Well folks, here is the long promised page(s) about my Maryland vacation!! This California gal finally made it east of Arizona! I had a wonderful two weeks, and will remember them always. Regan's family made me feel right at home, and her friends were warm and friendly. The first week we were there ... drove all over the place .. Regan showing me all kinds of things. Her folks live in the north eastern part of the state. Green rolling hills, and lots of horse farms (we call them ranches out west)!. It still amazes me how people drive back and forth between states. I learned quickly that Maryland is rich in history, and much of it ~ before California was even a state! The main thing I had wanted to see were the wild ponies at Assateague, and I did! Forgot to mention ... daffodils were all over the place! They say pictures are worth a thousand words. Hee hee!! More of "my farm" .. I dream BIG!! This is what I saw each morning ~ while drinking my coffee on the back steps.
In California, we get excited when we see an out of state license plate on a car.
Of course, many of the eastern states would fit nicely within California's borders!
I also saw my first Cardinal .. have seen alot of pictures, but never the "real" thing.
First day there ~ also saw my first GROUNDHOG!! I was sooo impressed!!
In people's yards, and along all the freeways (or expressways .. as they are called in the east)!!
I thought they were the state flower, but they aren't .. just pretty!
Well, here are the pictures of my vacation ... along with a thousand or so words from me! :-)
Wanted to start off by showing you the farm I "bought"!
Actually, it was bought by the owner of the Baltimore Orioles!
It's sooo big ~ needed several camera angles to get it all.
There aren't any horses yet, but there are lots of Canadian Geese!!
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This is the Gunpowder River. Another picture of the Gunpowder. These were some houses we saw. When driving around ~ saw this horse farm. We went to the Amish country also. Visited the Baltimore Inner Harbor also. Another picture of the Inner Harbor. We went to a Steeplechase! We froze to death, but I really enjoyed it. HERE ARE THE PICTURES OF MY FAVORITE PART OF THE VACATION!
Regan rode horses around here as a kid.
Good fishing from what I understand.
Beautiful river!
I thought they were really pretty.
We had to take pictures of all the babies!
HAD to have a picture of this
Rained off and on that day.
Saw the aquarium, and ate Maryland crab cakes at Phillips!
We did all the tourist stuff!
It is really pretty here.
There was even an old World War II submarine that you could go through.
This was the Grand National
I ENJOYED EVERYTHING, BUT THIS IS WHAT "MADE" THE VACATION!
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After
driving for over 3 hrs, we got to Assateague
Island.These little guys are actually Sika
deer. MY
PONIES!!! My life is
complete!!
Which are oriental elk! Tiny little
deer!
I was told later ~ that we were lucky to see
them.
Normally "shy" little critters, but this mom and baby stayed around for quite awhile.
We saw them
all over the place!
There seemed to be several
groups strolling around.
We followed this group
for quite awhile.
One of them we named "Brat
Man".
He was always nipping someone, and just
raising cain!
They came
right up to the car! Just
munching away! Several of
the ponies we were following. This is
another group that we found on the sand dunes.
Regan got this picture of me
reaching out to pet them!
One of the group we were
following.
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This is Brat Man! SO THERE ARE MY PONIES! HAVE MORE PICTURES OF THEM ~ BUT MY FAMILY GOT BORED SEEING ALL OF THEM ~ SO I DIDN'T WANT TO BORE YOU ALSO!! I've mentioned on several of my pages ~ I LOVE clouds! I had asked Regan's dad to order me some thunderstorms while I was visiting! I was in heaven! Not at all what I'm used to seeing. It was great! I had to include these next two pictures.
He was determined to get in the bushes!
Must have been something very tastey in there!
The second night I was there ~ we had a thunderstorm!
Rolling thunder ~ lightening bolts!
For good measure ~ we had another storm two days later!
The clouds are beautiful in Maryland.
Aren't they beautiful??!!
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So ~ there there you go ~ a "virtual Maryland vacation"! I can't wait to go back again. I want to thank Regan and her family for such a wonderful time.
I hope I didn't bore you to tears!
I have an "open invitation" ~ and I still have to get a picture of a groundhog, or cardinal!
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