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Strasburg Railroad Birthday Trip
After the girls celebrated the day before for Grace’s 13th birthday, the boys and I met them up in Strasburg for a train ride. Unfortunately, Krystle caught a fever and left early, so the boys and I stayed for the Cherry Crest Adventure Farm! This place is massive – think Disney World, but more hay…
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Patuxent Research Refuge Hike
This is actually MY second time there, but the first the time with the boys. We came initially for the hike, but decided to check out the visitor’s center (it was not open last time I visited). We’re glad we popped in, as it was genuinely impressive. The main lobby wasn’t too impressive, containing information…
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Linganore Movie (Critic) Date Night
My love surprised me with a date night!! However, she TOTALLY threw me off the entire time leading up to it. In preparation for the trip, she asked me to pack several (confusing) items: Hiking boots (alright, this sounds fun) Water shoes (wow, this is sounding adventurous) Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (OK, how remote…
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SGAR Adoption Event at Falling Branch Brewery
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It’s a Proud Day
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It’s almost that time of year
The random barking at passing dogs will be even louder with the windows open.
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Backyard Snow Battles
I was asked to make a short video of the snow battles from this weekend. Enjoy!
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First Snowball Fight of the Year!
Let’s start 2021 off a little better, but hurdling balls of ice at each other, and scare the crap out of the dogs. It’s a shame my lens got soaked by a few snowballs.
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Piney Orchard Loop (with kids!)
I really like this set of trails. There are both paved with nice views and scenery, as well as walking trails that wrap around several small lakes and ponds, giving access to quiet spots with plenty of points for nature-watching. To my surprise, both the boys LOVED it! I think it’s time for them to…
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Ducks
While supporting my daughter during her virtual learning and simultaneously trying to monitor my OWN Google Meet classroom (my students were in “Encores”/cultural arts/specials/whatever you call them), I log in to find this sitting at my desk… At least they had their cameras on, their eyes were looking, their ears were listening, and they had…
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