hopefully for the better. Hot<br />
dogs and pizza are still two of my<br />
favorite foods, but I’ve acquired<br />
somewhat of a taste for quality.<br />
For example, I prefer Klondike ice<br />
cream bars over the cheaper store<br />
brands. In fact, I’ve been known to<br />
eat a whole pint of Haagan Dazs ice<br />
cream at one sitting, and then frantically<br />
search the freezer for more.<br />
For my restaurant review, I chose<br />
Sandpiper Reef in Mathews County<br />
because I heard it was really good.<br />
My wife Bev and I had an excellent<br />
meal there on a Saturday night and<br />
even were treated to some relaxing<br />
dinner music by David McKenney.<br />
As I listened to Harry’s Chapin’s<br />
“Cat’s in the Cradle,” I was confronted<br />
with an extensive menu and<br />
several tempting appetizers and specials.<br />
Bev and I shared the seafood<br />
bisque as an appetizer, but she got<br />
very little. It was so good it left me<br />
wanting to order another bowl. I<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Fare<br />
Review<br />
Fine dining hidden from the beaten path<br />
could have made a meal of this sweet<br />
cream-based soup.<br />
However, I still had other courses<br />
to conquer that night.<br />
Next came the dinner salad. Fresh<br />
lettuce, onions, cucumbers, cherry<br />
tomatoes and spicy croutons covered<br />
with a sweet homemade raspberry<br />
vinaigrette dressing had me licking<br />
my bowl clean.<br />
Next, the entree. Bev and I both<br />
wanted the “Reef and Beef,” which<br />
consisted of grilled seafood, beef tenderloin,<br />
squash and onions over a bed<br />
of rice. It was excellent.<br />
Bev ordered that, and I ordered<br />
an old healthy favorite of mine—the<br />
fried seafood platter, which was, as<br />
you might imagine, a variety of fresh<br />
fried seafood.<br />
Next time I will get it broiled. Not<br />
because broiled is healthier, as my<br />
waitress reminded me as I drained<br />
my second beer, I just love seafood<br />
dipped in melted butter.<br />
Neither of us could finish our<br />
dinner, so we got “doggie bags” of<br />
leftovers to take home. I ate them<br />
both the next night.<br />
For dessert, we shared. We ordered<br />
white chocolate cheesecake with<br />
fresh whipped cream and strawberries.<br />
Wow! <strong>May</strong>be the best thing we<br />
had all night. I arm-wrestled Bev for<br />
the final bite, not remembering she’d<br />
been pumping iron.<br />
As we were about to leave, I saw a<br />
“king cut” of prime rib delivered to a<br />
nearby table. I will return.<br />
<strong>The</strong> restaurant<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sandpiper Reef in Mathews<br />
County is not easy to find. Turn off<br />
two-lane Hallieford Road (Route<br />
626) onto Godfrey Bay Road and<br />
then onto Misti Cove Lane. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
are no billboards along the way<br />
announcing it is “straight ahead.”<br />
Rather, there are small tasteful signs<br />
at every turn that lead diners to this<br />
hidden gem.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y really have to come find<br />
us, and when they do they usually<br />
come back,” said restaurant owner<br />
Liz Scribe. “Obviously, we rely on<br />
a lot of return customers.”<br />
Liz has two bumper stickers she<br />
gives to patrons. One reads “Away<br />
From It All,” and the other reads<br />
“Mathews’ Best Kept Secret.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> restaurant building is a “plain<br />
Jane.” It is a former dining hall for<br />
an all-girls summer Baptist Bible<br />
Camp that many locals may remember<br />
attending. When I heard this,<br />
I felt bad about not saying grace<br />
before lunging into my food.<br />
Adjacent to the restaurant is a red<br />
barn that once served as the camp’s<br />
activities center and now is the home<br />
of <strong>The</strong> Court House Players.<br />
<strong>The</strong> restaurant sits a stone’s throw<br />
from Godfrey Bay on the Piankatank<br />
River, and is surrounded by waterfront<br />
cottages. <strong>The</strong>se cottages were<br />
once the sites of Bible Camp bunkhouses,<br />
but when the camp closed in<br />
the 1980s, the houses and lots were<br />
sold as prime waterfront sites.<br />
Sandpiper Reef was once named<br />
Misti Cove Restaurant, but has been<br />
Sandpiper Reef for several years,<br />
including the eight years Liz has been<br />
with it—the first three years as manager<br />
and the last five years as owner.<br />
“I’ve changed the restaurant into a<br />
very casual, family place,” she said.<br />
“I want people to come here, feel<br />
comfortable and have fun.”<br />
Flip-flops, t-shirts and shorts are<br />
allowed, and even encouraged. During<br />
warm weather, diners enjoy eating on<br />
the large screened-in porch.<br />
<strong>The</strong> menu is long. From soups,<br />
salads, sandwiches, full-course blue<br />
collar selections and more elaborate<br />
fare, it’s all there—steaks, seafood,<br />
chicken, and Italian.<br />
A small bar with five stools sits<br />
in the corner of the spacious dining<br />
area. So spacious that the Sandpiper<br />
Reef frequently hosts wedding receptions,<br />
baby showers, family reunions<br />
and other special events. <strong>The</strong> restaurant<br />
is open to the public only four<br />
days a week—Thursday through<br />
Sunday. Liz also has a thriving catering<br />
business.<br />
Take it from me. Her food is<br />
fresh, plentiful and top-of-the-line,<br />
especially those homemade soups<br />
and desserts. And the staff could not<br />
be any more accommodating and<br />
friendly.
Restaurants are listed by<br />
county and all are in the<br />
(804) area code unless noted.<br />
Call for hours. B=breakfast,<br />
L=lunch, D=dinner. $ indicates<br />
average price range of<br />
entrees: $ = under $10; $$ =<br />
$10 to $16; $$$ = over $16.<br />
Essex<br />
Almost <strong>The</strong>re Family Dining<br />
6501 Richmond-Tapp. Hwy.<br />
Tappahannock 443-2622<br />
American cuisine. Steaks,<br />
burgers, barbecue, sandwiches,<br />
seafood and daily specials.<br />
B/L/D/$.<br />
Applebee’s<br />
1650 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 443-0361<br />
American cuisine, steaks,<br />
ribs, stir-fried specialties and<br />
more. L/D/$$.<br />
Arnest Seafood & Cafe<br />
504 Church Ln.<br />
Tappahannock 443-5225<br />
Open 7 days a week. Specializing<br />
in the freshest seafood<br />
in the Northern Neck.<br />
B/L/D/$-$$.<br />
Asia Café<br />
1619 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 445-9991<br />
Chinese restaurant serving<br />
Szechwan, Hunan and Cantonese<br />
cuisine. Take out. L/D/$.<br />
Bella’s Italian Restaurant<br />
and Pizzeria<br />
1673 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 443-4912<br />
Pizza, subs, spaghetti,<br />
and wraps. Lunch specials.<br />
L/D/$-$$.<br />
Captain’s Grill and Patio<br />
528 Church Ln.<br />
Tappahannock 443-2800<br />
Appetizers, burgers, seafood,<br />
sandwiches, and a late<br />
night menu. L/D/$$.<br />
China King Buffet<br />
1392 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 443-2999<br />
Chinese Szechwan, Cantonese<br />
and Peking cuisines plus<br />
American foods. Lunch specials,<br />
family dinners. L/D/$$.<br />
Java Jack’s Coffee House<br />
504 Church Ln.<br />
Tappahannock 443-5225<br />
B/L/D/$-$$.<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Dining<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pilot House Restaurant and Motel is located next to Hummel<br />
Airfield at Topping in Middlesex County. <strong>The</strong> facility also operated <strong>The</strong><br />
Beacon Activities Center is also at the site.<br />
Hobbs Hole Restaurant<br />
1267 Hobbs Hole Dr.<br />
Tappahannock 443-4451<br />
Serving hand cut steaks,<br />
baby back ribs, fresh fish and<br />
seafood, pork and much more.<br />
L/D/$-$$$.<br />
Los Portales<br />
1425 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 443-0132<br />
Authentic Mexican cuisine.<br />
Featuring quesadillas, fajitas,<br />
burritos, enchiladas and more.<br />
L/D/$-$$.<br />
Lowery’s Seafood<br />
528 North Church Ln.<br />
Tappahannock 443-2800<br />
Family dining, specializing in<br />
crab cakes, oysters, shrimp,<br />
fish, beef and all-American<br />
chicken. House salad dressings.<br />
Meeting facilities.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
O’Shuck’s Oyster Bar<br />
324 Prince St.<br />
Tappahannock 443-4402<br />
Specializing in fresh seafood.<br />
Rotating dinner menu,<br />
lunch to go. L/D/$$.<br />
Parr’s Drive Inn<br />
715 N. Church Ln.<br />
Tappahannock 443-2000<br />
Burgers, sandwiches, ice<br />
cream and more. B/L/D/$.<br />
Pizza Hut<br />
1685 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 443-2915<br />
Different styles of pizza<br />
along with side dishes including<br />
salad, pasta, buffalo wings,<br />
breadsticks, and garlic bread.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Relish<br />
Historic Prince St.<br />
Tappahannock 443-2333<br />
Located inside the <strong>Rivah</strong>side<br />
Cafe. Contemporary Southern<br />
style cuisine. Open Thurs.–<br />
Sun. For reservations call 761-<br />
6727. $$$<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong>side Cafe<br />
221 Prince St.<br />
Tappahannock 443-2333<br />
Signature items include burgers,<br />
homemade chicken salad<br />
and soups. B/L/$.<br />
Roma’s Italian Restaurant<br />
1250 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 443-5240<br />
Complete Italian menu.<br />
Lunch and dinner specials.<br />
L/D/$-$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sand Bar<br />
1267 Hobbs Hole Dr.<br />
Tappahannock 443-1800<br />
Open 6 days a week.<br />
L/D/$–$$.<br />
Shoney’s<br />
1607 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 443-5306<br />
Breakfast, lunch & dinner<br />
buffets. Serving fresh local sea-<br />
food every weekend. B/L/D/$.<br />
TBonz and Tuna<br />
429 Dock St.<br />
Tappahannock 445-8862<br />
A specialty meat and seafood<br />
shop. Boars Head deli<br />
meats and cheeses, specialty<br />
items and ready-to-cook meals,<br />
beers and wines. Fresh bait<br />
and ice for your river fishing<br />
needs. Carry out only. L/$$.<br />
To Do Cafe & Restaurant<br />
1008 Church Ln.<br />
Tappahannock 443-2002<br />
Traditional American food:<br />
Barbeque, burgers, hot dogs,<br />
seafood and steaks. L/D/$.<br />
Twister’s Premium<br />
Frozen Yogurt<br />
1252 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 445-1252<br />
Offering 10 Flavors. $.<br />
Virginia Barbeque<br />
1832 Tappahannock Blvd.<br />
Tappahannock 443-2685<br />
Authentic freshly made side<br />
items and true wood-smoked<br />
meats. L/D/$$.<br />
Gloucester<br />
5 Bucks Fresh Pizza<br />
2272 York Crossing Dr.<br />
Hayes 642-5823<br />
Pizza, salads, subs, calzones,<br />
strombolis, gyros, 25<br />
flavors of hot wings. L/D/$$.<br />
Anna’s Pizza<br />
6545 Market Dr.<br />
Gloucester 693-4171<br />
Pizza, subs, salads, Italian<br />
dinners. L/D/$$.<br />
Anna’s Pizza<br />
