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October 14, 2020 by routeonefunlady

Montpelier Farms Pumpkin Patch, Maryland: A Recap

Montpelier Farms Pumpkin Patch

Tis the season for pumpkin patches and fall fun! Montpelier Farms is one of the local patches we highlighted in our 2020 roundup of the best pumpkin patches in Maryland for Route 1 kids. Here’s an recap of our recent visit to this happy place in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

May 2, 2020 by routeonefunlady

Get Outside: Cash Lake Trail at Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel

A walk along Cash Lake Trail Patuxent

While we were pretty disappointed that the Cash Lake Trail did not actually lead to any cash 🤣, we still highly recommend this mainly flat, 2-miles or so hike that begins at the Patuxent Research Refuge Visitors Center in Laurel.

April 22, 2020 by routeonefunlady

Celebrate Earth Day: Play #Route1TrashTag & Plogg Along!

Plogging along Route 1 Corridor (picking up trash)

Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Usually, there would be a ton of fun, local events for us all to check out. While that’s not the case this year, there are still plenty of ways that we can celebrate this day and continue to do what we can to protect our beautiful planet. This day. Every day. We invite you all to “plog” along today and share your #route1trashtag pics with us! More on these fun activities, below.

April 18, 2020 by routeonefunlady

Letter to Your Loved Ones: Hyattsville’s Dr. Qadira Huff Shares Wellness Tips

Dr. Qadira Huff shares Family Wellness tips for these COViD-19 times

Hyattsville’s Dr. Qadira Huff’s been offering happy, helpful advice on ways to keep our mental and physical health strong long before the coronavirus was even on our radar.

Today, Dr. Huff shares another great tip with Route One Fun readers: Write a letter to your loved ones. ❤ Most of us remember how sweet it was to get a letter in the mail! Let’s do it again for those who we cannot be near but who are certainly in our hearts – and help the USPS while doing so, too!

April 7, 2020 by routeonefunlady

Fun Kids Activities During Maryland’s Stay-at-Home Order

Mandy Sheffer Curated Play Spaces

Fairy Hideaways, Face Painting, Sunflower Houses – These are just some of the awesome kids activities Mandy Sheffer of Curated Play Spaces shares with us today on Route One Fun! (The lady’s even packed this post with plenty of how-to tutorials for the visual learners among us. (Many thanks, Mandy!)

March 31, 2020 by routeonefunlady

UMD’s COViD-19 Family Resources – Very Helpful!

Parents of school-aged children: Finding yourselves overwhelmed with the number of educational resources you’re seeing out there? (All well-intentioned, of course, but utterly overwhelming.) We know we are. Which is why we breathed a sigh of relief when Marie Thoma of the University of Maryland’s Department of Family Science, School of Public Health reached out to share her colleague’s latest resource with us – a compilation of resources to help families and educators. 

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