Annapolis 1. Veterans Memorial
2. Street in Annapolis
3. View from the restaurant on "Ego Alley"
4. More boats
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Annapolis, Maryland
August 6, Wednesday: Hired Michele, our dog walker, again today. She charged us only $10.00 per dog; really is not too bad. We are off to Annapolis.
Started at the Visitor's Center after taking a "few minutes" to find a parking garage only to find out they had one right behind the Center. Ahhhh the joys of traveling. We decided to do the trolley ride around the town for a little history lesson and sights. These are always nice because it enables Larry to be able to look and not worry about driving. Our trolley time was for 1:30pm so walked across the street to have lunch at an old tavern. We both had a Chipolte Chicken Salad... very good. The tour was about 1 1/4 hr long. What can I say...this town is old and has a lot of history. Annapolis was a charter city in 1708. It was also used as our first peacetime Capital of the USA in 1783 & 1784. The city has the highest concentration of Georgian Style buildings in the Nation about 1300. All four of the Maryland signers of the Declaration of Independence homes are included. No wonder the city is called"a museum without walls". We were unable to visit the Maryland State house, the oldest State Capital in continuous legislative use. It is being renovated. The city has two roundabouts. One around the Capital and one around the St. Anne Church.
Besides the Naval Academy Annapolis is also the home of St. John College. Our tour guide told us that out of the 400 students enrolled, 85% go on to get their Masters and 75% receive their PhDs. Now if you or someone you know is interested in attending the yearly cost is just about $45,000.00 a year.
We made a stop at the Veterans Memorial which over looks the harbor. Very impressive. Walked around the area after our tour just looking at buildings. Of course, now it is time to fill our tummies. So off to the marina to eat by the water. We chose to eat at "The Pusser's" a restaurant that sits on "Ego Alley". They call the waterway "Ego Alley" because people with boats of all sizes parade up and down to show off. While we appreciated the show, we dined on Nachos and Crab & Corn Chowder. No I did not get that wrong when you are in Maryland you have Crab Chowder NOT Clam Chowder.
6:00pm time to head home. Traffic not too bad. Great day... great town.
Goodnight!
Started at the Visitor's Center after taking a "few minutes" to find a parking garage only to find out they had one right behind the Center. Ahhhh the joys of traveling. We decided to do the trolley ride around the town for a little history lesson and sights. These are always nice because it enables Larry to be able to look and not worry about driving. Our trolley time was for 1:30pm so walked across the street to have lunch at an old tavern. We both had a Chipolte Chicken Salad... very good. The tour was about 1 1/4 hr long. What can I say...this town is old and has a lot of history. Annapolis was a charter city in 1708. It was also used as our first peacetime Capital of the USA in 1783 & 1784. The city has the highest concentration of Georgian Style buildings in the Nation about 1300. All four of the Maryland signers of the Declaration of Independence homes are included. No wonder the city is called"a museum without walls". We were unable to visit the Maryland State house, the oldest State Capital in continuous legislative use. It is being renovated. The city has two roundabouts. One around the Capital and one around the St. Anne Church.
Besides the Naval Academy Annapolis is also the home of St. John College. Our tour guide told us that out of the 400 students enrolled, 85% go on to get their Masters and 75% receive their PhDs. Now if you or someone you know is interested in attending the yearly cost is just about $45,000.00 a year.
We made a stop at the Veterans Memorial which over looks the harbor. Very impressive. Walked around the area after our tour just looking at buildings. Of course, now it is time to fill our tummies. So off to the marina to eat by the water. We chose to eat at "The Pusser's" a restaurant that sits on "Ego Alley". They call the waterway "Ego Alley" because people with boats of all sizes parade up and down to show off. While we appreciated the show, we dined on Nachos and Crab & Corn Chowder. No I did not get that wrong when you are in Maryland you have Crab Chowder NOT Clam Chowder.
6:00pm time to head home. Traffic not too bad. Great day... great town.
Goodnight!
Ashburn, Virginia
August 3, Sunday: Off to see Pat and Chuck's new house and area. They have a dog walker here so we were able to leave for a longer than usual time. Very nice!
It took us about 40 minutes to get their Del Webb community. Their house is perfect. It has 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, with a loft and a sunroom. The master suite is downstairs. Very cozy (even though their furniture has not arrived) and yet very roomy. Looking forward to visiting. Yes! can you believe they invited us to visit even after hearing Kathy' tales about our length of our visit. They gave us a tour of the grounds and clubhouse. After our tour, we headed into Leesburg for lunch and strolled around this old town. It was established in the early 1700s. We dropped the Cole's off at their house but did not stay longer because it was getting late.
On the way home we made a Costco stop. I think everyone who lived in the area was there. Larry commented this is why we don't shop on the week-ends unless we have to.