14911 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Glenns 758-1112<br />
Pasta dishes, subs, pizza.<br />
Take out only. L/D/$-$$.<br />
Ann’s Family Dining<br />
14761 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Glenns 758-3031<br />
Traditional American<br />
menu served country style.<br />
B/L/D/$.<br />
Applebee’s<br />
6086 Walton Ln.<br />
Gloucester 694-3160<br />
American cuisine, steaks,<br />
ribs, stir-fried specialties and<br />
more. Take out available.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Bangkok Noi<br />
6724 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 695-1177<br />
Authentic Thai cuisine.<br />
Breakfast Fr.–Sun. L/D/$-$$.<br />
Brickwood Grill<br />
5036 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester 693-5950<br />
Seafood, steaks, Blue Crab<br />
margaritas. Open 7 days a<br />
week D/$$–$$$.<br />
Courthouse Restaurant<br />
6714 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 210-1506<br />
Serving breakfast all day.<br />
Daily specials and homemade<br />
pies. B/L/D/$.<br />
Cruiser’s Sports Bar & Grill<br />
4938 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester 693-6246<br />
Homemade lunch specials.<br />
Charbroiled steaks, deli sandwiches.<br />
Live entertainment.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Damon’s<br />
7104 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester 693-7218<br />
Seafood, prime rib, sandwiches,<br />
subs. B/L/D/$$.<br />
Egghead’s Diner<br />
1759 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester 684-1222<br />
Fresh, local seafood, desserts,<br />
full menu including<br />
breakfast available all day.<br />
B/L/$-$$.<br />
El Ranchito<br />
7313 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 694-8003<br />
Burritos, taco salad, tamales,<br />
chili rellenos. L/D/$.<br />
Ginny’s Place<br />
2348 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Hayes 642-8780<br />
Hometown cooking, buffet<br />
style. L/D/$.<br />
Good Fortune<br />
Chinese Restaurant<br />
6904 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 694-0111<br />
Cantonese and Szechwan.<br />
Beer, wine, cocktails. L/D/$$.<br />
Great Wall<br />
6585 Market Dr.<br />
Gloucester 695-0500<br />
Hunan and Szechwan Chinese<br />
cuisine. L/D/$.<br />
50 f<br />
49
Dining<br />
f 49<br />
Hana Sushi<br />
2274 York Crossing Dr.<br />
Hayes 642-3055<br />
Sushi bar and Japanese Hibachi<br />
cooking. Watch the chefs<br />
perform tricks with knives as<br />
they cook to order. D/$$.<br />
Hong Kong<br />
2328 York Crossing Dr.<br />
Hayes 642-5555<br />
Chinese takeout. Small eatin<br />
area. L/D/$$.<br />
Jay Sushi<br />
1759 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Dock & Dine<br />
Looking for a place where you<br />
can pull up in your boat and<br />
enjoy a meal by the water?<br />
<strong>The</strong> following restaurants offer<br />
moorings for customers.<br />
See full restaurant listings for<br />
more information.<br />
Potomac River Area<br />
s <strong>The</strong> Mooring Restaurant –<br />
Yeocomico River<br />
s Dockside Restaurant and<br />
<strong>The</strong> Blue Heron Pub – Monroe<br />
Creek<br />
s AC’s Cafe & Sports Grill –<br />
Lower Machodoc Creek<br />
s Kinsale Harbour Restaurant<br />
–Yeocomico River<br />
s Riverboat on the Potomac<br />
Great Wicomico<br />
River Area<br />
s <strong>The</strong> Crazy Crab – Cockrell’s<br />
Creek<br />
s Deli at Cockrell’s Creek Seafood<br />
– Cockrell’s Creek<br />
s Leadbelly’s – Cockrell’s<br />
Creek<br />
s Horn Harbor House Restaurant<br />
– Great Wicomico River<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong><br />
River Area<br />
s Cocomo’s – Broad Creek<br />
s <strong>The</strong> Tides Inn – Carters<br />
Creek<br />
s Merroir Tasting Room – Locklies<br />
Creek<br />
Piankatank River Area<br />
s Seabreeze Restaurant – Milford<br />
Haven<br />
s Sandpiper Reef<br />
York River Area<br />
s River’s Inn - Sarah’s Creek<br />
50 <br />
Gloucester Point 642-4422<br />
Sushi, Sashimi, Terriyaki,<br />
noodles, soups, salads.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Jessica’s Sweet Shop,<br />
Cafe and Bakery<br />
6558 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 693-5235<br />
Fresh roasted coffee, salads,<br />
soups, sandwiches. Fresh<br />
baked cinnamon rolls, scones,<br />
yeast breads. B/L/$.<br />
Jessica’s On Main<br />
6553 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 693-2020<br />
Fine, casual dining on Main<br />
St. Pasta, Seafood, Sandwiches,<br />
Weekend Specials include<br />
FIsh Fry and Prime Rib, Delectable<br />
Desserts and more! L/D<br />
Closed Sunday $$<br />
Juan’s Mexican Cafe<br />
and Cantina<br />
2310 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Hayes 642-5401<br />
Mexican menu. L/D/$$.<br />
Kelsick Specialty Market<br />
6632 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 693-6500<br />
Carry-out catering, box lunches,<br />
gourmet baskets. Wine and<br />
beer tastings. $-$$.<br />
Little Italy<br />
6685 Fox Centre Pkwy.<br />
Gloucester 993-2646<br />
Wide selection of delicious<br />
and affordable Italian cuisine.<br />
L/D/$-$$.<br />
Nick’s Spaghetti<br />
and Steak House<br />
1440 Geo. Was. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester Point 642-2330<br />
Traditional Greek cuisine,<br />
Italian dishes, steaks and seafood.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Number One<br />
7481 Hargett Blvd.<br />
Gloucester 693-3851<br />
Chinese cuisine. L/D/$$.<br />
Olivia’s in the Village<br />
6597 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 694-0057<br />
Steaks, seafood and pasta,<br />
B/L/D/$$.<br />
Papa Johns<br />
4766 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Hayes 693-4433<br />
Take out only. L/D/$-$$.<br />
Pizza Hut<br />
1725 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester Point 642-4620<br />
Different styles of pizza<br />
along with side dishes including<br />
salad, pasta, buffalo wings,<br />
breadsticks, and garlic bread.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Point Bar and Grill<br />
1785 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester 684-2234<br />
Appetizers, steaks, seafood.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> River’s Inn<br />
and Crab Deck<br />
8109 Yacht Haven Rd.<br />
Gloucester Point 642-6161<br />
Provides seasonal entrees<br />
using fresh, local seafood and<br />
produce. Views of Sarah Creek<br />
on the York River. Outdoor dining<br />
available. L/D/$$-$$$.<br />
Rosemary and Wine<br />
6655 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 684-0777<br />
Tapas, full wine bar and microbrews.<br />
D/$-$$.<br />
Ruby Tuesday<br />
6749 Fox Center Pkwy.<br />
Gloucester 694-4955<br />
Burgers, extensive salad<br />
bar. American style cooking.<br />
Curbside service. L/D/$$.<br />
Sal’s Pizza<br />
2520 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Hayes 642-6470<br />
Subs, pizza, pastas.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Salsa’s Mexican Grill<br />
4329 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Hayes 684-5545<br />
Mexican atmosphere. Fajitas,<br />
tacos, chimichangas,<br />
enchiladas and vegetarian entrees.<br />
Karaoke. L/D/$.<br />
Short Lane Ice Cream<br />
Company<br />
6721 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester 695-2999<br />
Over 20 flavors of homemade<br />
ice cream. Banana<br />
splits, fancy sundaes, cones<br />
and dishes. $.<br />
Sunrise Donuts<br />
4744 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Hayes 210-1215<br />
Open 7 days a week. Bakery,<br />
coffee, donuts, cheesecakes,<br />
baked goods. $.<br />
Sweet Frog of Gloucester<br />
6826 Walton Ln.<br />
Gloucester 693-4065<br />
Family friendly frozen yogurt<br />
shop featuring a wide variety of<br />
flavors and 60 toppings. $.<br />
Sweet Madeline’s<br />
2091 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Gloucester 642-1780<br />
Homemade soups, salads,<br />
desserts. Café, delicatessen,<br />
catering, corporate functions,<br />
box lunches. L/$.<br />
Tony and Milena’s Pizzeria<br />
2364 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Hayes 684-0708<br />
Authentic Italian food. $$.<br />
Wild Ginger<br />
6904 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 694-0111<br />
Fine Chinese and Asian cuisine.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Wild Rabbit Café<br />
6604 Main St.<br />
Gloucester 694-5100<br />
Coffee bar with latte, cappuccino,<br />
espresso, brewed<br />
coffees, iced or hot, and<br />
smoothies. Soups, salads,<br />
deli sandwiches, paninis.<br />
B/L/D/$.<br />
King & Queen<br />
Antonio’s Pizza<br />
6564 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Mattaponi 785-2720<br />
Pizza, pasta, subs, salads<br />
and more. Italian food, friendly<br />
atmosphere. L/D/$-$$.<br />
Nick’s Spaghetti<br />
and Steak House<br />
3483 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Shacklefords 785-6300<br />
Specializing in Italian food<br />
and steaks. L/D/$$.<br />
King William<br />
Arnest Seafood<br />
109 Commerce Park Dr.<br />
Manquin 769-3315<br />
Fresh seafood.<br />
Anna’s Pizza<br />
3040 King William Ave.<br />
West Point 843-4035<br />
Pizza, subs, salads, Italian<br />
dinners. L/D/$$.<br />
Hong Kong<br />
4915 Richmond-Tapp. Hwy.<br />
King William 769-8832<br />
Chinese food. L/D.<br />
Pizza Hut<br />
416 4th St.<br />
West Point 843-3444<br />
Different styles of pizza<br />
along with side dishes including<br />
salad, pasta, buffalo wings,<br />
breadsticks, and garlic bread.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Tony and George’s<br />
2880 King William Ave.<br />
West Point 843-4448<br />
Seafood and Italian dishes.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Tops China<br />
100 Winters St.<br />
West Point 843-2211<br />
L/D/$.<br />
Vinny’s Italian Grill<br />
and Pizzeria<br />
4915A Richmond-Tapp. Hwy.<br />
Aylett 769-8822<br />
L/D/$-$$$.<br />
Lancaster<br />
Alley Cafe Sports Lounge<br />
608 N. Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 436-1100<br />
Daily specials. B/L/D/$.<br />
Anna’s<br />
150 Old Fairgrounds Way<br />
Kilmarnock 435-8960<br />
Pasta, pizza, subs, seafood<br />
and steaks. L/D/$-$$.<br />
Bentley’s Grille<br />
572 <strong>Rappahannock</strong> Dr.,<br />
White Stone 435-2000<br />
American-continental cuisine<br />
with a French flair. Closed Sun.<br />
L/D.<br />
Bluewater Seafood and Deli<br />
459 N. Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-3530<br />
Fresh Seafood and homemade<br />
deli items. Lunch to go.<br />
$$.<br />
Carwash Cafe and Catering<br />
481 North Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-0405<br />
Take out available. B/L/$.<br />
Carried Away Cuisine<br />
10 N. Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-9191<br />
Specialty coffees, sandwiches,<br />
fresh salads, homemade<br />
soups and desserts. Gourmet<br />
entrees to go. B/L/$-$$.<br />
Find us on Facebook or www.<br />
CarriedAwayCuisine.com<br />
Corner Bar and Grill<br />
5360 Mary Ball Rd.<br />
Lively 462-0110<br />
Home of the ½ lb. black angus<br />
burger, no filler crab cake.
