My sister-in-law, Kelly, earned her Masters in Environmental Education from Hood College in Frederick, MD. Road trip!
Day 0:
We rolled into town on Friday morning, 1 AM. (I would have stopped earlier and finished the drive in the morning but arrangements had been made.) Delaware was the worst, as usual — expensive tolls and traffic problems, even at midnight. I hate Delaware.
Day 1: Laying Low
After a late start, breakfast, and a quick dip in the motel pool, we visited Kelly at work – the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historic Park.
An excellent lunch in town at the Desert Rose Café, then a visit to Antietam (a quick hop skip and jump down the road).
I, unfortunately, took a nap in our car while the rest of the group did the self-driven tour in Joan’s car, but I did capture a great photo from the visitor’s center.
Day 2: Graduation Ceremony
We laid low in the morning, except for an egg and sausage casserole that Kelly made which couldn’t be beat.
Hood college has a beautiful campus. The ceremony was appropriately timed and the weather was beautiful.
Dinner was at a local brew pub, Barley and Hops. Their porter was delicious.
Day 3: Hiking and Gettysburg
We went to Cunningham Falls with a huge crew: Tim, Kelly and Damien; Joan; Jerry and Karol (Kelly’s parents); Max, Manmeet, Uma, and Simon (cousins and their children). Plus ourselves.
We split two ways and took two different trails – the easy and hard ways. They meet at the falls (pictured).
Afterwards, since we were so close, we headed over to Gettysburg and walked to the “bloody wall” from the museum. The kids kept going like troopers.
