With temperatures in the 90s and soaking humidity in the D.C. area, finding a shady, cool and relaxing place outdoors can be a challenge — unless you know a secret swimming hole.
I found one on Friday. I’ll share it with you, but you have to promise not to tell anyone.
I’m clearly not the only person who knows about Seneca Creek, just off River Road, in Poolesville, Maryland, since it’s on various lists of great swimming holes in our area.
The street address is listed as 16315 Old River Road. The lady at Poole’s Store, whose chocolate lab trotted up to greet me when the bell rang as I opened the door was kind enough to point me toward the unmarked oasis.
During the height of COVID-19, she said cars were parked up and down the tiny road on hot summer days. On Friday, mine was the only car.
She told me to follow the tamped down path, and “head toward those fallen trees.”