Thurs. night is shrimp night.<br />
L/D/$.<br />
Country Cottage<br />
Ice Cream Shop<br />
and Fudge Factory<br />
795 <strong>Rappahannock</strong> Dr.<br />
White Stone 435-3812<br />
Hand-packed ice cream<br />
cones, sundaes, splits and<br />
milkshakes. Homemade fudge<br />
and gourmet chocolate. $.<br />
Dixie Deli<br />
55 Irvington Rd.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-6745<br />
Soups, hot and cold sandwiches<br />
and salads. L/$.<br />
El Charrito<br />
Arby’s<br />
<br />
Hwy. Gloucester, 695-<br />
2745.<br />
Burger King<br />
<br />
Hwy. Gloucester, 693-<br />
6051.<br />
<br />
Tappahannock, 443-<br />
3151.<br />
Domino’s Pizza<br />
<br />
Hwy., Gloucester 693-<br />
6800.<br />
Hardee’s<br />
<br />
Hwy., Gloucester, 693-<br />
0360.<br />
<br />
Hwy., Hayes, 642-3950.<br />
<br />
West Point, 843-4274.<br />
<br />
725-7468.<br />
<br />
Saluda, 758-4931.<br />
Kentucky Fried Chicken<br />
<br />
Hwy., Gloucester. 693-<br />
9482.<br />
<br />
Kilmarnock, 435-9410.<br />
<br />
Tappahannock, 443-<br />
3912.<br />
<br />
saw, 333-4011.<br />
McDonald’s<br />
<br />
Hwy., Gloucester, 694-<br />
4810.<br />
<br />
Hwy., Hayes, 642-4330.<br />
<br />
<br />
Restaurante Mexicano<br />
652 N. Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-1791<br />
Daily specials. Closed Mon.<br />
L/D/$-$$.<br />
Golden Eagle Grill<br />
364 Clubhouse Dr.<br />
Irvington 438-6740<br />
Closed Tues. Private parties.<br />
L/$-$$.<br />
www.tidesinn.com<br />
Great Fortune<br />
Chinese Restaurant<br />
443 N. Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-6333<br />
Specializing in authentic<br />
Mandarin, Szechwan, Hunan,<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Fast Food<br />
hannock, 435-9900.<br />
<br />
435-2331.<br />
Sonic Drive-in<br />
<br />
Hwy., Gloucester, 694-<br />
4447.<br />
Starbuck’s<br />
<br />
Pkwy., Gloucester 694-<br />
3146.<br />
Subway<br />
<br />
843-2782.<br />
<br />
Hwy., Aylett 769-7889.<br />
<br />
Gloucester, 693-4617.<br />
<br />
Hayes, 642-3420.<br />
<br />
Mathews, 725-3181.<br />
<br />
Tappahannock, 443-<br />
6787.<br />
<br />
Kilmarnock, 435-0198.<br />
<br />
Kilmarnock 435-1240<br />
Taco Bell<br />
<br />
Hayes, 642-6622.<br />
<br />
Tappahannock, 443-<br />
3912.<br />
Tropical Smoothie Cafe<br />
<br />
Gloucester, 693-6900<br />
Wendy’s<br />
<br />
Hwy., Hayes, 642-7475.<br />
<br />
Hwy., Gloucester, 694-<br />
4825.<br />
<br />
han nock, 443-5262.<br />
Peking and Cantonese cuisine.<br />
L/D/$.<br />
Historic Lancaster Tavern<br />
8373 Mary Ball Rd.<br />
Lancaster 462-0080<br />
Providing homestyle cooking<br />
and fi ne dining for over 200<br />
years. Breakfast Sat. and Sun.<br />
B/L/D/$-$$.<br />
Hong Kong<br />
410 N. Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-7979<br />
Chinese, Szechwan, Hunan<br />
and Cantonese. L/D/$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dining Hall of the Hope<br />
and Glory Inn<br />
65 Tavern Rd.<br />
Irvington 438-6053<br />
Fine dining, three/four courses,<br />
prix fi xe. Reservations required.<br />
D/$$$.<br />
KC’s Crabs and Cues<br />
10428 Jessie Ball duPont Mem.<br />
Hwy.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-7665<br />
Open 7 days a week 11 a.m.<br />
till late night. Family dining and<br />
entertainment. Cheseapeake<br />
Bay blue crabs. L/D/$-$$.<br />
Kilmarnock Inn<br />
34 E. Church St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-0034<br />
Serving breakfast and lunch<br />
everyday. Dinner Mon.–Sat.<br />
Available for private events.<br />
B/L/D/$$.<br />
King Carter Golf Club Cafe<br />
480 Old Saint Johns Rd.<br />
Irvington 435-7843<br />
Located in the clubhouse at<br />
King Carter Golf Club. Sandwiches<br />
and salads with fresh<br />
local seafood. L/$.<br />
Lee’s Restaurant<br />
30 S. Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-1255<br />
Hometown cooking and atmosphere.<br />
Full menu, local<br />
seafood in season, homemade<br />
desserts. Serving since 1939.<br />
B/L/D/$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Local<br />
4337 Irvington Rd.<br />
Irvington 438-9356<br />
Coffee, espresso, bagels,<br />
and muffi ns for breakfast and<br />
soups, salads and sandwiches<br />
for lunch. Outdoor patio. On/<br />
Off ABC. B/L/$.<br />
Nate’s Trick Dog Cafe<br />
4357 Irvington Rd.<br />
Irvington 438-6363<br />
A restaurant full of music,<br />
laughter, and food. Reservations<br />
suggested. D/$$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Oaks<br />
5434 Mary Ball Rd.<br />
Lively 462-7050<br />
Casual family dining. Fresh<br />
meats and seafood specials<br />
weekly. Daily specials.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Pelicans<br />
40 Windjammer Ln,<br />
Dining<br />
White Stone 435-8915<br />
Crab cakes, fi sh tacos, fried<br />
oysters, steamed shrimp, barbecue.<br />
L/D/$.<br />
Pizza Hut<br />
589 N. Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-3551<br />
Different styles of pizza<br />
along with side dishes including<br />
salad, pasta, buffalo wings,<br />
breadsticks, and garlic bread.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
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*Hours until Memorial Day*<br />
Friday & Saturday 5pm - 10pm<br />
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804-453-3351<br />
836 Horn Harbor Rd, Burgess<br />
On the Great Wicomico River<br />
52 f<br />
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River Lanes and Grill<br />
16 Town Centre Dr.<br />
Kilmarnock 436-9221<br />
Try our exciting new menu.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
River Market<br />
1 <strong>Rappahannock</strong> Dr.<br />
White Stone 435-1725<br />
Gourmet shop featuring<br />
lunches and dinners to go.<br />
Homemade bread and salads,<br />
large wine selection.<br />
L/D/$-$$.<br />
Rocket Billy’s<br />
851 <strong>Rappahannock</strong> Dr.<br />
White Stone 435-7040<br />
Breakfast, sandwiches, burgers,<br />
crab cakes, <strong>Rappahannock</strong><br />
oysters and more. Outdoor<br />
pick-up window. B/L/$.<br />
Sal’s Pizza<br />
456 North Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-6770<br />
Hot and cold subs, Italian<br />
dishes and pizza. L/D/$$.<br />
Sandpiper<br />
850 <strong>Rappahannock</strong> Dr.<br />
White Stone 435-6176<br />
Established in 1982. Specializing<br />
in fresh seafood and<br />
hand cut meats. D/$$$.<br />
Mama’s Cheese Ball<br />
12 oz. cream cheese<br />
2 oz. blue cheese<br />
1/2 c. sharp cheddar cheese,<br />
grated<br />
2 T. mayonnaise<br />
1 tsp. curry powder<br />
4 oz. chopped dates<br />
1/2 c. golden raisins,<br />
chopped<br />
1/2 c. toasted chopped<br />
pecans (you can use walnuts<br />
too)<br />
Combine cheeses,<br />
mayonnaise and curry until well<br />
blended. Add dates and raisins.<br />
Roll into a ball and then roll<br />
in toasted nuts. Chill well and<br />
serve with crackers. This freezes<br />
as well and is a very portable<br />
party appetizer.<br />
Jo Manson<br />
Kilmarnock, VA<br />
52 <br />
Savannah Joe’s Barbecue<br />
55 Irvington Rd.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-6000<br />
Real hickory pit, slow<br />
smoked barbecued pork, ribs,<br />
chicken. L/D/$.<br />
Seven<br />
606 Chesapeake Dr.<br />
White Stone 435-2300<br />
A sinful martini bar and restaurant.<br />
D/$$$.<br />
Stevie’s Ice Cream<br />
469 N. Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-2252<br />
Cones, milkshakes, sundaes,<br />
specialty sundaes, Bay Blast,<br />
lattes, smoothies and snow<br />
cones. Outside seating only. $.<br />
Sting Ray’s Food Service<br />
3611 Irvington Rd.<br />
Irvington 436-2720<br />
Specialty burgers, Italian sausage,<br />
steak philly, chicken philly,<br />
reuben, sandwiches, french fries<br />
and more. Corn hole games.<br />
Family oriented, pet friendly.<br />
B/L/$.<br />
Thai Pot<br />
36 N. Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 436-THAI<br />
Thai and American food. Outdoor<br />
dining available. L/D/$$.<br />
Crab Imperial<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Reader Recipes<br />
1 lb crab meat, jumbo lump<br />
1/2 c. olive oil mayonnaise<br />
1.5 oz. roasted red pepper packed<br />
in oil<br />
1 pinch cayenne pepper… just a<br />
dash<br />
1 T. capers drained<br />
2 oz. Jarlesburg cheese, coarsely<br />
grated<br />
2 ounces Parmesan, coarsely grated<br />
2 T. honey mustard (Inglehoffer<br />
sweet hot is suggested)<br />
3 T. panko (Japanese bread crumbs)<br />
1/8 tsp. Pimenton de la Vera<br />
(powdered smoked Spanish red pepper,<br />
smoked paprika)<br />
2 T. fresh dill, finely chopped<br />
Add all ingredients to a large mixing<br />
bowl except the crab and panko. Mix<br />
well.<br />
Gently fold in the crab meat being<br />
careful not to break up the lump crab<br />
meat.<br />
Tides Inn – Dining Room<br />
480 King Carter Dr.<br />
Irvington 438-5000<br />
Regional favorites and gourmet<br />
fare with award winning<br />
wine list, views of Carters<br />
Creek. Dock and dine. D/$$$.<br />
www.tidesinn.com<br />
Tides Inn – Chesapeake<br />
Club<br />
480 King Carter Dr.<br />
Irvington 438-5000<br />
Multi-tiered layout with a<br />
casual atmosphere and bar.<br />
B/L/D/$$-$$$.<br />
www.tidesinn.com<br />
Town Bistro<br />
45 South Main St.<br />
Kilmarnock 435-0070<br />
Now open in new location.<br />
Featuring a seasonal menu of<br />
locally inspired dishes. Open<br />
kitchen, full bar. Chef owned<br />
and operated. D/$$$.<br />
Willaby’s<br />
327 Old Ferry Rd.<br />
White Stone 435-0000<br />
Serving lunch and dinner with<br />
a view of the <strong>Rappahannock</strong><br />
River. L/D/$-$$.<br />
www.wilabys.com<br />
Mathews<br />
Very gently fold in the panko.<br />
Transfer the crab mixture to an<br />
oiled oven-safe baking dish. Sprinkle<br />
a little panko on the surface, if<br />
desired.<br />
Bake at 350 degrees F until<br />
the crab imperial is bubbly and the<br />
panko is turning golden brown,<br />
about 30 minutes.<br />
Servings: 3<br />
Harold and Judy Burnley<br />
Northumberland, VA<br />
Send your<br />
recipes to<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong>@rrecord.com<br />
Classic Cafe<br />
10532 Buckley Hall<br />
Rd. Mathews 725-3352<br />
Family restaurant, pizza and<br />
hot dogs. Closed Wed. and<br />
Sun. L/D/$.<br />
Linda’s Diner<br />
56 Buckley Hall Rd.<br />
Mathews 725-7070<br />
Hamburgers, BBQ, sandwiches,<br />
breakfast specials. Dinner<br />
specials Friday. B/L/$.<br />
Lynne’s Family Restaurant<br />
9303 Buckley Hall Rd.<br />
Mathews 725-9996<br />
Fresh seafood platter, prime<br />
rib and fresh cut steaks.<br />
B/L/D/$$.<br />
Mi Casa Azteca Mexican<br />
Restaurant and Cantina<br />
286 Main St.<br />
Mathews 725-7272<br />
Authentic Mexican cuisine.<br />
Take out available. Open 7<br />
days. L/D/$-$$.<br />
Richardson’s Café<br />
12 Church St.<br />
Mathews 725-7772<br />
Old-fashioned soda fountain<br />
and ice cream bar. Daily specials<br />
and old time favorites. Lunch<br />
sandwiches, paninis, wraps and<br />
burgers. Dinner steaks, pastas<br />
