Annapolis, MD

On Thursday, May 8th, we loaded up the Subaru for our trip to Annapolis, MD with Mom and Dad to attend the Memorial Service for my Uncle Tom, who died in December. We packed a lunch and left around 8 in the morning (much to the chagrin of Dad, who is not a morning person) and arrived at our Comfort Inn hotel rooms about 9 hours later. The day of the Memorial Service was pouring rain (in fact it poured the entire time we were there) and we parked outside the Naval Academy Gates and walked to the chapel. It was quite a hike in our dress clothes and umbrellas. Poor Mom was wearing sandles and her feet got soaked. It was a nice service followed by a luncheon at the Officer's Club. It was really nice to see my cousins, who I haven't seen in years. Later that night, we were going to get together again at the Westin Hotel where all my Uncle's family was staying. The four of us drove to the hotel and couldn't find anyone??? We coerced the desk person to give us some room numbers and still couldn't find a soul. We drove all the way back to the Comfort Inn to get Mom's cell phone to find that Aunt Joan had left us a message. We had walked by the restaurant in the hotel a number of times while we were there and had not thought to go in because we were told to come to a "hospitality suite". Well, we finally found the party and visited and looked at old pictures and videos until about 10. We all had fun..... finally. Saturday, we had breakfast in the hotel and hit the road again. We had rain part of the way home, but it finally quit as we got north.

Enjoy the pictures.....