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Virginia Afield
By Robert Gooch
State Park Camping With the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in a headlong race for the moon the family camping boom is a reassuring trend for the outdoorsman who appreciates so much the solidarity of ole Mother Earth. He realizes she holds some qualities all of her own. Modern campgrounds with “indoor plumbing outdoors" are the barrier breaker that enable him to get a hesitant wife and family into the great outdoors and closer to the health instilling pursuits he loves so well. Family squabbles and long faces are a rarity in the many campgrounds scattered across America and even bad weather which may dampen clothes and equip-, ment, has no such effect on spirits. Camping features.' hearty appetites, campfires and loafing—and for the anglers in the family, some choice fishing. Virginia State Parks offer the beiw in family camping and collectively they offer a wide variety of fishing— some of the best the Old Dominion can boast of. The camping State Parks are Fairy Stone in Patrick County, Hungry Mother in far western Smyth County, Westmoreland on the Potomac in Westmoreland County, Seashore in the sand dunes of Princess Anne County, Douthat high in the mountains of Bath and Allegheny Counties, and Claytor Lake and Staunton River on the shores of Claytor Lake and Buggs Island Lake re
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