Have you ever had a vacation where you needed a vacation when you were done just to recuperate from all the fun and activity? 

Do the people in your party have such diverse taste in what they do to have fun, that it’s hard to please everyone all the time? 

If you answered yes to either question, then you might want to start your vacation planning with  Deep Creek Lake rentals and prepare for a delightful Maryland vacation experience full of giggles and stories to share that is sure to please everyone in your family or group.

Deep Creek Lake in Maryland seems to have every kind of vacation activity you could imagine no matter what time of year! 

Adventure and outdoor enthusiasts can select from activities that exhilarate the senses such as water or snow skiing, wakeboarding and river rafting or experience the mountain coaster all year round. 

If your senses are looking for a calmer, more tranquil feel, then visitors can choose to enjoy the peacefulness of snow-shoeing or cross country skiing, fly fishing or simply bobbing or floating on the lake.

 Festivals more your thing?  Then , don’t miss out on the Art & Wine and Highland Festivals.  Visitors of all ages will find events to delight by visiting the local chamber for their calendar of events.

 I can’t imagine a family or group that wouldn’t be able to find something to interest everyone in and around the Deep Creek Lake area.  What’s even better is the close proximity to Baltimore, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.  With the hassles of flying, how nice is it that so many people can visit by driving from nearby? 

Moving to Colorado after living in the Midwest farmland for many years has made me realize that you can have a vacation nearly every weekend when places are within easy driving distance.  It seems like the same would be true for people in and around the Deep Creek Lake area.  Iowa Farmlands?  Not so much.  I used to have to drive at least 40, if not 90 miles, just to reach the nearest interstate that would then take me another sizeable distance to some place you actually wanted to visit! 

 So, whether you travelling from near or far, your group is large or small, you’re looking for exhilaration or tranquility, a vacation in and around the Deep Creek Lake area of Maryland seems like a sure bet.  It’s certainly going to be on my ‘list of places to see.’

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When you visit a big city, either for business or pleasure, you usually want to stay in right in the heart of it. However, when traveling to Washington DC, you may be better off staying somewhere other than downtown. Why?

• Washington is a nightmare to navigate in a car. There’s a street grid overlaid by circles with multiple diagonal roads radiating out from them. Even those familiar with the city can have a hard time getting from point A to point B because of all the odd streets, confusing intersections and one way traffic signs. When I lived in the Watergate neighbor, I knew one way in and out of town and if anything happened to detour me from that route, I quickly became lost. Sadly, I lived there for over a year and my navigation never improved.
• Parking, when possible, is expensive.
• The 2 airports in the area, Dulles International and Regan National are not convenient to the city center. In fact, Dulles is way out in Virginia and a cab ride from the airport into the city is pretty darn expensive.
• The Capital Beltway, aka I-495, encircles the District of Columbia through Northern Virginia and Maryland. It’s usually quickest to go around the city on the Beltway to line up with where you want to be before trying to join the congestion on the main arteries leading in and out of the District.
• The Metrorail, Washington’s train/subway system is quick, efficient and not at all scary. There are stations throughout the outlying metropolitan areas that make it a very pleasant and practical alternative to driving.

Many hotels have free shuttles to and from the airports and Metro stations. So, my recommendation for Washington DC lodging is to find a reasonably-priced hotel in a convenient location near the Metro and/or the Beltway and make that your headquarters when traveling to the Nation’s Capital. You’ll enjoy your trip much more if you leave the driving to someone else.