10/2:
Today we woke up and left Philidelphia to drive to Assateague state park. The drive was pretty normal, however when we stopped for lunch Dad took the Starbucks' Via taste-test. The challenge was to tell which of two coffee sample handed to you was brewed, and which was instant (Dad said the real giveaway was that instant doesn't have bubbles). He of course one the prize of a free small coffee (which conveniently had to be redempt at a different time) and left with a grin.
We drove through Dover Delaware, and right past the Air Force Base where all of the fallen members of the military are brought back into the US. Dad and I considered the idea of going to the war museum there, but decided against it because daylight was getting short. Finally we arrived at Assateague State Park.
Sadly, the most we saw of the famous wild horses were 2-3 of them sitting in the parking lot corner, basking in the sun and swatting flies. The day was getting late so we headed over to set up our tent and then relaxed at the beach. After this, we made a typical camp dinner and were about to go to sleep when Dad called up Mom out of curiousity of what the weather forecast was. She called back with the grim pronouncement that a severe thunderstorm was headed our way, and seeing as we were not fond of packing up in thunder, lightening, dark and probably rain, we packed up to leave then and there.
Where we were going to stay that night, however, was another question. Dad drove us generally in the direction of Annapolis MD as Mom tried to find a decent hotel with vacancy somewhere along the way. To our good fortune, a small Residence Inn had a single-room available in the close town of Salisbury. Dad checked us in groggily, we dragged in our bags and promptly caught Z's in the hotel.
10/3:
After a rather ad-hoc previous evening, we aroused from our slumber later in the day than normal. As usual, I was the last to 'come-to'. I stumbled out of bed, resisted the urge to drink some coffee (as I had become a bit, erm, hooked on the beverage up at the Boston Residence Inn. Talk about the seductive thermos...) and headed for the workout room to work out.
We had a normal hotel breakfast, packed up and left for Annapolis. The drive was typical, the highlight being crossing the Chester-Annapolis Chesapeake Bay Bridge, not to be confused with *the* Chesapeake Bay Bridge. It was still quite large, but the one you're probably thinking of (down by Norfolk) is a lot bigger.
After we arrived in Annapolis, we parked the car and hauled our heavy bottoms off of the car seat, and went to tour the Annapolis State House. There, we were greeted by a cheery and eager tour guide, known as the official town crier Squire Frederick. He even has a webpage! http://www.squirefrederick.com/
He gave us a detailed, informative guide of the building that satisfied our needs for information. After, we hopped down to the Frozen Yogurt store for some cold refreshment.
For the rest of the day, we drove back to DC where we spent the night with my Uncle Bob and Aunt Mary Lou. The evening was spent playing yard games, guitar (me of course) and watching The Incredibles.
10/4:
On Day 25 of our adventure, we departed Bob and Mary Lou's house to stay at my Grandma's apartment. But, in the meantime we headed over to our house-party-y Uncle Marty's House. We spent the day eating Chinese Food, playing on their trampoline and on their Wii, and hanging out with relatives.
10/5:
Today, the penultimate of our nearly-month long adventure, began with a visit to Baltimore's Fort McHenry, famous for the event of which the National Anthem is based upon. The astonishing thing about Fort McHenry is just how massive it's guns are. Even though they were placed during the Civil War and were therefore a little larger than 1812, they were rustic and comprable when it came to technology, and still *freaking massive*. Let me clarify: imagine a piece of lead bigger than the size of a basketball shooting out of a cannon the size of a car at hundreds, perhaps thousands of miles per hour. That's what I'd call intimidating.
After this, we spent the rest of the day picking up Grandma, hanging out until dinnertime, where we went to the Tapas Restaurant Jaleo and ate some incredibly healthy fried dates wrapped in bacon (I am just kidding about this being healthy, of course) I spent the evening studying for my 13-18 Test for Spanish, due the next day.We were ready to go home!
10/6
On the last day of this spectacular trip, we woke up early and headed out from Grandma's House, on our long drive Home. En Route, I completed my 13-18 Review Test for Spanish, which turned out that it didn't need to be handed in until 3 weeks later.
We got home, gave Mom a big hug while the beyond ecstatic Raleigh jumped and squealed and licked and nearly went of his mind at our heels. What a great journey.
I hope you guys enjoyed following us! Sorry about the several-month delay on the last post!
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