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M8 Sunday, August 8, 2004 K x The Washington Post

ROADTRIP The Perseids at Point Lookout Hi, folks! We’re thrilled that so many of you have signed up for the Sunday Source’s reader community at our swanky new Web site: www. Two massive Start here 95 EXIT 3 495 Civil War cannons 4 95 . (50,000 pounds washingtonpost.com/insidesource 95 5 223 301 each) lurk at 495 Oxon Hill D.C. . LIVINGSTON ROAD 495 PRINCE GEORGE’S 66 50 Fort Foote Park 210 COUNTY Oxon Hill For those of you who haven’t yet, be sure to VA. FORT WASHINGTON Driver’s route Explore a ROAD MARYLAND check it out. It’s the only place you can go to reap drawbridge, 223 5 301 95 P all the benefits of being an Inside Source mem- barracks and a At Dr. Samuel A. Mudd’s house, John t parade ground at 210 u Wilkes Booth’s leg was set after he x e ber. So far, readers who’ve joined have had the Fort Washington, D A n O assassinated Abraham Lincoln. an 1815 brick-and- N R t TO 4 S R Point Lookout G chance to... stone citadel. i N I v State Park

IV 382 e L 228 DOCTOR SAMUEL r 5 MUDD ROAD P Test the hot new video game Madden NFL North and South meet at B&J Waldorf OPL ILLROAD AR H 0 12 *2005 before anyone else in the area Carryout, which serves up MILES Dixie and Yankee barbecue. If you can find it in a backyard garden, 301 Wentworth Nursery stocks it. Attend advance screenings of must-see new CHARLES COUNTY Get in the swing BRYANTOWN *films, including “I, Robot” and “Garden State” with “everything ROAD from tee to green” 5 In a roadside parking lot, Amish CHESAPEAKE Win free tickets to the BCA Classic football at Coopers Golf. farmers sell homemade jams, 231 fresh flowers, produce and more. BAY *game and a rock concert starring small- WHERE: Scotland, Md. screen darling Jessica Simpson Charlotte WHY: Laser tag, a jammin’ guitar shop and 6 Hall Gifts galore in a maze of rooms at Meet each other—and Sunday Source edi- countless shooting stars over the Chesapeake. the Apple Basket Country Store *tors —at exclusive happy hours Newmarket 6 5 HOW FAR: About 75 miles, or an hour and 45 The manor house at Sotterley A climbing minutes from Oxon Hill. Plantation dates to 1717 and reveals wall, a laser tag Readers have also been pitching fabulous story MOUNT ZION nearly 300 years of Maryland history. course and an Get ready for a star-studded overnight show. Not “Late CHURCH ROAD arcade converge ideas, some of which have already appeared in the 4 at Hyper Space Night With Conan O’Brien”—the Perseids meteor shower. 5 247 235 The annual event (fondly called an astral “Old Faithful” ) peaks Family Fun Center. section (“Six Hot Foosball Spots” was one). this Wednesday night and early Thursday morning with dozens 245 (and potentially hundreds) of shooting stars visible every hour. The Hollywood Esperanza Lanes—a classic bowling best way to catch it is far from city lights, and this week only, Point Look- 245 alley with purple, pink2 and green carpet, We’ll have a bunch of cool stuff on tap in out State Park—located at the tip of rural Southern Maryland and offering ST. MARY’S 4 yellow tables, and4 two-tone shoes COUNTY September, so visit the Web site and join us now! miles of darkness at night—is rolling out the welcome mat for stargazers. If the weather gods cooperate, streaking stars may appear as soon as the sun NAVAL AIR STATION sets. Park naturalists will host an all-ages “star party” starting Wednesday at 8 See a rubber Lexington Park “Inflatoplane” and Play “Stairway”! p.m., with pointers on observing meteors. Make a night of it by packing lawn other experimental 246 chairs, blankets, snacks, bug spray, water and something caffeinated to stay awake Nanbo’s Guitars aircraft at Patuxent 489 offers lessons, (no alcohol is allowed). To minimize light, cover flashlights with a red filter, such River Naval Air 5 custom inlay work as a bandana or tissue paper. Then, settle into a dark spot, look skyward and enjoy Museum. St. Mary’s and scores of your star search. City fretted instruments. LocalFave MICHAEL MAYER, DIRECTOR The route to the park offers a constellation of diversions. Two old military posts Maryland’s first kick it off in Prince George’s County: Fort Foote has a pair of 15-inch Rodman can- capital is still 235 nons, the most powerful Civil War weapons, and nearby, Fort Washington stands being unearthed as an archaic fortress that once protected the capital. Want to play? Pump quar- at Historic Buzzy has run I used to love the “Exorcist” ters into the Hyper Space Fun Center arcade in Hollywood, or bowl some frames St. Mary’s City, his country a living-history store for steps when I was a kid. When I at Esperanza Lanes in Lexington Park. For last-minute munchies in Scotland, museum and swing into Buzzy’s General Store, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary 5 more than bring visitors to town, I take archaeological park. Potomac 50 years in an (and gives out free posters of what the area looked like during the Civil War). River Scotland 1886 building. them there. It’s really important — Karen-Lee Ryan Point Lookout Confederate to me for some *reason. Point Lookout is normally open only to active fishermen after sunset but will Point Lookout Cemetery honors thousands State Park open overnight for stargazers today through Aug. 15. Guests will have access to of Civil War soldiers. Mayer’s feature film directorial the causeway, pier and point, as well as the bayside shoreline between the debut, “A Home at the End of causeway and the point. $3 to $6 per vehicle. Camping allowed at the camp- the World” (starring Colin Farrell, ground only with advance reservations (call 888-432-2267). The and unite at the tip of Point Lookout State Park. Robin Wright Penn and Sissy Road Trip maps are available online at www.washingtonpost.com/roadtrip, as are address- BY JEROME COOKSON FOR THE WASHINGTON POST Spacek), is in theaters now. es and hours of operation. Have an idea for a trip? E-mail [email protected]. — Reported by Yawandale Birchett RAFY © 2004 Nautica Apparel, Inc., www.nautica.com

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