http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maryland/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Maryland en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:34:13 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:34:13 UTC The last morning that I spent in Philadelphia was more sightseeing. I had a couple of errands to run and then decided to stop and get some breakfast at a caf called Mrs Krsquos. Apparently it is quite well known to locals according to the woman I asked for a recommendation. The food was pretty much but as ever it was far too much for me to manage. To try and work some of the breakfast off I http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Easton/blog-349132.html We were blessed to be given a trip to Sandy Cove Ministries for a lovely weekend getaway. Sandy Cove is a resort in the tiny town of North East Maryland and lazily stretches along the coast of the Chesapeake Bay. The sprawling brick and whitesiding resort is bordered by the water on one side and buried within miles of forest on the others like a little world onto itself. We attend the Couple http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-347043.html Hi Quick update on what I've been doing this summerfall I stained our new deck which took me awhile. I went on a week bike trip just me to Ocean City Maryland from 9 Montvale Court. Then I rode the Obamawagon through Indiana where I presented on a teacher panel Ohio MassachusettsYou rock Tony Bernardo in your Hippie Palace New YorkFirst Indianaite to love on Nathan Gilbert saw http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-345210.html In the morning there was sunshine between thin lines of clouds. Hooray We opened all the blinds and let the light in It was cheerful and bright We decided to walk to the Ranger Station and sign up for another night. It is promising to be a good day so we don't want to leave yet. There were two dry horses by the side of the road. A professional photographer was walking all around them and takin http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-344586.html We decided that we love the ocean so much we will spend a day at the beach campground and then go to the Norfolk area to visit our neice. The weather report is that it's going to clear up. So we moved our camper 15 miles to the campground on Assateague. On the way we passed a racetrack. Horseracing is big in this country. We also saw our first magnolia tree this trip. When we got to the campgr http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-344579.html Sorry dear readers. We are behind on our blog because we spent two days at the BEACH where there was no electricity and no WiFi. Ahhh. In the morning a light rain was falling. When we took Daisy for a walk outside the camper we could hear a constant hissing sound. We figured out that it was the rain on the dry leaves that had covered the ground. We left eagerly in the rain to start our adv http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-344216.html Bonjour a tous nous sommes de retour aprs ce long dlai. Voici la Ville de solomon ou nous avons sjourn l'encrage 2 nuits et 3 jours. J'en ai profite pour me faire dorloter. Massage de pieds et manicure avec mon amie Diane rencontr par hazard en Ville. coiffure picerie fine et dcouverte de la Ville en bonne compagnie. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-343021.html An Historic Election DayWe left New Jersey to drive on to Maryland. It was sprinkling but the trees still looked beautiful in the rain. Some of them were radiant as if they glowed form within. As we crossed the Delaware River into Wilmington by yet another bridge we were impressed by how many businesses shipyards railroad tracks shipping containers piled up etc. there were. One of the bigges http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-342431.html We left Annapolis today for Solomons Island Maryland about 730 am. The sun was still low in the sky but it was warm with very light breezes out of the SW of course. Our course paralleled the main ship channel but a bit to starboard of it because the coast line is beautiful but lots of shallow areas. Just north of Solomons are some high sandy bluffs which were used for troop training during WW http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-342371.html Moved today to an anchorage off the Naval Academy so we would have wireless. Lots of activity small sailboats racing and practicing Navy YP vessels on which the midshipmen learn to drive bigger boats cruisers tour boats etc. 1030 Beautiful day today wind is down sun is out. We dinghyed into a dock right downtown beside the Naval Academy for brunch errands and sightseeing. At the Aca http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Annapolis/blog-342361.html Summer on the Chesapeake Bay Nancy and I docked in Dark Head Creek at the home of friends Curtis Chris Wroten in early June after completing our 1180 mile journey up the East Coast from Fort Pierce Florida. We enjoyed the six week trip but were glad to finally be tied to a secure dock for a change. It seemed as soon as we arrived the weather turned extremely hot and humid. Chris insisted t http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Baltimore/blog-339736.html Jour 44Jeudi 23 octobre dpart de Cambridge vers 8h00 en direction de Solomons Island.. Tous le monde quitte le quai aujourdrsquohui car des affiches sont apparues hier soir pour dire que le quai tait rserv pour le reste de la semaine pour un rassemblement de Schooners.Il vente un peu et nous profitons du vent pour monter les voiles ENFIN Mais a ne dure pas longtemps le vent tombe comm http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-339418.html A random memory but it came to me as I was packing my suitcase this morning and looked up to see a caricature of Jrocker I drew about two years ago. For our Japanese classes in university in the first through third year we were required to do skits at the end of each semester to illustrate our grasp of the Japanese language. And for me I always ended up doing the most random and insane things http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-338550.html Hinckley arrived at 730am to look at the boat. We had it pulled out of the water at a nearby marina thanks to Peterrsquos hookups and fixed and under way by 1030 am. We said our goodbyes and headed to Solomonrsquos Island about a 3 hour trip. Solomonrsquos Island was pretty cool. There were about 15 marinas all around we stayed at a place called Zanhiserrsquos Marina. After