Sally’s Birthday

 Friday May 17th

We headed to Maryland to see Sally and celebrate her birthday.  Gretchen earned the "Trailer Women of the Year Award" driving from Charlottesville to our campground with bumper to bumper traffic from Leesburg to Woodbine!

Saturday

Today we celebrated Sally's birthday! We picked her up, ate a quick lunch in Damascus and drove to Shepherdstown.  We got Sally a cupcake in a local bakery, and....when we started to sing Happy Birthday everyone in the shop joined in!

Shepherdstown has a vibrant center with a variety of shops, a museum and a Shepherd College campus.  It has a history of goblins and ghosts reflected in the decorations along the streets.

Historic Shepardstown Museum

Beautiful Home Garden 

Sally indicated that while we were in town, she did not want to work around the  house, she just wanted to have some fun! 

Sunday

Today we headed to Annapolis to have crab cakes at the Boatyard Market Bar and Grill.  The cakes were as good as we remembered and we splurged by sharing a piece of Smith Island Cake!

We strolled around downtown Annapolis and found the William Paca Garden that Sally wanted to see.  It was a beautiful spot, the backyard of an old center city family estate!

Monday and Tuesday

Gretchen and I rode and videoed two rail trails.  The Baltimore & Annapolis Trail was the first one. We thought we rode it decades ago, but we really did not recognize any spots along the trail. The second day we rode the Torrey C. Brown Trail that runs from Cockeysville north to the Pennsylvania line.  

Wednesday

Sally joined us for happy hour and dinner at the campground.  We had a fun time with her this week!  Sally, we think you are doing great after losing Gwen.  We can't imagine losing a partner after 49 years. It has to be rough! Gretchen and I are looking forward to seeing you more often.  If we can help you with the house during the coming months, just ask! Tomorrow, we head to Lynchburg.