Frederick Wine Festival inaugural event – can you say “Day Trip”

Frederick, Maryland, a city with a rich history, is having their first ever Wine Festival on Saturday, August 6^th at  Carroll Creek Linear Park.  A visit last year to Frederick reminded me how much I like the quaint Main Street feel and embraced the new Carroll Creek Linear Park along the water – centerpiece of the city’s revival. 

No more than an hour away from Baltimore and Washington DC, located in the rolling hills for Frederick County – come get your wine on!

Twenty local wineries are participating – enjoy complimentary tastes and take advantage of the Wine Check for your bottles of wine  purchased:

Tentative chefs/restaurants and offerings are:

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This is not a pack the kiddies up in the car and go on a road trip – this is adult time! Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races if a full out casino with gaming , slots and let’s add the races. Poker, slots, gaming tables and the most important thing for me is food; multiple dining choices from Skyline Terrace at the race track, food court, Epic Buffet (they even have a Pho bar), Zen Noodle and the crème de la crème, Final Cut American Steakhouse.

At the invitation of Hollywood Casino, the husband and I drove the hour and fifteen minute to Charles Town, West Virginia. A quick trip, mostly highway through Route 70 (I’ve been known to hit the accelerator a bit heavy) to Route 340 down where the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers meet at Harper’s Ferry on to Charles Town. It was a little less time then the time I spend driving home from Washington DC. Gamble or not to gamble, play the ponies or not, there is plenty to do for nice day trip from antiquing to rafting.

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