Frederick Oct 2025
Another short day trip, this time to Frederick. We wandered along the canal, grabbed lunch at a pub, browsed (and purchased books) at a cute bookstore - The …
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Annapolis Sep 2025
A day trip to Annapolis - the Capital of Maryland. It was a pretty chill day for us. We drove down, picked up a coffee whilst browsing books at Old Fox Books …
The Rawlings Conservatory August 2025
A quick trip up to Baltimore to meet up with a friend and wander around the Conservatory. Kids had fun feeding the fish and taking photos. Baltimore - garden
Larriland August 2025
We headed to Larriland Farm, a 40min drive away. They have multiple crops you can pick your own. We picked peaches, raspberries and potatoes with some friends. …
Baltimore May 2025
We bundled a few activities we had been wanting to do in the Baltimore area together today. We had morning tea watching the planes come into land at BWI at the …
Baltimore Orioles May 2025
Baseball game - Baltimore Orioles We went to our first Orioles game at Camden Yards in Baltimore. It was fun, although we all agreed we preferred the Ravens or …
Rv Show
RV’s - many many RV’s! We hit up Maryland RV show and had great fun touring through a variety of RV’s. It was spread across 4 pavilions and …
Harriet Tubman
Maryland - Local Trip We did a short, weekend trip to Cambridge Maryland where the Harriet Tubman Underground railroad historic site is located. It is a small …
Snow 2025
Snow Days! Another winter, more snow in Maryland. We had numerous snow days this year which was cool with work and school closed, although schools closed more …
Xmas Lights
Christmas Lights - hot chocolate - freezing weather We visited Christmas light display in Olney, Maryland. It is a 1.5 mile path of Christmas lights. They also …
Iceskating Dec 2024
Outdoor Ice Skating We went to the outdoor ice skating rink in Columbia. It was so much fun, skating under the lights. It was the kids first time ice skating so …
Medieval Times Dec 2024
Jousting - roast chicken - sword fighting We went to Medievil Times for dinner and a show. We went to take the kids but it was much more fun than I expected - …
Ravens 2024
We went to a Baltimore Ravens game - it was so much fun. There is a lot going on - marching band, cheerleaders, fly bys, parachutists - music - jumbotron, and …
Ocean City 2024
Assateague National Park - Ocean City Boardwalk We spent a long weekend heading to the Batemans Bay of Maryland - Ocean City. We went via Assateague National …
Snow 2024
Our first proper snow!! last year we had a dusting, just enough to scrap a few snow balls together, but this year - real snow, deep snow!!! Snow days all around …
Christmas 2023
Our first Christmas in the USA and our first cold Christmas! We bought a new tree as we didn’t bring our tree from home, this one is bigger than our old …
Thanksgiving 2023
Our first Thanksgiving in the USA. We decided to cook numerous recipes and luckily some friends joined us to help us eat it - we still had approx 8 meals worth …
Renaissance Fair
Jousting - Food - Games Visited the Renaissance Faire in Maryland. Ate a turkey leg, watched the Naval College musicians, watched acrobats and saw a …
MD State Fair 2023
Food - Games - Pig racing We explored the Maryland State Fair, held up near Baltimore. Similar to the Canberra Show, there were arcade games, farm equipment and …