and fresh, local seafood. Breakfast<br />
Sat.–Sun. L/D/$-$$.<br />
Sandpiper Reef<br />
342 Misti Cove Rd.<br />
Hallieford 725-3331<br />
A view of the Piankatank<br />
River. Fresh seafood and prime<br />
beef, original desserts. D/$$.<br />
Seabreeze<br />
384 Old Ferry Rd.<br />
Gwynn’s Island 725-4000<br />
Local seafood on the waterfront.<br />
B/L/D/$$.<br />
Shun Xing<br />
Chinese Restaurant<br />
183 Main St.<br />
Mathews 725-4682<br />
Szechwan, Canton and Hunan<br />
cuisine. L/D/$.<br />
Southwind Pizza<br />
44 Church St.<br />
Mathews 725-2766<br />
Homemade pizzas, sandwiches<br />
on homemade bread,<br />
fresh local seafood, handcrafted<br />
beer on tap, live music<br />
on the first, third and fifth<br />
Sat. of the month. Brunch Sun.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Stan-Strings Family Kitchen<br />
and Pizza<br />
12 Linden Ave.<br />
Cobbs Creek 725-9797<br />
Down home Southern cooking.<br />
Pizza, steaks, seafood,<br />
sandwiches, paninis and subs.<br />
B/L/D/$.<br />
White Dog Bistro<br />
68 Church St.<br />
Mathews 725-7680<br />
Fine dining and catering.<br />
Open Thurs.–Sun. Wine Down<br />
Bar open Thurs.–Sat. Late night<br />
menu available. Entertainment<br />
Fri. and Sat. nights. $$-$$$.<br />
Middlesex<br />
Bethpage Miniature Golf<br />
and Ice Creamery<br />
4817 Old Virginia St.<br />
Urbanna 758-GOLF<br />
Twenty flavors of Hershey’s<br />
hand dipped ice cream and<br />
soft serve. Banana splits, sundaes,<br />
homemade waffle cones,<br />
milkshakes, smoothies and<br />
more. $.<br />
Blue Dog Restaurant<br />
15170 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Saluda 758-2070<br />
L/D/$.<br />
Cafe By the Bay<br />
17435 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 776-0303<br />
Sandwiches, paninis, salads<br />
and coffee. B/L/$.<br />
Café Mojo<br />
230 Virginia St.<br />
Urbanna 758-4141<br />
Fresh seafood, pastas, international<br />
fare. Dine Caribbean<br />
style. Reservations accepted<br />
for parties of 6 or more.<br />
D/$$$.<br />
Cap’n Ron’s<br />
36 Campbell Dr.<br />
Topping 758-2928<br />
Smoked BBQ, Ribs, Brisket,<br />
Chicken. Take-out only. Fri.-Sat.<br />
Sun. 11-7. L/D/$<br />
China Spring<br />
126 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Saluda 758-2266<br />
Szechuan, Hunan and Cantonese<br />
cuisine. L/D/$.<br />
CoCoMo’s<br />
1134 Timberneck Rd.<br />
Deltaville 776-8822<br />
Offering fresh seafood,<br />
steaks, burgers and sandwiches<br />
as well as a full bar.
L/D/$$-$$$.<br />
Colonial Pizza<br />
50 Watling St.<br />
Urbanna 758-4079<br />
Greek-Italian and American<br />
food. L/D/$$.<br />
Cross Street Coffee<br />
51 Cross St.<br />
Urbanna 758-1002<br />
Gourmet and organic coffee.<br />
Sandwiches, paninis and pastries.<br />
B/L/$.<br />
Dano’s Pizza<br />
10880 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Hartfield 776-8031<br />
Pizza and subs. Free delivery.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Debbie’s Family Restaurant<br />
6209 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Locust Hill 758-9595<br />
Steak, salmon, pastas,<br />
salads, sandwiches, seafood,<br />
Build your own burgers.<br />
B/L/D/$$.<br />
Doghouse Deli<br />
16314 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 776-0099<br />
Breakfast, sandwiches, ice<br />
cream, daily specials. Local<br />
marina pick-up available. Hours<br />
vary. B/L/$.<br />
DooWilly Concessions<br />
Truck 758-0630<br />
Cheese steaks, crab cakes,<br />
seafood, sandwiches, subs,<br />
wraps, daily specials. Catering<br />
and special events. $.<br />
Eckhard’s<br />
2700 Greys Pt. Rd.<br />
Topping 758-4060<br />
German, Italian, fresh seafood,<br />
Black Angus steaks. Chef’s daily<br />
specials. Featuring Black Angus<br />
prime rib Fri. and Sat. Reservations<br />
suggested. D/$$$.<br />
Keepers<br />
15447 Geo. Wash. Mem. Hwy.<br />
Saluda 758-5720<br />
Hot grill. B/L/$.<br />
Marshall’s Drug Store<br />
50 Cross St.<br />
Urbanna 758-5344<br />
Drug store lunch counter<br />
serving sandwiches, soups, ice<br />
cream, and real milkshakes.<br />
B/L/$.<br />
Merroir Tasting Room<br />
784 Locklies Creek Rd.<br />
Topping 758-2871<br />
Waterfront dining by the<br />
owners of <strong>Rappahannock</strong> River<br />
Oysters, showcasing their<br />
nationally renowned shellfish<br />
along with artisanal small<br />
plates, wines, specialty beers.<br />
Open daily. L/D/$$.<br />
Ostra of Urbanna<br />
240 Virginia St<br />
Urbanna 758-4440<br />
Fresh seafood, steaks, burgers,<br />
daily specials, live entertainment,<br />
B/L/D/$$<br />
www.Ostraurbanna.com<br />
Pilot House Inn<br />
2737 Greys Point Rd.<br />
Topping 758-2262<br />
Serving food “just like Granny<br />
made.” Buffets and menu.<br />
B/L/D/$$.<br />
Rudy’s Pizza<br />
2324 Greys Point Rd.<br />
Topping 758-0605<br />
Pizza, subs, ribs, BBQ. Carry-out<br />
only. L/D/$.<br />
Something Different<br />
3617 Old Virginia St.<br />
Urbanna 758-8000<br />
Homemade foods. BBQ,<br />
smoked meats, local seafood,<br />
soups, sandwiches, homemade<br />
sides, coffee, freshly roasted<br />
peanuts, fine wines, cheeses<br />
and desserts, including premium<br />
natural ice creams. B/L/$.<br />
Stan-Strings Family Kitchen<br />
& Pizza of Deltaville<br />
16273 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 776-7095<br />
Down home Southern cooking.<br />
Daily specials. Pizza,<br />
steaks, seafood, sandwiches,<br />
paninis and subs. Free delivery<br />
to local marinas. L/D/$-$$.<br />
Steamboat Restaurant<br />
6198 Stormont Rd.<br />
Hartfield 776-6589<br />
Dining overlooking the<br />
green. New management and<br />
menu. Salads, seafoods, paninis,<br />
sandwiches, subs and<br />
many ethnic staples. Banquet<br />
& pavilion room can seat 200.<br />
Catering & private parties available.<br />
L/D/$$-$$$.<br />
www.piankatankrivergolfclub.<br />
com<br />
Sunset Bar and Grill<br />
16197 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 776-8803<br />
Seafood and steaks. Karaoke<br />
and live music. B/L/D/$-$$.<br />
Taylor’s<br />
17321 General Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 776-9611<br />
Fresh seafood, steaks and<br />
pasta. L/D/$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Galley<br />
16236 Gen. Puller Hwy.<br />
Deltaville 776-6040<br />
Steaks, seafood, BBQ.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Toby’s<br />
220 Jack’s Place<br />
Deltaville 776-6913<br />
Seafood. D/$$$.<br />
Virginia Street Cafe<br />
201 Virginia St.<br />
Urbanna 758-3798<br />
Fresh seafood, grilled<br />
steaks, local clam chowder,<br />
Belgian waffles, reuben sandwiches.<br />
B/L/D/$.<br />
New Kent<br />
Antonio’s Pizza<br />
6245-A Chesapeake Circle<br />
New Kent 966-1486<br />
Pizza, pasta, subs, salads<br />
and more. Italian food, friendly<br />
atmosphere. L/D/$-$$.<br />
Sophie’s Place<br />
18950 Motel Dr.<br />
West Point 843-2333<br />
Family style restaurant, serving<br />
pastas, seafood, steaks; buffet<br />
and menu available. Breakfast<br />
weekends only. L/D/$$.<br />
Callao 529-6881<br />
Burgers, fries, bbq, subs,<br />
fried chicken, soft serve ice<br />
cream, milkshakes, sundaes &<br />
more. L/D/$.<br />
Chitterchats<br />
846 Main St.<br />
Reedville 453-3335<br />
Ice cream, desserts, gifts<br />
and coffee. $.<br />
Crazy Crab<br />
902 Main St.<br />
Reedville 453-6789<br />
Views of Cockrell’s Creek<br />
from both the dining room and<br />
deck. Daily chef’s specials<br />
feature seafood, steaks and<br />
chicken dishes. Tues.–Sun.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Deli at<br />
Cockrell’s Creek Seafood<br />
567 Seaboard Rd.<br />
Reedville 453-6326<br />
Crab cakes and seafood<br />
salads. Full sandwich menu,<br />
luncheon plates, entrees.<br />
Overlooking Cockrell’s Creek.<br />
ABC on/off. L/$.<br />
For the Occasions<br />
803 Northumberland Hwy.<br />
Callao 529-6993<br />
Seafood, steaks and chicken.<br />
L/D/$-$$.<br />
Dining<br />
Horn Harbor House<br />
Restaurant<br />
836 Horn Harbor Rd.<br />
Burgess 453-3351<br />
Come by land or sea. Fresh<br />
seafood, hand-cut steaks.<br />
D/$$-$$$.<br />
Jacey Vineyards –<br />
<strong>The</strong> Vineyard Restaurant<br />
619 Train Lane<br />
Wicomico Church 580-<br />
4053<br />
Enjoy unique dining experiences<br />
in the center of our vineyard.<br />
Serving Lunch Thursday through<br />
Saturday and Dinner Friday and<br />
Saturday. Sunday Brunch. L$$/<br />
D$$$<br />
Leadbelly’s<br />
252 Polly Cove Rd.<br />
Reedville 453-5002<br />
Casual waterfront dining.<br />
L/D/$-$$.<br />
Lottsburg Cafe<br />
2919 Walmsley Rd.<br />
Callao 529-5300<br />
B/L/D/$-$$.<br />
Luna Restaurant<br />
17390 Richmond Rd.<br />
Callao 529-LUNA<br />
Steak and seafood with a<br />
touch of Italy. L/D/$-$$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Health Nut<br />
Newsome’s Restaurant<br />
235 Jessie Ball duPont Mem. Hwy.<br />
30 Northumberland Hwy. Burgess 453-9071<br />
Northumberland<br />
Callao 529-5888<br />
Serving real fruit smoothies.<br />
Closed Sun. L/D/$.<br />
Callao Dairy Freeze<br />
L/$.<br />
Nino’s Pizza and Subs<br />
362 Northumberland Hwy. 54 f<br />
We live on the Chesapeake<br />
and so does our food.<br />
4357 irvington road<br />
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804-438-6363<br />
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Dining<br />
f 53 and steaks. L/D/$$.<br />
58 Northumberland Hwy.<br />
Callao 529-7548<br />
Featuring New York and Sicilian<br />
pizzas, subs and Italian dinners.<br />
L/D/$.<br />
T&J’s Dairy Barn<br />
718 Jessie Ball duPont Mem.<br />
Hwy.<br />
Burgess 453-4455<br />
Ice cream, pizza. L/D/$<br />
Tommy’s<br />
729 Main St.<br />
Reedville 453-4666<br />
Prime beef, seafood. Wine<br />
and bar. Dock and dine. D/$$.<br />
Waterman’s Restaurant<br />
8200 Northumberland Hwy.<br />
Heathsville 580-2220<br />
Local seafood and shellfish,<br />
steaks and traditional cuisine.<br />
Sun. brunch, Wed.–Sat. D/$$.<br />
Richmond<br />
Anna’s Italian<br />
Restaurant and Pizza<br />
53 Gordon Ln.<br />
Warsaw 333-9222<br />
Pasta, pizza, subs, seafood<br />
NOW OPEN<br />
For the Season!<br />
Tuesday - Friday - 5 pm to 9 pm<br />
Saturday - Noon to 9 pm<br />
Sunday - Noon to 8 pm<br />
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China Inn<br />
5059 Richmond Rd.<br />
Warsaw 333-9333<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Daily<br />
130 Court Circle<br />
Warsaw 333-3455<br />
Coffee shop with breakfast<br />
sandwiches, paninis, deli sandwiches<br />
and salads. B/L/$.<br />
Fat Finch Cafe<br />
4288 Richmond Rd.<br />
Warsaw 333-3188<br />
Seafood and steaks. L/D/$-<br />
$$$.<br />
Hunan Village<br />
Chinese Restaurant<br />
453 Main St.<br />
Warsaw 333-1688<br />
Specializing in Hunan and<br />
Szechwan Cuisine. L/D/$.<br />
Lilly’s Dining and Desserts<br />
130 Main St.<br />
Warsaw 333-3260<br />
Ice cream parlor, bakery,<br />
restaurant. B/L/D.<br />
Overlooking Cockrell’s Creek<br />
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REEDVILLE, VIRGINIA<br />
