Annapolis

On the last day of Jake's internship, his department planned a day trip with all the legal interns to Annapolis, MD. The morning of all of the others decided it was too rainy so they canceled the trip. However, we figured we were already planning on going--so we went anyway. We didn't spend a ton of time there, because we wanted Paige to be able to get in her naps.

First we went on a touristy harbor cruise. We got on a tour boat and went for a ride around the harbor. We sailed past the Navel Academy and some really pretty coastline. It was really relaxing to be on the boat. We had perfect weather during the boat ride. It was overcast because of the rain, but it wasn't raining and it wasn't too hot. However, it was really bright so Paige and Jake (with their sensitive blue eyes) were squinting most of the time.

Here are some pictures from our boat ride:




After the boat we stopped at a restaurant for a fresh crab lunch. Since Jake and I grew up in Colorado, we didn't have much experience eating fresh crab. We ordered one crab (mostly just to try it... crab is expensive!) and a soft shell crab sandwich. I was honestly a little disturbed when the waiter brought our meal. The crab came on a tray slightly buried in dry seasoning. It literally looked like he had crawled up through the sand was was staring at me. The crab on the sandwich maintained the crab shape, but it had been deep fried (image a bun with deep fried legs sticking out of it). Put it all together and it looked like one crab was glaring at me for deep frying his friend. I wish I would've taken a picture of it, even though it was a pretty disturbing. But we had a good time and laughed through most of the meal and just enjoyed the taste of the crab.

Great Falls "Hike"

We haven't been able to do much hiking since we moved here. So a few weeks ago we decided to go hiking to the Great Falls. We imagined it would be a short hike up to the falls... we just didn't imagine how short. It took approximately two minutes to walk to trail to the overlook. We had a good laugh at ourselves and enjoyed the view of the falls. We also went for a walk down some of the other trails near the falls, but it just wasn't quite the same.

The Many Faces of Paige

"This looks interesting"

"Whoa! What's up there?"

"pppppbbbbbbbtttttttt"

"What."

"That's delightful!"

"Neat! There's something behind me!"

"I want that in my mouth."

"I'm outta here!"