August 4, Monday: Took the dogs for a long walk and ended up talking to our neighbors. Jim, Julie, and their daughters, Abbie and Toni. They live just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. It was great fun being their neighbors for a few days.
Chuck and Pat arrived to play more games. Today it was 'Hand & Foot' which is a card game. The men just blew us away but we will get them next time. I fixed a Southwest Chicken Salad for early dinner then we walked down to the little cafe for ice cream. We will not see the Cole's until September on our return trip. They are headed for California to wrap up the details of their house.
The weather here has been quite nice in the high 80s with low humidity. Very comfortable at night so we are taking the opportunity is sit outside as much as possible.
August 5, Tuesday: Today is my treatment day. Actually, that is why we are in the DC area. Kaiser has a facility here. My appointment was for 1:30pm. Larry was able to get his blood test done and his prescription for coumadin while he waited for me. I finished about 4:45pm. We stopped for a little bite to eat on the way home. Unfortunately, this treatment knocked me out. Larry thinks too much activity and too long of a time between treatments. I guess I am just having too much fun. Needless to say, early bed tonight.
Good night!
It took us about 40 minutes to get their Del Webb community. Their house is perfect. It has 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, with a loft and a sunroom. The master suite is downstairs. Very cozy (even though their furniture has not arrived) and yet very roomy. Looking forward to visiting. Yes! can you believe they invited us to visit even after hearing Kathy' tales about our length of our visit. They gave us a tour of the grounds and clubhouse. After our tour, we headed into Leesburg for lunch and strolled around this old town. It was established in the early 1700s. We dropped the Cole's off at their house but did not stay longer because it was getting late.
On the way home we made a Costco stop. I think everyone who lived in the area was there. Larry commented this is why we don't shop on the week-ends unless we have to.
August 4, Monday: Took the dogs for a long walk and ended up talking to our neighbors. Jim, Julie, and their daughters, Abbie and Toni. They live just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. It was great fun being their neighbors for a few days.
Chuck and Pat arrived to play more games. Today it was 'Hand & Foot' which is a card game. The men just blew us away but we will get them next time. I fixed a Southwest Chicken Salad for early dinner then we walked down to the little cafe for ice cream. We will not see the Cole's until September on our return trip. They are headed for California to wrap up the details of their house.
The weather here has been quite nice in the high 80s with low humidity. Very comfortable at night so we are taking the opportunity is sit outside as much as possible.
August 5, Tuesday: Today is my treatment day. Actually, that is why we are in the DC area. Kaiser has a facility here. My appointment was for 1:30pm. Larry was able to get his blood test done and his prescription for coumadin while he waited for me. I finished about 4:45pm. We stopped for a little bite to eat on the way home. Unfortunately, this treatment knocked me out. Larry thinks too much activity and too long of a time between treatments. I guess I am just having too much fun. Needless to say, early bed tonight.
Good night!
Cherry Hill Park, College Park, Maryland
August 2, College Park, Maryland: Easy morning. light housecleaning. cleaning out bays. We have company coming for a visit. Pat and Chuck, our friends who were unable to make the trip with us, and Kathy, Jo's cousin Steven' wife, are coming for lunch and game playing. Chuck and Pat are here because they just bought a house in Ashburn, Virginia which is just outside of DC. Kathy and Steven have lived in the area for a little over two years. Last September Larry and I stayed three weeks with them. When they said "come visit" I am not too sure they meant for that long. After they went to work, we took the Metro and did DC. On the week-ends the four of us went site-seeing in the surrounding areas. One of the week-ends, Steven, Kathy, Chuck, Pat, Larry and me took the train to New York. So you can see why it was fun to get together again. Steven was in Boise, Idaho trying to keep an eye on the fires in California and other places. Hope to see him on our return trip. Chuck and Pat drove over but Kathy just took the Metro from their place. The Metro is only 10 minutes from the Park. We had fun playing Mexican Train. After everyone left we took dogs for one last walk and headed for bed.
Goodnight!!!!
Goodnight!!!!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Oh, The Best Laid Plans
August 1, Friday: Larry figured it would take us about 1 1/2 hours to go 90 miles up the peninsula into Maryland. First error of the day. Only Highway is Hwy 13 which goes through all the towns. Signal lights, stop signs, and 30 mph speed limits. After 4 hours and 120 miles, we stopped for lunch about 30 miles into Maryland. Back on the road again up to Queenstown onto Hwy 50 across the bridge towards Annapolis area. We got it made now. We are cruising like we know what we are doing. Arrived at the campgrounds in Millervilles about 3:30 pm not bad. Checked in. Drove to the site........NO WAY we are fitting in this site. Jo drove back to the office to explain. They gave us another site. Jo says NO WAY.........Larry says he thinks so. Another "discussion". Larry gets into the space but is hanging over both ways and cannot level the rig. Jo back to the office and brings back one of the hosts. He could not believe Larry was even able to back the 40 ft rig into the spot let alone try and balance it. It had several trees and very uneven. NOT GOOD!!!!! After some discussion about the 800 number for KOA it was determined they could not accommodate us. So I called Cherry Hill to see if they had room. We had reservations at Cherry Hill for Sunday through Tuesday. Surprise!!!! they could take us poor homeless people. Of course, did I mention it was Friday heading on 495 beltway around Washington DC?? By the time Larry re-hooked the car, took dogs for potty break, and listened to my comments on life it was about 5:15pm. Do I hear commute traffic???? Need I mention we are 62 ft in length??? We had 21 miles to go and actually had no more problems!!!
