Pop and I were out of here early for our trip off the peninsula, leaving the house shortly after 7am – he was in that much of a rush to see the boys again!! We weren’t 20 minutes down the road before the fog started rolling in. And there were times when I felt like someone had painted white shoe polish over all the windows in the car. It got worse as we got closer to the Chesapeake Bay, and I wasn’t looking forward to driving over that *$#@* bridge. (I don’t much like it on a nice sunny day!) It was pretty freaky driving through the cloud, as visibility was the worst I’ve ever seen it. Of course, this might be a good thing for someone (moi??) who is frantically afraid of heights!! As I couldn’t see much beyond the front of the vehicle, there was no sense of UP or DOWN, or falling off the edge, or Look at the boats way down there. Any of the stuff that usually freaks me was blotted out. Not too far on the other side and we headed south down the other shore to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, a huge Navy base with very, very loud planes. Hey, I live near Dover Air Force Base and we have C-5’s here, so we’re all used to planes very nearby and over our heads. But they are like big lumbering elephants compared to what flies in and out of this place. The planes are, comparatively, the size of mosquitoes, but loud enough to cause you to soil yourself. (I guess, like with anything else, the locals get used to it) (or do a lot of laundry)
Anyway, we get there, visit for a bit, fellows are all antsy to go out, and Kate knows of a park on the far side of the base, sticking right out into the Chesapeake Bay. Off we go.
There’s a playground there, a favorite of the shorter fellows. (note mittens made by the grandmother) (me) Swings, slides, equipment to climb on – stuff that boys really like, but then the water called to all of us, even though it was right windy down there.
We noted that when the Marines are around, even the fallen trees wear “camo.”
As is often the case with more than one child, at any given point in time, one will be shy, reticent, not want to have his (her) picture taken, while the other is in the mood to ham it up.
This one is being shy, turning his head when he sees the camera, looks out the window, buries his face in his coat. He did it all.
But then there’s his brother, Twin B (the second one).
In the mood to play!!
As we were leaving the playground and beach area and going back into town, we saw a bit of really good advice.
Damn – there’s a whole lot worse things that can happen to you than getting a ticket, if you run this red light!
