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1120 Market St., Denton • 410-924-6404
www.calvarybaptistchurchofdenton.org
Don Reynolds, Pastor
10 AM Sunday Bible School – All ages
11 AM Exciting Praise / Worship
Also, great Junior Church (5-11 yrs.) This sign greets Tuckahoe State Park visitors just inside

7 PM Sunday Evening Worship & the Cherry Lane entrance.
Children’s Class
7 PM Wednesday Bible Studies
Church is the Place to Be! morning I passed through, nor evidence of a decadent
Friday evening noted, but the thought of these likely
standards such as the ball-rolling horse race game embellished if not totally mythical parties of yore
[featuring the entrance music of the NWA tag team nonetheless gave me a chuckle and inspired me to
known as the Midnight Express] and Bop the Beaver, switch on my Spotify app playlist to some Mötley Crüe
which I did not learn until adulthood everyone else to accompany me first to the Delaware sign to take a

knows it as Whack-a-Mole. No comment. What I selfie and then back to the dirt road portion of Hobbs

would like to elaborate upon, however, is a quasi- Road indicated as the final Maryland waypoint on

incident witnessed while completing a stretch along the official trail map. Think I am neurotic or at least

Hobbs Road. I was wearing a shirt my wife gave me alone in my quest? I waited behind three other groups
for Fathers Day that read “Best Beagle Dad Ever” and who had serendipitously stopped to take the same
so I can’t imagine I looked imposing to anyone as I pictures I was at the state line. Ignore the benefits of the

walked; regardless, at least one vehicle that approached American Discovery Trail at your own peril, Caroline
in my direction slowed to cast a suspicious eye before powers that be.
swerving to create a wide and overly-exaggerated berth
around me as if they had just encountered a serial I have walked other sections of the American Discovery Trail:
killer stalking unsuspecting prey in the hinterlands of along the Delaware coast, on the western shore of Maryland,
the hinterlands that are Caroline County. Fortunately, in West Virginia, and elsewhere. With that said, completing the
neither they nor I ended up in the nearby Ames Caroline County portion allowed me to enjoy a special sense
United Methodist Church cemetery -- which I found of accomplishment known only to other acutely competitive
intriguing considering the at least one dozen markers natives. My sincere hope moving forward is that locals will
denoting people with the last name of Hobbs. It’s now try to retrace these steps, or better yet, attempt a north-
that type of hyperlocal history one does not notice or to-south crossing. Templeville to Reliance by car is over 40
appreciate when passing through at 55 mph or more. miles, so prepare cautiously and accordingly for a walk of
that magnitude. Dedicate your odyssey to the observance of

• The Maryland section of the American Discovery
the 250th anniversary of the founding of our county, which
Trail ends in the vicinity of Hickman. Hikers have two
comes around in 2023. Hopefully yours will not be the only
options for completion, though I did them both for
celebration scheduled; the time to start planning a calendar
the sake of this article and bonus opportunities for
of events is now.
discovery. First, a regret: there is an urban legend [or
is it a rural legend?] that a headless horseman of sorts Chad Dean has many ideas for the county to formally and

haunts the area -- I looked but did not find him or him officially celebrate its 250th anniversary should the stars align,

me. What I did find, however, is a crossroads known but in the meantime his next expedition to highlight Caroline
as Five Points. Long before we could drive, middle history is to take a boat up the navigable length of both the
schoolers overheard stories about parties consistent Choptank River and Tuckahoe Creek in search of lost, hidden,
with 1980s hair band music videos happening or forgotten sites of interest.
there. Sadly no action was observed on the Saturday
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