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Northern Neck Gourmet<br />
115 Main St.<br />
Warsaw 333-3012<br />
Homemade chicken salad<br />
and quiche, sandwiches and<br />
salads. L/$.<br />
Roma’s Italian Restaurant<br />
5061 Richmond Rd.<br />
Warsaw 333-1932<br />
Complete Italian menu.<br />
L/D/$-$$.<br />
Westmoreland<br />
AC’s Cafe and Sports Grill<br />
190 Plantation Dr.<br />
Coles Point 472-5528<br />
Come by land or water. L/D/$.<br />
Angelo’s<br />
15835 Kings Hwy.<br />
Montross 493-8694<br />
Italian dishes including pasta,<br />
sandwiches, subs; gyros,<br />
steaks and more. L/D/$-$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Art of Coffee<br />
15722 Kings Hwy.<br />
Montross 493-9651<br />
Serving full breakfast,<br />
lunches and gourmet coffees,<br />
lattes, pastries, frappes and<br />
smoothies $.<br />
Backdraft<br />
7415 Oldhams Rd.<br />
Kinsale 472-4200<br />
B/L/D/$$.<br />
Coles Point Tavern<br />
Restaurant and Bar<br />
850 Salisburg Park Rd.<br />
Hague 472-3856<br />
B/L/D/$.<br />
Dockside Restaurant<br />
and the Blue Heron Pub<br />
1787 Castlewood Dr.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-8726<br />
Seafood, steak, veal, pasta<br />
and chicken. L/D/$$.<br />
Espresso Station<br />
215 Washington Ave.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-0045<br />
Gourmet coffee shop. $.<br />
Fat Freda’s<br />
119 Hawthorne St.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-1211<br />
Soups, sandwiches. L/D/$.<br />
Good Eats Cafe<br />
12720 Cople Hwy.<br />
Kinsale 472-4385<br />
Chef-owned since 1997. Your<br />
best chance for a great meal<br />
with local wines, children’s<br />
menu and full bar. D/$$.<br />
High Tides on the Potomac<br />
205 Taylor St.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-8433<br />
Steak and seafood restaurant<br />
and tiki bar. L/D/$-$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Inn at Montross<br />
21 Polk St.<br />
Montross 493-8624<br />
Fine dining, catered events.<br />
Open Thurs.–Sun. D/$$$.<br />
Kinsale Harbour Restaurant<br />
285 Kinsale Rd.<br />
Kinsale 472-2514<br />
Come by boat or by car.<br />
B/L./D/$-$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lighthouse<br />
11 Monroe Bay Ave.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7580<br />
Thai and French cuisine.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mooring<br />
363 Allen Point Ln.<br />
Kinsale 472-4470<br />
Sat. & Sun. L/D/$$.<br />
Nancy’s Ice Cream Shoppe<br />
301 Washington Ave.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-1212<br />
Soft serve ice cream cones,<br />
milkshakes, sundaes, flurries,<br />
floats, malts, brownie a la modes,<br />
banana splits, snowballs. $.<br />
Riverboat on the Potomac<br />
301 Beach Terrace<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7055<br />
Potomac River views.<br />
B/L/D/$$-$$$.<br />
Seaside French and Thai<br />
201 Wilder Ave.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-2410<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
Stratford Hall Dining Room<br />
483 Great House Rd.<br />
Stratford 493-1965<br />
Soups, sandwiches, seafood<br />
and more L/$.<br />
Wilkerson’s<br />
Seafood Restaurant<br />
3900 Mckinney Blvd.<br />
Colonial Beach 224-7117<br />
Seafood, buffet and sandwiches.<br />
L/D/$-$$.<br />
Yesterday’s<br />
15220 Kings Hwy.<br />
Montross 493-0718<br />
Prime rib, seafood, steaks,<br />
chops, pasta and Mexican.<br />
L/D/$$.<br />
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301<br />
ESSEX<br />
COUNTY<br />
★<br />
King William<br />
Courthouse<br />
KING WILLIAM<br />
COUNTY<br />
★ Potomac Gateway<br />
Visitor Center<br />
17<br />
Mattaponi River<br />
633<br />
James Monroe Birthplace<br />
★ Colonial Beach<br />
★Colonial Beach Museum<br />
30<br />
★<br />
WESTMORELAND<br />
COUNTY<br />
George Washington Birthplace<br />
Westmoreland State Park<br />
Stratford Hall<br />
30<br />
West Point<br />
3<br />
33<br />
<strong>Rivah</strong> Country<br />
Sites of Interest in the Northern Neck<br />
and Middle Peninsula<br />
202<br />
Coles Point<br />
Naylors Beach<br />
Warsaw<br />
36 0<br />
★<br />
Tappahannock<br />
Richmond County Museum<br />
Essex County Museum★<br />
36 0<br />
Callao<br />
NORTHUMBERLAND<br />
COUNTY<br />
★Virmar<br />
Public Beach<br />
36 0<br />
644<br />
Smith Island<br />
Cruise to Smith Island<br />
36 0<br />
3<br />
RICHMOND<br />
COUNTY<br />
Morattico<br />
Waterfront ★Museum<br />
354<br />
Belle Isle<br />
State Park<br />
★ 683<br />
Canoe House<br />
Public Beach★<br />
Heathsville<br />
Smith Point Light<br />
Rice’s Hotel<br />
Hughletts Tavern★<br />
Burgess Sunnybank Ferry<br />
★Northern<br />
Neck<br />
Farm Museum<br />
652<br />
Bushmill Stream<br />
Natural Area<br />
Tangier Island<br />
★Preserve<br />
Reedville<br />
★Reedville<br />
Fisherman’s<br />
LANCASTER<br />
Museum<br />
200<br />
LivelyCOUNTY<br />
Cruise to Tangier Island<br />
605<br />
Lancaster<br />
201 ★Mary<br />
Ball ★Dameron<br />
March<br />
Washington Museum<br />
★Pamunkey<br />
Indian Reservation<br />
64<br />
★<br />
★<br />
KING & QUEEN<br />
COUNTY<br />
Williamsburg<br />
Hague<br />
Rosewell Ruins★<br />
★<br />
GLOUCESTER<br />
COUNTY<br />
Kinsale Museum<br />
17<br />
607<br />
★Hughlett<br />
Point<br />
Natural Area Preserve<br />
MIDDLESEX<br />
COUNTY<br />
354<br />
Urbanna<br />
★ ★<br />
626<br />
★<br />
3<br />
★Historic<br />
Christ Church<br />
White Stone Windmill Point Light<br />
Windmill Point<br />
★Public Beach<br />
Mattaponi Urbanna Visitor’s Center<br />
Indian Reservation<br />
★<br />
Kilmarnock<br />
Lancaster Visitors Center<br />
Saluda<br />
Merry Point Free Ferry<br />
Dragon Run★<br />
Middlesex County<br />
33<br />
Museum<br />
Steamboat Era<br />
Museum<br />
★<br />
200<br />
Irvington<br />
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This map shows approximate locations and is not intended to be used for navigation.<br />
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64<br />
Maryland<br />
Montross<br />
★<br />
Westmoreland County<br />
Museum and Visitor’s Center<br />
Rap. Riv.<br />
Wild Refuge<br />
★<br />
★<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong> River<br />
York River<br />
17<br />
Historic Gloucester<br />
Courthouse Square &<br />
Beaverdam Park<br />
★<br />
Visitor’s Center<br />
17<br />
17<br />
Gloucester<br />
Point<br />
★<br />
Yorktown<br />
3<br />
14<br />
Newport News<br />
Potomac River<br />
Deltaville Stingray Point Light<br />
33<br />
Stingray Point<br />
★Holly<br />
Point Nature Park/<br />
Deltaville Maritime Museum<br />
3<br />
★ Gwynn’s Island Museum<br />
Gwynn’s Island<br />
MATHEWS<br />
COUNTY<br />
Mobjack<br />
Bay<br />
★<br />
★<br />
14<br />
VIMS Aquarium/<br />
Gloucester Point Beach Park<br />
Tompkins Cottage<br />
Williams Wharf Rowing Center<br />
Wolf Trap Lighthouse<br />
★Bethel<br />
Beach Natural Area Preserve<br />
★ New Point Comfort Lighthouse<br />
New Point Comfort Observation Walkway<br />
New Point Comfort Island<br />
Chesapeake<br />
Bay<br />
© <strong>2013</strong> <strong>Rivah</strong> Visitor’s Guide
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A Want to update that kitchen or revamp<br />
your patio area? <strong>May</strong>be you just want to<br />
get a peek at how others are decorating<br />
their homes. If you answered yes to any of<br />
these, then you should check out the By the<br />
Bay Parade of Homes.<br />
Sponsored by the Lancaster by the Bay<br />
Chamber of Commerce, the second annual<br />
By the Bay Parade of Homes will take place<br />
Friday and Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 10 and 11. This<br />
one-of-a-kind home tour will showcase<br />
properties in Lancaster, Northumberland<br />
and Middlesex counties. <strong>The</strong> homes will<br />
be open for public viewing.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> goal of the By the Bay Parade of<br />
Homes event is to promote area craftsmen<br />
to the community and visitors,” said<br />
Chamber executive director Edie Jett.<br />
While the homes are certainly the highlight<br />
of the tour, featuring contractors and<br />
architects on site to explain their work, the<br />
event also features associate trades such as<br />
interior designers, landscapers, heating/air<br />
conditioning and ventilation services, and<br />
appliances. While picking up the welcome<br />
packet and map at parade headquarters,<br />
Good Luck Cellars, attendees can sample<br />
some of the winery’s award-winning vintages,<br />
register for door prizes, and speak<br />
with more than 30 vendors. <strong>The</strong> first 50<br />
visitors will take home free herb plants.<br />
“This is a great opportunity for local<br />
builders, associate trades and realtors to<br />
get exposure that can lead to increased<br />
business, and for interested homebuyers<br />
and homeowners actively wanting to<br />
improve their homes to learn more about<br />
what options are out there for them,” said<br />
Jett.<br />
Local homebuilders featured on the <strong>2013</strong><br />
edition of the tour include Chesapeake<br />
Cedar Homes/Lindal Distributor; Coastal<br />
Builders, Inc.; Michael Harvey Homes;<br />
This White Stone home featuring a three-story viewing tower complete with a wet bar and<br />
observation deck on the third level took home the People’s Choice Award for favorite home<br />
on the 2012 By the Bay Parade of Homes. Coastal Builders, Inc. of White Stone built the<br />
home designed by Randall Kipp Architecture of Irvington.<br />
This Candy Point home puts the notion of modular homes as boxy building to rest as it<br />
features a 12:12 roof line, wrap-around deck and these trapezoid windows which provide<br />
views of Hull Creek from a loft area.<br />
Ingram Bay Contracting, Inc.; Turney &<br />
Turney, Inc. and Virginia Building Solutions,<br />
LLC.<br />
<strong>The</strong> aim of the tour is to highlight<br />
homes of all tastes and budgets, said Jett.<br />
Each participating house has the potential<br />
to win the “People’s Choice Award”<br />
for favorite home as voted by tour visitors.<br />
<strong>The</strong> event will be held from 10 a.m. to<br />
6 p.m. on Friday, <strong>May</strong> 10, and 10 a.m. to 5<br />
p.m. Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 11.<br />
Advance tickets are $20 per person and<br />
available online through <strong>May</strong> 16 at lan-<br />
Things to know:<br />
Friday, <strong>May</strong> 10th<br />
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.<br />
Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 11th<br />
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
Advance tickets are $20 per person<br />
and available online through <strong>May</strong> 16 at lancasterva.com/events.<br />
After <strong>May</strong> 8 tickets will be $25 per person<br />
and will only be sold during parade hours at the parade headquarters,<br />
Good Luck Cellars at 1025 Good Luck Road, Kilmarnock.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first 50 visitors will take home free herb plants.<br />
