Meeting Up with Our Friends

Arriving on our doorstep at Fort Meade

Who would have thought that we would meet up with a new visitor on our doorstep at our Fort Meade campground?  This little squirrel showed up at the motorhome the other night and decided he/she wanted to come in and join us for an evening of enlightened conversation.  We decided it would be better to enjoy his/her company from outside the motorhome.  Our grey squirrel played under the car and motorhome for a long time before tiring of our company and headed off to greener pastures...it was fun while it lasted!!

April and Doug Allmond

We met up with our camphost friends from Blue Mesa today and it was like we have never been apart.  April and Doug are visiting their daughter, Jen, her husband, Rob and their new baby, Andrew in Essex (northeast of Baltimore) and invited us to spend the day with them.  It was an added bonus when Andrew decided to wake up and join us, he is just 6 days old and is a little bundle of joy (sorry no pics).  Doug and April took us out to a crab cake lunch, a first for Pat.  Recommendation:  If you come to Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay you might want to try this local favorite...it was delicious!  What a great day...catching up and reminicing about our summer together as Campground Hosts at the Cureacanti National Recreation Area in southern Colorado.  Doug and April have not changed one little bit...they are happy with life and fun to be around.  One day is not enough so we made plans to get together on Thursday because tomorrow it is back to work for us in
Annapolis.  Our genealogy adventure will not be  finished until we get some concrete answers to our ancesteral questions.

As we close out this edition of our backyard we are reminded that friends are  precious resources.  You will meet a lot of people in your lifetime but only a few of them will become friends - stay in touch and keep them close to your heart and mind!