We were set up by 6:30pm. Very surprised because when we were here 3 years ago it was very crowded. This year lots of empty sites.
Nice evening!
Good Night!
We were set up by 6:30pm. Very surprised because when we were here 3 years ago it was very crowded. This year lots of empty sites.
Nice evening!
Good Night!
Kiptopeke State Park, Virginia Peninsula
July 31, Thursday: Larry informed me that I call this campground Cape Charles but it is really outside of the town about 7 miles and it is called Kiptopeke State Park. Now you know why I call it Cape Charles. Total relaxing day at the campground. OK, that might be a stretch. Some housecleaning, laundry, brushing dogs, fixing Jo's bike tire. Larry calls this relaxing????????? Larry went into town to the bank for quarters and to pick-up on inter tube for Jo's bike. He found an old hardware store that had wooden floors, old tools hanging from the ceiling, and boxes upon boxes of merchandise that has never been put away for years. The aisles were so cramped that only one person at a time could walk down. Larry looked around for a short time then decided to get some help since he could not locate the tube. Sure enough... they had ten different types. One of them was the right one. The old cash register had push button knobs. Your receipt was printed on adding machine tape. Larry felt he had stepped back in time about 50 years.
Nice long walk around the grounds and boardwalk before we head out for Maryland. Not too many campgrounds in the DC area. Found one after Larry and I had a "discussion" the other day in a grocery store parking lot. Oh the joys of traveling. The campground is in Millersville which is the closest one to Annapolis which we want to visit. It is a KOA but they said they could accommodate us. We want to get an early start because it is Friday and headed into the DC area. Not a good combination!!!!!!!!
Goodnight!
Nice long walk around the grounds and boardwalk before we head out for Maryland. Not too many campgrounds in the DC area. Found one after Larry and I had a "discussion" the other day in a grocery store parking lot. Oh the joys of traveling. The campground is in Millersville which is the closest one to Annapolis which we want to visit. It is a KOA but they said they could accommodate us. We want to get an early start because it is Friday and headed into the DC area. Not a good combination!!!!!!!!
Goodnight!
Cape Charles, Virginia
1. The Old Lighthouse(took this for Ron)2. The new Marina housing/lunch
3. One of the great old houses
First we must apologize for being sooooooo long getting back to our blog. To our few faithful readers, Sorry!
July 30, Wednesday: Weather is very warm and probably one of the most humid days we have encountered. Thunderstorms all around us but no rain right where the campground is located. Lots of lightning and lots of thunder. Heard Virginia Beach got hit bad. Virginia Beach is right across the bay from us.
Campground is not very full. Sites are large. We picked one under the trees. Took the dogs for a walk down by the bay. Couldn't take them to the beach but they had a great boardwalk that we could walk them on. Talked to a couple from New Jersey who come here often. They said this is the empiest they have ever seen. Camped next to us is a couple from Montreal, Canada. It was interesting because they spoke French and had a hard time understanding us if we spoke too fast. Funny because several years ago Larry and I took a car trip with our good friends, the Emrichs, into Quebec. The people there were very adamant about speaking only French. Apparently, nothing has changed. However, the couple was very nice.
Time to explore>>>>>>>>>Only one highway on the peninsula so can't get too lost. Cape Charles, the town, had a building boom in the late 1990s. Two golf courses, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus are weaved around a very high class neighborhood. The security guard let us drive into the pro-shop but we took a little detour. Unfortunately, at the moment the town is in an economic slump like alot of tourist places. Drove around and could tell at one time it was quite the place for people from New York to come. In the 1920s the original planner had a railroad built to bring people directly into town. Along the road next to the Bay are some beautiful brick homes. Several for sale. On one side street, Larry and I stopped and walked around this huge house that is for sale. We had passed the realtor who said if we wanted to see the inside let her know. 7 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, yep it was a B & B. It was on a large lot for only 739,000.00. In California, even now, it would be alot more.
Driving around house shopping made me hungry so headed for the newly developed marina area for some lunch. The Hostess and our waitress informed us that business was very slow. Needless, we had great service and wonderful food.
Goodnight!
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