As soon as football season was over, we entered into football clinic season and our family did our travels. The weekends began to fill up and the chances to have a get-a-way weekend were almost gone. I was beginning to wonder if there would be any time at all! Joe's mind seems occupied when it comes to his goals and work. I could tell if I wanted this time away I'd have to plan this myself. I seem to shy away from taking the initiative on these sort of things. I like working on it and getting excited about it together, but I realized that wasn't going to happen.
I first made sure we found a weekend. Thank God - there was one weekend left. I, then had to find a place to go. I didn't want to fly some where. I wanted to drive some where close. There are tons of places to just have a nice weekend, I just had to find them. I chose to find something in Maryland. My parents used to talk about how they found some really great places near Annapolis or out that way! So, I went onto the Internet and found Dorchester County, MD. I looked at all the places around there and thought Cambridge, MD sounded great. They had a lot of history in their little town. The houses dated back to the 1700's and they sat along the Eastern Shore. Downtown Cambridge had a lot of cute shops and restaurants that feature fresh caught seafood and microbreweries. It sounded perfect since Joe & I love seafood and beer (Joe). I sort of pictured it in my head like a little Charleston, SC. I also found a place not too far away called the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge to do some hiking/jogging on their trails while looking at the wildlife, mostly birds.
So, our weekend finally came. It was the weekend right after Easter. I would tell Joe about the places I found and the places I wanted to eat. Joe was really excited about getting away. We ended up staying at a Comfort Inn. There was a really fancy-shmancy Hyatt Resort right near our hotel, but I chose the affordable option just because we were enjoying the town and not the resort, right? Sigh...I like fancy-schmancy.
As soon as we arrived at the hotel, I couldn't even imagine what Cambridge would look like. It didn't seem like there was a cute little downtown anywhere. We drove to the first restaurant I wanted to try called the High Spot. It was located in downtown on High Street. As soon as I saw downtown, I was disappointed because it didn't look like I thought it would. Not that it was a horrible looking street, but not as cute as I saw on the Internet. The restaurant, however rocked! The food was fabulous and I was very pleased with everything I got! I had the broiled Rockfish over Dirty Arborio Rrice with Buffalo Fried Oysters as an appetizer.
After dinner it started to rain. We decided to drive around to see if we could see the "happening" part of town. It wasn't easy to find! We still didn't see it. We ended up walking to the Pier and taking a walk in the rain.
It was cold! We went back to our hotel and enjoyed the rest of our evening.
The next day, I planned to visit the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. We got our jogging clothes on and went to the Refuge. Some of the trails were very muddy so we hit the paved trails. It was absolutely beautiful place with perfect weather. We set our RunKeeper app onto our iPhones and started running. Have you ever heard of a fox squirrel? They are like regular squirrels except extra large! We saw one run across the trail. We also some bald eagles which the website said we'd see.
There is something about jogging in a new place where you're not to sure where you're going. You jog a lot longer and further than usual - it's all mental! I jogged 4.5 miles according to runkeeper, not to mention all the walking that wasn't recorded. Yeah! Joe of course did two extra miles. I took this picture while waiting for him.
Before we left, we spotted a couple of bald eagles.
They were hanging out with each other!
Before going back to the hotel, I got some pastries from a little bakery shop across the street. I had read about it on the Internet. I saved them for later! We went swimming at the hotel and then got ready for a late lunch at Jimmie & Sooks. Hopefully, we'd find the pretty part of Downtown Cambridge. I got my raw oysters, some ceviche and a big chunky crab cake!
We found it! Apparently, Poplar Street seemed to be where all the happening things happen.
Here's another view of Downtown. I found all the cute shops and restaurants. We walked all around downtown and saw some of the houses that date back to the 1700's. They were really beautiful and in great shape.
Not to say there aren't any other beautiful parts of Cambridge, there are! For instance, the Marina.
We walked around a while looking at the names of the boats.
Right next to the Marina were a lot of neighborhoods with beautiful homes. I could see how peaceful it would be to live near the water in a cute historical town. I think I would be fishing for seafood every chance I could get!
I found this really fun place called Reale Brew. They offered four of their own brews and then 6 other beers of their choice. We sat and had a drink. I got an apple cider beer. It was really good.
After this, we went and ordered a pizza and headed back to our hotel and relaxed the rest of the evening. We had done a lot of walking/jogging that day. We enjoyed a great day enjoying our time together. After pizza I had my pastries - yummy! Weekend was a success! Thank you God for a great time together and for the opportunity (thanks Gran/Bips!).
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