Blogs from Maryland, United States, North America - page 12

Geo: 38.3183, -76.4567Matt and Shawna stayed with us on the boat last night. So today, we biked around Solomon's Island, did a little shopping, went to the Calvert Marine Museum, and just lounged around the boat. They left around 3:00.Then, Sean and Mandy came by around 6:30 pm. This was our first time meeting Mandy.....very nice and very attractive! We went to dinner at The Lighthouse Restaurant, and they headed back around 9:15.The plan is to started heading back south tomorrow... read more

Geo: 38.1192, -76.3742If you saw my blog from yesterday, the picture showed some nasty clouds. Sheila and I walked to Cocomo's in Deltaville for dinner. It poured for about 10 minutes while we were in there, and then it was beautiful the rest of the night.We headed out of Deltaville this morning around 6:15. We sailed for about an hour with 10-12 knot winds, then the winds dropped to about 6-8 knots so we were only going about 2.5-3.0 knots. So we motor sailed pretty much the rest of the way. It was still an awesome day to be on the water. The seas were flat and you could see forever.We pulled into Point Lookout Marina around 3:15 pm. This marina is on the north side of the Potomac. We had not been there in at ... read more

We were ready to get cruising on our new boat, but sadly it was not meant to be. The snow was coming down quite hard in Maryland and the forecast is for even more tomorrow. The boat is in winter storage up on the land in what they call dry storage. You can see all the boats in nice neat rows. There are literally hundreds of boats in this storage yard, just waiting for the warm weather. So, it seems that we must yield to mother nature and wait for the promise of spring yet to come. Driving around, you can see that this part of the Chesapeake Bay is really quite picturesque. I guess we should just enjoy the beautiful winter wonderland-like scenes. It is really quite rural in this area with farms, barns and ... read more

BACK IN U.S.A Over the holidays I expected to stay in Vietnam. There was a meditation class I had hoped to attend. That could not happen. With no other plans, I thought of going home for a couple of weeks. Once I was headed that way, I felt my time in Vietnam was done. "Something" told me I was ready to leave. I had a wonderful stay, yet most advantages were behind me, and the drawbacks (every situation has at least a few) would continue. There were no major problems, but the joy was not what it had been. I leave mentioning some recent memorable moments. At school I walked down the hall and noticed a whiff of incense. Another teacher nearby said yes, there’s the prayer room. I thought he was jokin... read more

Tuesday 22ndOctober 2013 Washington DC – Pennsylvania Fine and overcast – 15c We disconnected our home and departed Cherry Hill about 9am, bound for Gettysburg National Military Park Museum in Maryland. En route we happened to notice a sign leading to the Fallen Firefighter’s Memorial in a small town called Emmitsburg. The National Emergency Management training facility is here. After passing security and leaving our IDs at the main gate they allowed us in, visitors passes attached. There are two memorials – one commemorating all the US firefighters who died on duty between the years 1981 and the present. It was opened by Ronald Reagan. A brass plaque for each year is placed around a taller monument with an eternal flame. All names and States are listed on the plaque which is placed on a stone ... read more