AARP: A Road Trip Through Virginia’s Northern Neck and Eastern Shore

By

Terry Ward, AARP

Published August 25, 2020

Escape Washington, D.C., for rural charm, oysters, crabs and glorious water views

Excerpt:

Days 1 and 2: Washington, D.C., to Reedville and Tangier Island, Virginia (121 miles) Roughly halfway to Reedville from D.C., break for lunch at Colonial Beach, a pleasant small town with a 2 1/2-mile-long sandy beach on the Potomac (it’s somewhere between 90 minutes and two hours south of the city, depending on traffic). Stop for a swim and then make your way to Denson’s Grocery, run by the same family for three generations, for curbside takeout of Chesapeake Bay specialties the locals can’t get enough of try the fried oyster platter or flaky rockfish bites. Walk just a block and a half west for shaded picnic tables at Torrey Smith Recreation Park.

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