At Long Last, a Weekend Away!

If you know us (and if you don't what are you doing here anyway?) you probably know that we can be homebodies for a while but not forever. We need to get away, not just on day trips but, if possible, on overnights, preferably once a month, to keep us happy; minimally once a quarter, to keep us sane. The last time we spent a night outside our house was Thanksgiving. It's Memorial Day. Winter and Spring have come and gone without a single overnight.

There are plenty of reasons. Deadlines, weather, sickness, gas prices. But yaaargggghhhYAARRGGHHEGEHHH! (Attempt at existential cry of anguish.) Hurry up please, it's time. We needed this badly.

I'm also pretty sure that this has something to do with the infrequency of blogging in fall and spring. I look at the posts list and it shows only 2 or 3 per month during January to March, while April and May have been much more lively. We need something to blog about, and work isn't it.

Okay, given the fact that we didn't get around to making plans till, well, today (actually Friday the 23rd: this got posted after midnight), the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, it is perhaps not surprising that our options were limited. Our usual places in the Shenandoah Valley were booked. Most of Pennsylvania (at least within 3-day weekend range) was too. We really wanted to save money by spending some Hampton Inn frequent traveler points, and the best options were southern Maryland or suburban Baltimore. Sarah at first countered with Williamsburg (too far: a day each way to get there on a three day weekend) and New York (same problem and even more so, plus who wants to go up 95 on Memorial Day?). She opted for Baltimore. We'll be staying in the suburbs (Glen Burnie, about 9 miles from Inner Harbor) but since she knows Baltimore entirely from day trips, this will give us an opportunity to see much more of the town. It's urban (I'd have preferred mountains) but does give us harbor/bay stuff and we'll be between Baltimore and Annapolis if we want some variety. And Sarah prefers urban: she says because she comes from a city in China.

Anyhow, more from Bawlmer, Murrland, over the next few days.