Maryland Travel Blogs

In early 2001, Drew's Boy Scout troop worked on the Hiking Merit Badge by taking a number of historic themed hikes. The first of these was to hike through the Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland. (See Review, below.) Others were to include Manassas National Battlefield and the National Captia…

Today we all slept in since we were out late last night and Lena decided to take the day off of work to spend our last day with Adrian & Myra. I started breakfast while Lena made Cappuccino for her and Myra. Scrambled eggs with cheese, sausage, fried potatoes and toast was on the menu this morn…

Finally we saw the sign welcoming us to Maryland! I knew we still had a few hours of driving, but just being back in Maryland felt good! We continued through the Allegheny Mountains, which is part of the Appalachian Mountain Range, and crossed the Eastern Continental Divide. We soon could see the&n…

Lena and I were married 23 June 2007 after living together since Oct 1999. We started planning this wedding three years in advance, and we believe it went almost perfictly. Lena is originaly from Sweden and came to the United States with her first husband , an American, in 1997. Lena and I me…

At this point I was back in familiar territory and the novelty of riding the trolley had worn off.  However, we had a few more stops to make before returning to the railroad museum (including one in my own neighborhood where we picked up five more people and for the first time had a crowd stan…

19 July 2008   Today we have to pack up and leave. We had such a good time here and I’m not looking forward to going back to work. It will be nice to get back home and sleep in our own bed again, and see our kitty who I’m sure is missing us very much!   After getting e…

Since our first meet up earlier this year, Andrea (missandrea81), Lena (bwitch16) and I all wanted to get together again and spend the day at the Maryland Renaissance Festival. We finally picked a date and I sent Andrea some information on the festival and how to get here. Lena and I go to the…

After months of planning and saving we left Baltimore for Reagan National airport on our American Airlines flight bound for Mexico, DF to start our journey around the world.  Stay tuned in for many more entries and be sure to drop us a line to let us know your thoughts . . . God bless!!

According to legend, several centuries ago a Spanish ship wrecked on the coast of Assateague Island.  As the ship broke apart, the horses fought the waves to find sanctuary on the sandy land, and today their descendents roam the barrier isles.  Although the ancestors of the wild ponies ar…

Not sure how I didn't fall asleep during the car ride from the airport in Baltimore to our home in Annapolis, maybe all this talk of Tropical Storm Hanna hitting us tomorrow! Mom & Wes dropped us off at the house and we dropped the luggage just inside the front door. Unpacking can happen t…

This is just some random pictures I thought I would share...Enjoy :]

Pulling into Thomas Stone National Historic Site, I followed the road to the left which led to the Visitor Center.  A simple display explains the role Thomas Stone played in the events that shaped the beginning of our nation as well as some background on the man's legal career.  A video i…

Like I stated at the beginning, this is more a review than a blog, but reviews don't allow video and limit the number of pictures, so I'm using the blog format to review the tattoo shop Lena and I now use. After Lena got her last tattoo, a Raven, which represents one of the two Ravens from Swedish…

Less than a ten-minute drive from Fort Washington, the remains of Fort Foote are one of the few reminders of the 68 forts that once defended Washington DC during the Civil War.  I had known that the capital had extra protection during the war but I had no idea how extensive that system had bee…

We got up and had breakfast at Denny's.  Then I drove us into the city where we parked in a lot for $18.  We walked over to the Convention Center where my parents headed to the line for the ballroom, and I went to check in.  We had an hour wait before the graduates would begin headin…