Thursday, April 21, 2011

Little Bennett Regional Park

Alright blogosphere, I'm behind... WAY behind on our trips and travels lately. So to resume where we left off.

Jim and I went for a bit of a ride up to Little Bennett Regional Park, Montgomery county Marylands largest park, with 3700 acres and 20 miles of trails. It has some historic things on here, like an old road, an area where a mill once stood, an old farm and a mill house.

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Jim and the creek where the water used to flow into the mill for wood cutting. The mill ultimately failed due to the unpredictability of steady flow to keep the mill running. Other mills has better constant water access.
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Crocus blooms in March. I think the bee is dead inside, it was chilly
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The creek further north of the mill house
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So we hiked up a big hill to the top and came up around the back of the farm house (which had few markings, so we were worried it was a murderers house!). At the furthest point we dare venture there was at least 3 remains of deer, mostly their bones... I was really intrigued and took a mandible.
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sweet deer mandible
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Back of the Mill house, they had sculpture garden that looked kind of creepy, a bit overgrown and just left to rot in a way. But not bad, it was cute. We'll be coming back here as its not far away and not crowded!

Friday, April 15, 2011

Busting Hangs!

Toward the end of March we were able to have a nice Friday afternoon with Josh and Baby Delia up in Great Seneca Creek State Park. We go here often to play disc golf and it coincidentally is where most of the "Blair Witch Project" was filmed. I had the pleasure of pushing this cutie around while the boys threw the discs. She is quite the happy one!
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Delia Marie and Papa Josh. Its nice to have him back after being gone a year with the USAID in Afghanistan. After this we stopped by Dogfish head pub for dinner... delish and perfect end to a lovely day!
Babe and Dad, Disc Golfing!

Saturday, our friend Travis was in town from Minnesota. I went to graduate school with Travis and worked with him for a few months before he left to get his PhD. This is us bar hopping around DC with Travis, Jessica, Justin, Duncan, and David. Good times!

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Getting Whooped at Pool
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Guz!!!!
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AW! I'm going to miss her when she heads to Wisconsin for her PhD! I best be invited to the wedding!!! (HINT!) :) Nothing better than good friends and good times.