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Sen. Tim Kaine visited Cape Charles on Wednesday and walked half a mile on the future Eastern Shore of Virginia Rail Trail, for which he secured $2.5 million in federal funding.
Eastern Shore Post 7 Capt. Bob Fears enters a small former post office and general store, home of the Wild Bear sandwich. Story and Photos by Jim Ritch â West of Weirwood, overlooking a marshy island and meandering channel where Nassawadox Creek flows into the Chesapeake Bay, lie the nine buildings of Bayford. At the center, in a dip in the road, surrounded by residences and docks, reigns the Bayford Oyster Company, the origins of which date to 1899 and the owner of which is only the third generation in charge. Those generations weave through two families joined by the sweat of water...