My parents live on their boat most of the time. I try to meet up with them a few times a year while they are out travelling. This year Mother's Day happened to fall during the break between school sessions so Nick and I decided that would be the perfect time to rendezvous. As it worked out, they would be in Maryland. Nick is from Maryland. Win win!
Our flight there was a nightmare. Seriously. I don't want to get into but I have decided that I am never flying (domestic) again. At least not if I can help it. And not US Air. EVER. My parents were anchored in Crisfield, MD. They needed to get some repairs done so unfortunately we were stuck there. There's not much going on in Crisfield. We were also there a little ahead of the tourist season so the town was still pretty closed up. We still had a really great time.
We went to the Strawberry festival in Crisfield. They only had one little table selling strawberries and those were from North Carolina. Guess I'm a little spoiled from the Plant City Strawberry Festival.
Our flight there was a nightmare. Seriously. I don't want to get into but I have decided that I am never flying (domestic) again. At least not if I can help it. And not US Air. EVER. My parents were anchored in Crisfield, MD. They needed to get some repairs done so unfortunately we were stuck there. There's not much going on in Crisfield. We were also there a little ahead of the tourist season so the town was still pretty closed up. We still had a really great time.
We went to the Strawberry festival in Crisfield. They only had one little table selling strawberries and those were from North Carolina. Guess I'm a little spoiled from the Plant City Strawberry Festival.
On Mother's Day we took the dinghy over to Jane Island Park and had a picnic lunch. We also did a little geocaching. For dinner we went to the Red Roost. It was packed full of families tearing apart crab legs and crab cakes.
We took a day trip to Smith Island. It was pretty pointless. The ferry over there was really expensive and there was nothing going on there. Supposedly everyone there speaks with an English sounding accent and everything is really quaint but I didn't come away with that impression. We did buy a 10 layer Smith Island cake that was pretty delicious but I made a 14 layer cake last Easter that was just as good (or better).
The next day we drove over to Ocean City MD to check out a huge car show. It was super cool, lots of vintage and antique cars that my Daddy and Nick drooled over.
The next day we drove over to Ocean City MD to check out a huge car show. It was super cool, lots of vintage and antique cars that my Daddy and Nick drooled over.
Before we headed home, Nick and I spent a day in Baltimore. We went to the NSA Cryptology museum, Edgar Allen Poe's House in the ghetto and toured the Historic Ships in the Baltimore Harbor. We had dinner at the Horse you rode in on Saloon where Poe used to hang out. It was also the last place he had a drink before he died.
We were gone 8 days. It was really nice to get away and spend some time with my folks. It was also really great to get home and back to my pugs.
Oh! I knit 7 hats while we were gone. You know, as one does.
Oh! I knit 7 hats while we were gone. You know, as one does.