Now... Officially... the Maryland Sellers

Our three member family may always be the Florida Sellers… but we spent some time in Utah, and in Montana, and now we’ve dropped anchor, at least for a little while, in Maryland. I never in my life would have imagined myself living here. I can see wanting to live in Montana, or Florida, or places like New York or Hawaii… but Maryland seems to be one of those states you kind of forget about when you think about the states. Do people walk into travel agencies and say, “Hey, what kind of deal can I get on a trip to Maryland??” Not that people even walk into travel agencies anymore, but I think people probably plan trips to DC. But we’re not in DC… we’re in Maryland. It’s like Delaware… or Arkansas, or New Mexico. I can’t even name a city in New Mexico. Santa Fe?? Whatever. So we’ve been here now for a little over a week, and I’m already scanning Google Maps for all of the cool places we can go! You see, Maryland actually has a lot going on, and it’s much different than I imagined.

Just today we went for a hike through the woods to a beach on the Chesapeake Bay. In Florida we went to all kinds of obscure parks and sites that I found on the map. And now we have a whole new state of random places to see! Seriously, I’m excited. And the great thing about Maryland when compared to Montana and Florida, is it’s incredibly small in land mass! Which means we can go somewhere, without driving all… day… long… like we had to in Florida. Every city in Florida was at least two hours apart, and the drive to the keys was killer. Here we can get to the beach in 45 minutes like we did today, or to downtown DC in just a little longer than that. And there are Civil War sites… everywhere! Just down the road from the house is Dr. Mudd’s farm. Yeah, that’s right… Dr. Mudd. Don’t know who he is? Well, that’s not surprising. But for a little history lesson, he was the guy who fixed John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg after he blasted Lincoln and jumped from the stage in the Ford Theater (which is up in DC and on my list). I wanted to stop, but it was $5 per person, and I don’t have a job. And plus, it’s not even the site they killed Booth, that’s somewhere down in Virginia (I’d pay $5 for that… well, if I had a job… and $5, I would). So Becky is in for a real treat! She saw every fort in Florida… and there are like ten times the number of historic sites in this state!! So look forward to plenty of blog posts in the future about places you never knew you never knew.

Anyway, these photos are from Calvert Cliffs State Park on the bay. We took a little drive, and walked much farther into the woods than I anticipated, but all was good, and Paul made it back to the beach after a few months absence.


Bouncing on the log when he's supposed to be holding still for the picture! Come on, Paul... just for two seconds.


This looks familiar... but not exactly the same as Florida beaches... but what do you do?

Me and Paulie drove this playground tractor and tilled up some major land. Of course, he has to be the center of the picture... always pushing me out.

Great day, sunshine, water, boats, sand, all in all, pretty good. But stay tuned, because there is much more to come.