VPM’s A ‘love letter’ to the Virginia outdoors from Sen. Tim Kaine tells the story of the senator’s new book Walk, Ride, Paddle: A Life Outside (buy at my favorite bookshop, an independent, naturally).
While the terrain of the Northern Neck differs greatly from that of the Shenandoah Valley, the outdoors here is just as magical, awesome, and healing. If you need some prompts of what to do outside, head over to Take your First Day festivities outside posted at the end of 2023 for the first day of January 2024.
In addition to what is in the 2023 blog post, you might take a look at/join the following:
- Northern Neck & Middle Peninsula Kayak Anglers (Facebook group)
- Northern Neck Geocachers (Facebook group)
- Northern Neck Naturalists (Facebook group)
- Northern Neck Plein Air Painters (Facebook group)
- NNK_Life (sub reddit)
Is a NNK social media group or page missing from the crowdsourced list? Edit it!
Are you a paddler? NAPS (Northumberland Association for Progressive Stewardship) is updating their paddling maps so stay tuned for final printed and digital versions.