August 1, 2024

August 2024 News

For many of us the 8th month of the year is also the last month of summer when vacation time is long-awaited or last minute. And back to school days are revving up.

We’re surprised to learn that fall migration has already begun here in Maryland. New from the Pickering Creek Center, an Audubon natural wildlife conservation habitat in Easton, Maryland, reports they’re already seeing shorebirds from the Arctic tundra. They fly all the way to southern USA or as far as South America for the winter.

This month you’ll find some new travel stories here on the site: Traveling during a Heat Wave , Visit Virginia’s Shenandoah Park and Explore the Unknown Underground in Luray Caverns VA. Follow the links if you’re interested in knowing more about it.

And we’re in the last phase of a new book we’re writing Chesapeake Bay Road Trip. Here’s a link to a new crossword puzzle we recently added to the site Chesapeake Bay.

August 13, Tuesday is the peak day for seeing the best Perseid mteor shower. Space.com explains, “The Perseids are caused by earth passing through debris – bits of ice and rock – left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle.”

August 19, Monday is the Sturgeon Moon, so named because the popular fish from the Great Lakes is more easily caught in the month.

STAR PARTIES IN AUGUST

July 30-August 4 Table Mountain Star Party Oroville CA

August 1-4  Stellafane Springfield VT https://stellafane.org/convention/

August 2-4 Northwoods Starfest Fall Creek WI https://www.cvastro.org/northwoods-starfest/nwsf-information/

August 28- Sep 2  Northern Nights Star Fest Palisade MN

August 30-Sep 3  Almost Heaven Star Party Spruce Knob WV https://www.ahsp.org/

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