cleaning http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Annapolis/blog-338280.html Well my long circuitous trip has ended. I finally made it home. The flight to Seattle was just as expected or better. Same amenities as on the way over but this time there was no one sitting next to me so I could lay down while I watched my movies. And the flight back was only 8 hours so I got to Seattle around 730am local time after leaving at 330pm the same day. Before I left Japan http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Rockville/blog-338120.html Jour 40Nous sommes dimanche. Il fait 12730C dans le bateau on met du chauffage. Il vente 1015kn mais il fait soleil. On ne part pas aujourdrsquohui. Vers 14h00 on retourne dans StMichaels crsquoest plus calme aujourdrsquohui plusieurs magasins sont ferms. On prend des photos en se rendant au petit magasin gnral o on apprend que lrsquoon peut pcher le crabe sans permis dans l http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-337506.html Nous voici donc rendus Annapolis la Mecque des voileux dans le Maryland. Nous ralisons que nous nrsquoavons pas donn beaucoup de nouvelles. Quand tout va bien que les journes sont bien remplies on ne sent rien drsquoextraordinaire raconter. Nous avons travers lrsquotat de New York descendus lrsquoHudson pass plusieurs jours devant Manhattan sans vraiment sentir le grand dp http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Annapolis/blog-336229.html Jour 34 8h30 crsquoest le dpart. Delphine et Manu ont une douzaine drsquoheures drsquoauto faire. Ils ramnent le vieux moteur de lrsquoannexe Montral ainsi que les deux bacs de cossins que JP voulait vendre au rendezvous des Whitby que nous avons manqu. a fait de la place dans la cabine avant.Nous allons en vlo au bureau de poste envoyer les objets que notre fille a oubli http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-336206.html Jour 28Nous avons quitt Worton Creek 7h00 il fait 14730C dans le bateau. Un bon gruau et un caf nous rchauffent. Le temps est trs beau un vent du nord de moins de 10kn ne nous permet pas de mettre les voiles.La route est vite avale jusqursquoau Bay Bridge avec le courant de mare notre vitesse moyenne est prs de 6.8kn.Arrive dans Annapolis le port est dj ferm et il nrsquoy http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-335295.html ldquoFor a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way something to be gotten through first some unfinished business time still to be served a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure eve http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-334378.html Had a bit of a sleep in today as we werent planning on travelling to far so enough time to indulge in Kelly and Regis for a while again.Headed out of Winchester on VA11 and soon crossed the state line and into West Virginia.Funny how you notice certain changes as you cruise along.All of a sudden there Gentlemens clubs everywhere some even next door to each other and some in strange places on the http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/blog-329744.html ah to leave...I just walked around the driveway with my cats for the last time...we go on walks sometimes and we just went out at night.I figured since it's my last night here we had better go now and walking some thoughts came to me and I thought if I don't write them now I never shall.Me and the cats walked by the old black walnut tree the mist rising up from everything after the rain http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Rockville/blog-329604.html Enfin nous pouvons utiliser internet puisque nous sommes dans une marina avec tous les services.Notre prochain escale est Baltimore. Nous avons fait un arrt vue les conditions de vent annoncs 40 noeuds et la pluie en continu. Samedi Dimanche c'est le retour du soleil. Nous visiterons donc cette charmante ville sous le soleil. Aprs c'est Anapolis avec le Boat Show. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Chesapeake-City/blog-327662.html A random way to start off this entry but it will break the ice from being so long at bay from posting. I made this entry over at MySpace and LiveJournal this morning and thought that it could very well work in the Travel Blog as well since it deals with language language barriers accents etc.. So this is a small lesson in life with regards to words in Southern American English that differ http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Silver-Spring/blog-323117.html This weekend we travelled to Baltimore Maryland to see Infected Mushroom play at Palma Nightclub. Smitties bought the tickets and booked our room at the Hilton. He was supposed to come but he had to work in Canada so he gave Toby the tickets and room as a birthday present. The show was great and the hotel room was fantastic http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Baltimore/Inner-Harbor/blog-322225.html This weekend we travelled to Baltimore Maryland for the Virgin Mobile Music Festival August 9th and 10th. We met some new friends and had a great time http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Baltimore/blog-322190.html ldquoYoursquore Off To BaltimorehellipWHYrdquo You get that sometimes. There are people who just canrsquot see the world around them as anything other than a normal every day place. Whatrsquos interesting is that it's all a state of mind. Any place can be a destination itrsquos just up to you to see it that way. When traveling for long periods of time people start seeing ev http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Baltimore/blog-319445.html Hello all I am about to leave for AixenProvence France in a week It seems crazy that the time is coming so quickly I have wanted to do this for a few years now I've began planning it three years ago and have been actively planning for the past year and a half...and it's coming in a week AhhIn this blog I will write to keep people at home updated on my wellbeing and whereabouts during http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Baltimore/blog-317424.html Wow The Maryland Zoo is a must see The birds and animals are exquisite. Just take a look at the pictures. What a fun place Big birthday party in Maryland this weekend. Anna turned 1 on the 10th and Renee turns 4 on the 20th. Grammy couldn't miss it so I took the big flight one hour from Providence to Baltimore on Southwest and spent 6 funfilled days there. Great party great weather http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Maryland/Baltimore/blog-314306.html