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Downpour east of charlottesville. A Little Thunder and lightning with it, that is tracking toward fredericksburg, about 55 minutes of getting right into fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County. And elsewhere, just a few scattered sprinkles and short sleeve day today, steamy hot afternoon. And some afternoon storms are looking likely probably not quite as strong as the ones we had yesterday. Right now, takes steamy start across the Shenandoah Valley, in the low 70s there with quite a bit of cloudiness. Mostly cloudy all around the region. In the nearby suburbs, low 70s. Grab an umbrella if youre...

Tips on how to get kids to love — or at least not hate — outdoor travel

The congested parking along MacArthur Boulevard indicates the popularity of the Anglers Inn access to the C&O Canal and the Potomac River. Why is it so popular? Why is this particular access creating so much congestion? Let me approach it from the paddler’s point of view. Flatwater paddlers, including sea kayakers, have access to the watered C&O Canal which widens to the lake-like widewater one half mile upstream of the improved canal put-in. Whitewater paddlers, after carrying 300 yards from the lower parking lot to the river, have two choices: First they can paddle upstream against the cu...