Happy 13 years of marriage!
17 years ago I met my wonderful husband...it seems like yesterday...yet so much has happened in those years!
This weekend Dennis and I went camping to celebrate our anniversary. It wasn't until our 10th anniversary that we got the bright idea to go away for a weekend together to celebrate, and we've done it every year since. This year we decided to go camping...we realized that camping without our children is quite different! It is so quiet!
We camped at Gambrill State Park, and just about had the camping loop to ourselves. (some people were in cabins nearby)
We biked the Western Maryland Rail Trail (22 miles one way). We have wanted to do this section of trail after hearing about it last summer from the folks up at Ohiopyle. It parrallels the C & O Canal Trail from Fort Frederick State Park, through Hancock and 12 miles beyond. Instead of being right down on the river, it runs a bit higher up on the mountain and is paved all the way. It was a very moderate grade, or mostly flat, though at times it seemed we were always going uphill! The weather was perfect, cloudy and cool. We stopped in Hancock and ate our sandwhiches in a little gazebo (that's the picture of us at the picnic table). At then end of the trail (see pic above) we stopped only long enough to take the picture because the mosquitoes found us. After 30 miles we were exhausted and stopped for coffee in Hancock. We were also soaked completely since a steady rain started at about mile 24. After a break we finished the last 10 miles, slowly and painfully. It was a great accomplishment and a wonderful ride. However we were soaked and sore, and agreed that 30 miles was probably more our limit for a ride!
We also spent some time walking around downtown Frederick and enjoyed browsing the many antique and specialty shops. We stopped in at a Yamaha piano shop and I got to play on a couple of beautiful grand pianos! The lady in the shop gave us a great lesson on the difference in mechanics between a grand and an upright piano. Fascinating!
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