Maryland, Home of the Hardestys

My aunt had been inviting us to visit their place in Mechanicsville, Maryland last year. We initially planned to spend Christmas at their house but we changed our minds. We decided to go there during the early spring instead. It’s nice to explore the surroundings when the temperature outside is not mild.

We finally visited my aunt’s family in Maryland last April 7 this year. My aunt and her husband picked us up at Baltimore airport and we drove for about forty five minutes to their house. The house is situated in a two-acre lot somewhere in Mechanicsville. Their place is full plants and trees. Wild animal frequently visit there too. They have deers, racoons, cats and a lot of bird species. My husband had a great time taking photographs of the plants and animals in their estate. He even took shots of the moon and Saturn there since we also brought with us a telescope that can be connected to our Olympus SLR digital camera. The photos were so nice that my aunt’s husband was planning on buying the same camera as soon as their budget would allow it.

I brought with us my magic sing. We did videoke on the night we had barbecue. We had a lot of fun although we were not really good singers. We mostly had fun laughing at how everybody sang badly. In the end, my aunt thinks she should buy a magic sing too. It’s good entertainment when you have visitors in the house.

They took us to Annapolis, the capital of Maryland. It is where the US Naval Academy is located. Annapolis an old place with many of its old buildings and houses still remaining. We went to their wharf where there are lots of seafood restaurants and cafe. We had dinner there and the food was great.

We stayed in Maryland for three days and four nights. My aunt’s husband took a leave from work and he was with us throughout our stay there. He was our driver and guide when we went to Washington D.C. and Pennsylvannia. He also sent us off and picked us up at Amtrak Train station in D.C. when we left for New York.

Maryland is a nice place. When you think of Maryland, you can already imagine trees everywhere. It’s just a thirty minute drive from their place to Washington D.C. If you live there, you can just get a job at the nation’s capital and drive home every day. I can only say positive things about the place because we were well received there. We will definitely keep coming there because we felt we have a home there.