casterva.com/events. All tickets sales are<br />
on a “will call” basis and must be picked<br />
up at Good Luck Cellars during event<br />
hours.<br />
After <strong>May</strong> 8, tickets will be $25 per<br />
person and will only be sold during parade<br />
hours at the parade headquarters, Good<br />
Luck Cellars at 1025 Good Luck Road,<br />
Kilmarnock. Tickets include entry to all<br />
homes on the tour, discounts to area restaurants<br />
and entry to the vendor hall.<br />
For more information about the event<br />
contact Edie Jett at 435-6092, or info@<br />
lancasterva.com.<br />
For more information about the event<br />
contact Edie Jett at 435-6092, or info@lancasterva.com.<br />
See <strong>Rivah</strong> Counties information beginning on page 59.<br />
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GLOUCESTER— Gloucester<br />
Kennel Club of Virginia at<br />
10360 Woods Cross Roads (Rt.<br />
610) in Gloucester will offer<br />
6-week dog classes on Wednesday<br />
evenings <strong>May</strong> 1 through<br />
June 5, and June 26 through<br />
July 31.<br />
MATHEWS— On Saturday,<br />
<strong>May</strong> 4, the Mathews Middlesex<br />
Master Gardeners will conduct<br />
a rain barrel workshop at the<br />
Mathews Farmers’ Market on the<br />
Courthouse Green. <strong>The</strong> workshop<br />
starts at 10 a.m. and will cost $35<br />
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Puppy class will start at 5:30<br />
p.m.; basic class at 6:30 p.m.;<br />
and handling class at 7:30 p.m.<br />
Walk-ins are welcome.<br />
Register online at www.<br />
gloucesterkennelclubofva.<br />
Bring shot records. Wear proper<br />
shoes and no flip-flops. All pure<br />
for all necessary materials.<br />
Experts will instruct participants<br />
in the construction and<br />
placement of the rain barrels and<br />
will talk about their use and mosquito<br />
abatement practices owners<br />
should employ.<br />
and mixed breeds are welcome.<br />
Dogs will learn how to heel<br />
properly, sit stay, down stay, and<br />
the “come” command.<br />
Call Diana Wilkie at 725-<br />
5626 or email her at bugthequeen@gmail.com<br />
to register<br />
or for more information.<br />
Rain barrel workshop due <strong>May</strong> 4<br />
To register for the workshop,<br />
please send your name, phone<br />
number and a $35 check made<br />
out to the Mathews/Middlesex<br />
Master Gardeners to the Mathews<br />
Extension Offi ce, P.O. Box 569,<br />
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History<br />
Essex County’s history in written form<br />
dates from Captain John Smith’s visit during<br />
the winter of 1607-08, when he wrote<br />
of the “excellent, pleasant, fertile, and<br />
navigable” <strong>Rappahannock</strong> Valley.<br />
In 1645 Bartholomew Hoskins patented<br />
the Tappahannock site, which became<br />
known at various times as Hobbs His Hole,<br />
Hobb’s Hole, the short-lived New Plymouth,<br />
and the Indian name Tappahannock.<br />
<strong>The</strong> port town was to become a center of<br />
commerce during the 17th and 18th centuries,<br />
establishing a crossroads.<br />
<strong>The</strong> county came into being in 1692<br />
when Old <strong>Rappahannock</strong> County, which<br />
once encompassed at least 50 modern<br />
counties in Virginia and West Virginia, was<br />
divided along the river with the north side<br />
becoming Richmond County and the south<br />
becoming Essex.<br />
During Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676,<br />
armed men gathered near Piscataway<br />
Creek and defeated Governor Berkeley’s<br />
cavalrymen. Later they prevailed in the<br />
Dragon Swamp, but eventually English<br />
warships and troops suppressed the<br />
uprising. Frontier patrols, however, were<br />
maintained against hostile northern Indians<br />
into the early 1700’s.<br />
<strong>The</strong> British Stamp Act of 1765 led<br />
directly to the American Revolution, and it<br />
History<br />
Exploration of what would become<br />
Gloucester County began soon after 1607<br />
when Jamestown, the first permanent<br />
English settlement in the New World, was<br />
started 25 miles to its south.<br />
Gloucester County was formed in 1651<br />
from York County. It contained Kingston<br />
Parish, which became Mathews County in<br />
1791.<br />
Gloucester was home to several wellknown<br />
persons including Pocahontas,<br />
daughter of Indian Chief Powhatan. According<br />
to legend, she petitioned her father to<br />
spare the life of English explorer Captain<br />
John Smith, who was one of the first white<br />
men to see the area in the early 1600s.<br />
Another infamous resident was Nathaniel<br />
Bacon who, in 1676, led a force of planters<br />
against the Indians. Bacon’s Rebellion<br />
defeated the Indians and then attempted<br />
to make the governor reform colonial policies.<br />
His army burned Jamestown and he<br />
briefly controlled the colony before his<br />
death ended the revolt.<br />
Fortified during Bacon’s Rebellion,<br />
Gloucester Point is just across the York<br />
River from Yorktown, site of the British surrender<br />
to end the American Revolution.<br />
Originally called Tyndall’s Point, named<br />
for an early mapmaker, it was renamed<br />
Gloucester Towne and was once the<br />
county seat until it was moved 13 miles<br />
north during the 1700s.<br />
<strong>The</strong> historic Essex County’s Clerk’s Office at Tappahannock is today used by the Essex<br />
County Woman’s Club and stands in the courthouse square on Prince Street.<br />
was in Tappahannock that one of the first<br />
confrontations occurred.<br />
Leading merchant Archibald Ritchie, who<br />
supported the Stamp Act, was labeled as<br />
“the greatest enemy of his country.” On<br />
February 27, 1766, gentlemen from nine<br />
counties gathered at Leedstown to draft<br />
the “Resolutions” that led Virginians to<br />
disobey Parliament. <strong>The</strong>y also made plans<br />
to publicly humiliate Ritchie and the Scots<br />
merchant Archibald McCall. <strong>The</strong>se events<br />
occurred seven years before the Boston<br />
Tea Party.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Essex Courthouse contains the<br />
oldest records in Virginia. James B. Slaughter’s<br />
history of the area, “Settlers, South-<br />
Visitors learn the ecological importance of tidal wetlands on a tour of the Virginia Institute<br />
of Marine Science (VIMS) teaching marsh at Gloucester Point.<br />
When Jamestown was burned by Bacon<br />
in 1676, the Virginia Executive Council<br />
considered moving the state capital to Tyndall’s<br />
Point, but the motion was rejected.<br />
Jamestown remained the state capital<br />
until it was shifted to Williamsburg.<br />
In 1769, the new county seat, Botetourt<br />
Towne (old town Gloucester), was laid out.<br />
Essex County<br />
erners, Americans: <strong>The</strong> History of Essex<br />
County, Virginia 1608–1984,” recounts in<br />
detail the county’s 350-year-old story. <strong>The</strong><br />
book is available at the county administrator’s<br />
office.<br />
Today Essex has a population of 9,989<br />
and Tappahannock is one of the largest<br />
commercial centers in the region.<br />
Government<br />
<strong>The</strong> Essex County seat is at 205 Cross<br />
St. in the Tappahannock Courthouse<br />
Square. 443-4331. Essex County has one<br />
town, Tappahannock. 443-3336. <strong>The</strong> sheriff’s<br />
office can be reached at 443-3346.<br />
Libraries<br />
Essex Public Library, Tappahannock,<br />
443-4945.<br />
For Visitors<br />
<strong>The</strong> Tappahannock-Essex Chamber of<br />
Commerce is at 205 Cross St.<br />
Don’t Miss<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 18----Tappahannock Farmers’<br />
Market<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 25----Big Croaker Fishing<br />
Tournament<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 27----Memorial Day Observance<br />
Gloucester County<br />
It was named for Baron de Botetourt, then<br />
governor of Virginia.<br />
Today, Gloucester is the largest of the<br />
eight counties that make up the Northern<br />
Neck and Middle Peninsula with 34,500<br />
residents.<br />
Government<br />
Most Gloucester County offices are in<br />
the courts and office building at 6467<br />
Main St. 693-4042. <strong>The</strong> sheriff’s office<br />
can be reached at 693-4042.<br />
Libraries<br />
Gloucester Library, 6920 Main St.<br />
693-2998. Gloucester Pt. Branch Library,<br />
1720 George Washington Memorial Highway<br />
in Hayes. 642-9700.<br />
For Visitors<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gloucester Visitor Center is in the<br />
Roane Building at 6509 Main St. Open<br />
Mon.–Sat., 10 a.m.–4 p.m. and Sun., 1–4<br />
p.m. 693-3215.<br />
Don’t Miss<br />
s April 27—Beaverdam Park Spring<br />
Festival<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 18—VIMS Marine Science Day<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 25—Revolutionary War<br />
Encampment<br />
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Lancaster County<br />
History<br />
Indians occupied the Northern Neck<br />
for some 10,000 years before Capt. John<br />
Smith sailed up the <strong>Rappahannock</strong> River<br />
in 1608. <strong>The</strong> Powhatan Confederate was<br />
represented here by the Moraughtacunds<br />
and the Cuttatawomen tribes. A short 43<br />
years later, Lancaster County was established<br />
from neighboring Northumberland.<br />
Families of notable influence in the social,<br />
political and economic climate of the<br />
colonies built magnificent “empires” here,<br />
and family names like Carter and Ball still<br />
are prevalent today.<br />
Robert “King” Carter (1663–1732) of<br />
Corrotoman Plantation (in Weems) was the<br />
son of immigrant John Carter. He acquired<br />
over 300,000 acres with some 1,000<br />
slaves working his various properties.<br />
Married twice, “King” Carter fathered<br />
15 children. Among his descendants were<br />
eight governors of Virginia, three signers<br />
of the Declaration of Independence, two<br />
presidents, leader of the confederate<br />
armies Gen. Robert E. Lee, and a Supreme<br />
Court Justice.<br />
Carter is buried alongside his wives at<br />
the church he built near Irvington, Historic<br />
Christ Church.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ball family, meanwhile, established<br />
themselves at Millenbeck and Epping<br />
Forest. Mary Ball, the mother of George<br />
Mathews County<br />
History<br />
Mathews County was an established<br />
shipbuilding center for the<br />
Chesapeake Bay when it broke away<br />
from Gloucester in 1791 to become a<br />
separate county.<br />
About that time, 12 sailing ships<br />
over 20 tons each were built in a single<br />
year in Mathews, which the Chiskiake<br />
Indians had called Werowocomico.<br />
Between 1790 and 1820, approximately<br />
a third of the ships built in Virginia<br />
came from Mathews. <strong>The</strong> sharp,<br />
