Okay I'll try to make this brief.
Maryland is nice. Heavily wooded but nice. Way too many trees blocking all the shopping centers and there's no "signage" so I can't tell the difference between an office complex and shopping plaza unless I pull into the parking lot beyond the trees. Sorry to all you Marylanders who had to deal with a crazy black 12 passenger van trying to shop last week.
The Drive: 7 1/2 hours. One way. Actually it wasn't that bad. And no, I'm not completely crazy. I like to drive. On interstate preferably. I70 almost the entire way, loving it! The dvd player screen in the van is broken even though the Best Buy guy checked it last week (of course it didn't act up for him!). But I had plenty of CD's and we now have all the McDonald's Happy Meal Toys for Shark Boy and Lava Girl. Which...
Sucks. The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl. Don't see it unless you absolutely have to (like forced at gunpoint). I've heard it was written by a kid (the director's maybe?) and it shows as the plot is dreadful. I'm not a big fan of 3D and I took my glasses off halfway. And how many times can they come up with dumb reasons to make the characters "spit" things out over the audience? Blech.
Like I said, DC was nice. Only saw half a dozen homeless guys and one little tiny protest sign at the White House (something about bombs, I've forgotten). And tons of Asians with cameras. They crack me up. Anyways a picture (not of the Asians, my kids):
On Monday as promised I found a beach. A terrible cruddy little itty bitty one (Autumn's right about Maryland beaches) but it had sand and water so the kids were happy. And we drove over a drawbridge (didn't have to stop for it to go up though) and this monster of a bridge which made me a bit queasy going over it. Some pictures (click to biggie-fy):
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So another 7 1/2 hours and we are all back home. The twins had a fabulous time with Grandma and are tanned and look older (5 days and I swear they aged a year!). I'm half unpacked, I washed all the clothes before coming home and cleaned the house like a madwoman last Wednesday so there's not much to do here but relax. Why does it always seem like you need a vacation right after taking a vacation? Tomorrow I'll get back into the swing of things.
Quote of the Day: "Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you." -John De Paola
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