fast vessels, popularly known as Baltimore<br />
Clippers, were built throughout<br />
the Chesapeake Bay region.<br />
Before the War of 1812, these fast<br />
ships were simply known as “Virginia<br />
built.”<br />
From 1802 to 1844, Mathews was<br />
an official port of entry for the registration<br />
and enrollment of ships. During<br />
this period, 10,000 vessels called<br />
at the “Port of East River.” <strong>The</strong> customs<br />
house stood at Williams Wharf<br />
(marker 13), which was a center of<br />
maritime activity until the steamers<br />
quit running in the 1940s.<br />
Cricket Hill, near Gwynn’s Island,<br />
was the site of one of the last naval<br />
engagements of the Revolutionary<br />
War. In June 1776, Continental forces<br />
bombarded the British fleet and encampment<br />
on Gwynn’s Island. Lord<br />
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Hear the Kilmarnock & District Pipe Band at the annual Kirkin’ of the Tartan on Sunday,<br />
<strong>May</strong> 5, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at Christ Church. Scots from around the mid-Atlantic<br />
region will travel to Christ Church for the annual blessing of their family tartan.<br />
Washington, was born about 1708. <strong>The</strong><br />
Mary Ball Washington Museum is located<br />
in Lancaster Courthouse and offers an extensive<br />
genealogy library.<br />
A courthouse was established in 1698<br />
at Queenstown on the Corrotoman River<br />
but in 1742 was relocated to a central<br />
area were the militia gathered, now known<br />
as historic Lancaster Courthouse.<br />
Dunsmore, the last royal governor,<br />
was driven from the colony, ending<br />
British rule in Virginia.<br />
When water was the highway, boats<br />
were the standard means of travel.<br />
<strong>The</strong> arrival of steamships at Williams<br />
Wharf with cargo from Norfolk, Newport<br />
News or Baltimore was a daily<br />
highlight.<br />
World War II put most of the steamboat<br />
lines out of business. In 1942<br />
the government requisitioned most of<br />
the bay and coastal steamers for ser-<br />
Today Lancaster County, with a population<br />
of some 11,400, has one of the largest<br />
communities of retirees in the state<br />
thanks to its picturesque shoreline and<br />
temperate climate.<br />
<strong>The</strong> world class Steamboat Era Museum<br />
on the Commons in Irvington and the<br />
Kilmarnock Museum on North Main Street<br />
in Kilmarnock offer visitors a nostalgic trip<br />
<strong>The</strong> 15th annual Tour De Chesapeake returns to Mathews County on <strong>May</strong> 17-19.<br />
vice in the war effort.<br />
<strong>The</strong> last remaining steamboat line,<br />
the Old Bay Line, stopped its York River<br />
to Baltimore run in 1942. About 20<br />
years later, the Old Bay Line dropped<br />
passenger service between Baltimore<br />
and Norfolk. <strong>The</strong> steamers stopped<br />
for good in the spring of 1962.<br />
Today Mathews has a population of<br />
9,200 people. While it is the smallest<br />
county in the Northern Neck<br />
and Middle Peninsula with only 87<br />
square miles, it has some 367 miles<br />
back in time.<br />
Government<br />
Lancaster County offices are headquartered<br />
at 8311 Mary Ball Road in Lancaster<br />
Courthouse. 462-5129. <strong>The</strong>re are three<br />
incorporated towns in Lancaster County:<br />
Kilmarnock, White Stone and Irvington.<br />
<strong>The</strong> sheriff’s office can be reached at<br />
462-5111.<br />
Libraries<br />
Lancaster Community Library,<br />
Kilmarnock, 435-1729.<br />
For Visitors<br />
Information Center in the Lancaster<br />
by the Bay Chamber, 506 N. Main in<br />
Kilmarnock (weekdays) or Kilmarnock Antique<br />
Mall at 144 School St.<br />
Don’t Miss<br />
s April 27----Casino Night on the <strong>Rivah</strong>,<br />
6-10 p.m., Northern Neck Boys &<br />
Girls Club<br />
s Through <strong>May</strong> 17----“Northern Neck<br />
Views: Acrylic Paintings by Ed Headley”<br />
at the Mary Ball Washington<br />
Museum & Library.<br />
of shoreline and some of the area’s<br />
best public access.<br />
Government<br />
Most county government offices<br />
are in Liberty Square at 10604 Buckley<br />
Hall Road, Mathews, 725-7172 or<br />
co.mathews.va.us. <strong>The</strong> sheriff’s office<br />
can be reached at 725-7177.<br />
Libraries<br />
Mathews Memorial Library, 251<br />
Main St. 725-4123.<br />
For Visitors<br />
<strong>The</strong> Mathews County Visitor and<br />
Information Center is in historic Sibley’s<br />
General Store at 239 Main St.<br />
725-4229.<br />
Don’t Miss<br />
s April 26-28—Godspeed at Williams<br />
Wharf<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 4—Mathews High School<br />
Regatta<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 11—YMCA Barbecue Bash
Kirkin’ of the Tartan will be held <strong>May</strong> 5 at Christ Church<br />
WEEMS—<strong>The</strong> 18th annual<br />
Kirkin’ of the Tartan will be held<br />
at 12:30 p.m. <strong>May</strong> 5 at Historic<br />
Christ Church at 420 Christ<br />
Church Road in Weems. <strong>The</strong> Rev.<br />
David H. <strong>May</strong>, rector of Grace<br />
Episcopal Church, will offi ciate.<br />
Other participants will include<br />
the Kilmarnock and District Pipe<br />
Band, a color guard representing<br />
the Saint Andrew’s Society of<br />
Willamsburg and various Tidewater<br />
and Richmond area Scot-<br />
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tish organizations.<br />
<strong>The</strong> origins of the ceremony<br />
are believed to date from the 18th<br />
century when, after the battle of<br />
Culloden in 1746, the English<br />
attempted to break the Scottish<br />
clan system by banning, under<br />
penalty of death, the wearing of<br />
the tartan or the playing of the<br />
bagpipes, explained Chris Taylor<br />
of the Pipe Band.<br />
As a form of resistance, Scots<br />
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their persons when attending the<br />
kirk (church). <strong>The</strong> hidden tartan<br />
and the clan it represented were<br />
thus blessed with the families.<br />
<strong>The</strong> service became a Scottish-<br />
American tradition in 1941 when<br />
<strong>The</strong> Rev. Per Marshall introduced<br />
it at the New York Avenue Presbyterian<br />
Church in Washington,<br />
D.C., said Taylor.<br />
<strong>The</strong> community and area are<br />
rich in Scottish heritage beginning<br />
with the early ministers at<br />
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Kilmarnock, now with its colorful<br />
bagpiper logo and its namesake<br />
band, the Kilmarnock and<br />
District Pipe Band, he said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> public is invited to the<br />
service. Event organizers urge<br />
all who are wearing or carrying<br />
their own bit o’ tartan to come<br />
forward during the service for<br />
a special blessing of tartan and<br />
family.<br />
Morning<br />
music jam<br />
HEATHSVILLE—<strong>The</strong> Horsehead<br />
Pickers are featured from 10<br />
a.m. 12:30 p.m. on the second<br />
and fourth Thursdays at the Mid-<br />
County Rescue Squad building in<br />
Heathsville.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Horsehead Pickers play<br />
classic country and gospel music.<br />
Hot dogs, drinks and snacks also<br />
are available for purchase from the<br />
rescue squad.<br />
Wetlands splash<br />
LANCASTER—Belle Isle<br />
State Park will host a Wild about<br />
Wetlands Canoe Trip at 2 p.m.<br />
April 27.<br />
Paddle among the marshes that<br />
surround Belle Isle and learn how<br />
wetlands protect shorelines, fi lter<br />
pollutants and act as a nursery for<br />
most marine animals.<br />
Probable animal sightings<br />
include ospreys, bald eagles, blue<br />
herons, fi sh and crabs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fee is $5 per person; equipment<br />
and experienced guide provided.<br />
Reservations suggested,<br />
462-5030.<br />
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History<br />
Middlesex County was formed around<br />
1669 from Lancaster County, making it<br />
one of the oldest English settlements<br />
in the United States. Many plantation<br />
homes still stand from the Colonial era.<br />
Bordered by the <strong>Rappahannock</strong> and<br />
Piankatank rivers and the Chesapeake<br />
Bay, much of its history centers around<br />
the water. <strong>The</strong> town of Urbanna was<br />
formed in 1680 as a center for shipping<br />
tobacco from surrounding plantations.<br />
Urbanna was the county seat until<br />
1852 when it was moved to Saluda.<br />
Throughout the county are homes built<br />
in the 1700s. Wartime stories abound<br />
dating back to the Revolutionary and<br />
Civil wars. During these wars, plantations<br />
such as Providence and Rosegill were<br />
bombarded and looted.<br />
Stingray Point near Deltaville gained<br />
immortal fame as the spot where Captain<br />
John Smith was nearly killed by a<br />
stingray.<br />
Three centuries ago ships from London,<br />
Liverpool, Bristol and Glasgow<br />
were common sights on Urbanna Creek.<br />
Just across the creek from Urbanna is<br />
Rosegill, one of the oldest plantations<br />
in America. Home to five generations of<br />
Wormeleys, it was for many years a center<br />
of influence in the Colony and a power<br />
History<br />
Northumberland County is called the<br />
Mother County of the Northern Neck.<br />
Settled by the English in 1648,<br />
Northumberland was officially established<br />
by an act of the Burgesses in Jamestown<br />
in 1648. It was later divided into three additional<br />
counties, Lancaster, Richmond and<br />
Westmoreland Counties.<br />
At its heart is Heathsville, the county<br />
seat. Located between the headwaters of<br />
the Coan and the Great Wicomico rivers,<br />
in 1679 it was chosen as the site of the<br />
county courthouse. <strong>The</strong> building was completed<br />
and county justices were moved in<br />
1681.<br />
In 1797, citizens established a 20-acre<br />
town around the courthouse square naming<br />
it in honor of citizen leader John Heath<br />
who lived just down the road at Springfield,<br />
an historic plantation mansion still standing<br />
and occupied today.<br />
In 1992, the National Register of Historic<br />
Places designated Heathsville an Historic<br />
District, along with the original courthouse<br />
and tavern, now a restaurant, gift shop and<br />
museum. <strong>The</strong> courthouse square also includes<br />
a blacksmith shop, transportation<br />
museum, old jail and carriage house.<br />
Northumberland was once dependent<br />
upon tobacco as its major cash crop and<br />
currency. Later, most of its residents relied<br />
on the water for their livelihoods. Today,<br />
there are many charter boat captains. And<br />
Working Waterman’s Weekend, April 26-27, is the official season-opening event for the<br />
Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park. Above, visitors stroll through<br />
Saturday’s farmers’ market overlooking Mill Creek.<br />
in the political and commercial life of this<br />
area.<br />
During the Civil War, General George<br />
McClellan formulated a plan of attack to<br />
take Richmond starting from Urbanna.<br />
Named the Urbanna Plan, it was never<br />
instituted.<br />
In 1862, several Yankee warships<br />
bombarded the town but legend has it<br />
that the only thing the Yanks killed was<br />
cruises, like those to Tangier and Smith Island,<br />
are major tourist attractions.<br />
<strong>The</strong> quaint fishing village of Reedville,<br />
with its “Millionaire’s Row” of Victorian<br />
homes, remains a tribute to the area’s<br />
heritage. <strong>The</strong> Reedville Fisherman’s Museum<br />
provides a comprehensive overview<br />
an old hare. One of the cannonballs did<br />
hit the old courthouse, which today is the<br />
Middlesex Woman’s Club building on Virginia<br />
St.<br />
During the bombardment, townsfolk<br />
congregated on the creek bank at the<br />
current site of the Urbanna Bridge. Legend<br />
has it an old man stood at the hilltop<br />
and whenever he saw a flash of a cannon<br />
firing would scream “squat” and the<br />
Started in 1881, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church’s annual Strawberry Festival takes place<br />
this year on Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 25. This popular event attracts over 3,000 strawberry lovers<br />
and a wide variety of art and craft vendors. It is open 9 a.m. -- 3 p.m. on the church grounds<br />
on Route 360 in the heart of Heathsville.<br />
of the village’s fishing industry, both past<br />
and current.<br />
Burgess is home to the Northern Neck<br />
Farm Museum, which features the area’s<br />
agricultural history, from the Indians who<br />
roamed the lands to the large commercial<br />
canneries that once lined the shores. Visi-<br />
Middlesex County<br />
townsfolk would squat to the ground.<br />
Today Middlesex County has a population<br />
of 9,600 and is home to the popular<br />
Urbanna Oyster Festival, which draws<br />
thousands for a weekend of music and<br />
mollusks every November.<br />
Government<br />
Middlesex County offices are in the<br />
Woodward Building at the Courthouse<br />
Complex in Saluda. 758-4330. Middlesex<br />
has one town, Urbanna: 758-2613.<br />
Libraries<br />
Middlesex Public Library Urbanna<br />
Branch, 758-5717. Deltaville Branch,<br />
776-7362.<br />
For Visitors<br />
Old Tobacco Warehouse, 45 Cross St.<br />
in Urbanna. Listed on the National Register<br />
of Historic Places. Serves as a visitors<br />
center. 758-2613.<br />
Don’t Miss<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 4-5—Middle Bay Boat Show<br />
and Deltaville Dealer Days<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 11—Urbanna Farmers’ Market<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 25—Deltaville Farmers’ Market<br />
Northumberland County<br />
tors can learn about agriculture, view the<br />
tools that assisted the farmers and learn<br />
the impact of these industries on the people<br />
of this region.<br />
With more than 556 miles of scenic<br />
shoreline, more than 12,300 call<br />
Northumberland County home.<br />
Government<br />
<strong>The</strong> Northumberland County seat is<br />
on Rt. 360 in Heathsville. 580-7666 or<br />
co.northumberland.va.us. <strong>The</strong> sheriff’s office<br />
can be reached at 580-5221.<br />
Libraries<br />
Northumberland Public Library is at 7204<br />
Northumberland Highway in Heathsville,<br />
580-5051. High speed wireless internet<br />
access available.<br />
For Visitors<br />
<strong>The</strong> Northumberland County Chamber<br />
of Commerce Visitors Center,129<br />
Northumberland Hwy. (Rt. 360) in Callao is<br />
open Wed., Thurs. and Sat., 9 a.m.–1 p.m.<br />
and Fri., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 529-5031.<br />
Don’t Miss<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 5----Blessing of the Fleet, 3 p.m.<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 12----Dedication of the Stack<br />
Ceremony<br />
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Richmond County<br />
History<br />
Known as the Gateway to the Northern<br />
Neck, Richmond County was established in<br />
1692 from the old <strong>Rappahannock</strong> County.<br />
Originally explored by Captain John Smith<br />
in 1607–1608, the county was settled in<br />
1640 when people migrated up from settlements<br />
below the <strong>Rappahannock</strong> River. It<br />
was presumably named after the First Duke<br />
of Richmond, cousin to both King William III<br />
and Queen Mary. One of the early settlers<br />
was Colonel Moore Fauntleroy, who patented<br />
land in the county in 1650.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first county seat was thought to be<br />
at the mouth of Little Carter’s Creek, then<br />
moved to Naylors, an early river settlement.<br />
<strong>The</strong> seat moved inland in 1730 and renamed<br />
the Richmond County Courthouse.<br />
In 1831, the name was changed to Warsaw<br />
in sympathy with the Polish struggle for independence.<br />
Warsaw was incorporated as<br />
the county’s only town in 1947.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Downing Bridge was built across the<br />
<strong>Rappahannock</strong> River in 1927, connecting<br />
Richmond County to Essex and opening up<br />
travel to and from the Northern Neck. <strong>The</strong><br />
bridge replaced 200 years of ferry service<br />
and was dedicated by Sen. Thomas Downing<br />
of the Northern Neck.<br />
Richmond County was home of the last<br />
president elected under the Articles of<br />
Confederation. In 1788, Judge Cyrus Grif-<br />
Westmoreland County<br />
History<br />
Established in 1653 by the colonial<br />
government in Jamestown,<br />
Westmoreland County was named<br />
for a British shire. <strong>The</strong> county’s most<br />
significant contributions to history include<br />
its fostering of more statesmen<br />
than any other county in the country,<br />
and for the Leedstown Resolutions.<br />
Considered the forerunner of the<br />
Declaration of Independence, the<br />
Leedstown Resolutions were signed<br />
in February, 1766. Prepared by Richard<br />
Henry Lee, the document was<br />
signed by 115 patriots who bound<br />
themselves together “To Prevent <strong>The</strong><br />
Execution of <strong>The</strong> Stamp Act.”<br />
Stratford Hall was the boyhood<br />
home of Richard Henry Lee and Francis<br />
Lightfoot Lee, signers of the Declaration<br />
of Independence.<br />
General Henry “Light-Horse Harry”<br />
Lee was a Revolutionary War hero<br />
and served as one of General George<br />
Washington’s most trusted officers.<br />
He is the father of Robert E. Lee.<br />
General Robert E. Lee was born<br />
in 1807 at Stratford Hall. Lee was a<br />
colonel in the U. S. Army when the<br />
Civil War broke out. Offered the command<br />
of the Union Army, Lee declined<br />
because he “could take no part in an<br />
invasion” of his homeland.<br />
Most notable among the statesmen<br />
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<strong>The</strong>re’s lots of food and fun at the Richmond County Farmers’ Market, held the first<br />
Saturday of every month from <strong>May</strong> through September on the Courthouse Circle in Warsaw.<br />
<strong>The</strong> market on Saturday, <strong>May</strong> 11, from 9-11 a.m. will include a special jam and jelly<br />
contest. Photo courtesy of the Warsaw Richmond County Main Street Program.<br />
fin was elected president of the U.S. Congress<br />
Assembly and held that position until<br />
the U.S. Constitution was adopted and his<br />
successor, George Washington, was elected<br />
as the first President of the U. S.<br />
William A. Jones gained recognition for<br />
Richmond County in 1916 when, in supporting<br />
self-government for all people, he<br />
authorized a bill that guaranteed independence<br />
for the Philippines. In 1926, the<br />
people of the Philippines erected a memorial<br />
at Jones’ gravesite in the St. John’s<br />
Visitors tour the grounds and the main house at Stratford Hall.<br />
of Westmoreland, George Washington<br />
was born at Popes Creek in 1732.<br />
James Monroe, the nation’s fifth<br />
president, was born in 1758 on a<br />
farm near Monroe Bay.<br />
Today, Westmoreland has a population<br />
of 16,700 and is home to the<br />
only off-track betting casino in the<br />
area. Fishing and agriculture are still<br />
the area’s mainstays, with wineries,<br />
produce farms and seafood packers<br />
among some of the most prominent<br />
businesses in the county.<br />
Government<br />
<strong>The</strong> Westmoreland County offices<br />
are at 111 Polk St. in Montross.<br />
493-0130. westmoreland-county.<br />
Episcopal Churchyard in Warsaw.<br />
Today Richmond County has a population<br />
of 9,300. Serving as the crossroads<br />
of U.S. Route 360 and State Route 3, the<br />
county seat of Warsaw is currently the<br />
headquarters for many regional government<br />
agencies as well as a community college,<br />
vocational center and regional jail.<br />
Government<br />
<strong>The</strong> Richmond County seat is at 101<br />
Court Circle in Warsaw. 333-3415. Richmond<br />
County has one incorporated town,<br />
Warsaw. <strong>The</strong> sheriff’s office can be reached<br />
at 333-3611.<br />
Libraries<br />
<strong>The</strong> Richmond County Public Library is at<br />
52 Campus Dr. in Warsaw. 333-3025.<br />
For Visitors<br />
<strong>The</strong> Richmond County Museum and Visitors<br />
Center is open Wed. - Sun. and is at<br />
5874 Richmond Rd. in Warsaw. 333-3607<br />
Don’t Miss<br />
s Second Saturdays starting <strong>May</strong> 11---<br />
<strong>The</strong> Warsaw Farmers’ Market<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 11----<strong>The</strong> Menokin Music<br />
Festival<br />
org. Westmoreland has two towns,<br />
Colonial Beach and Montross. <strong>The</strong><br />
sheriff’s office can be reached 493-<br />
8066.<br />
Libraries<br />
Abraham and William I. Cooper Memorial<br />
Branch is at 18 Washington<br />
Ave. in Colonial Beach. 224-0921.<br />
Montross Branch is at 56 Polk St. in<br />
Montross. 493-8194. Blake T. Newton<br />
Memorial Branch is at 22 Coles<br />
Point Road in Hague. 472-3820.<br />
For Visitors<br />
<strong>The</strong> Westmoreland County Visitors<br />
Center is in the county museum and<br />
library at 43 Court Square, Montross.<br />
493-8440.<br />
Virginia’s Potomac Gateway Welcome<br />
Center is on Rt. 301 at the<br />
Potomac River Bridge. (540) 663-<br />
3205.<br />
Don’t Miss<br />
s 8 p.m. <strong>May</strong> 4, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 3<br />
p.m. <strong>May</strong> 5, 12, 18, 19, 3 p.m.----<br />
“Rumors”<br />
s <strong>May</strong> 18----Ladies Only Wine Class
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