Saturday is the Day to Sleep Late

You know you’ve slept in when you walk downtown in the morning and some of the shops are starting to open!
What a luxury, for someone who is accustomed to leaving the house at 6:30 a.m. every morning with coffee money in one pocket and dog treats and plastic “pick-up” bags in the other, to stay in bed until 8:45. For a past published article on walking go to:www.whatsupmag.com/may06/walking/shtml

A crowd of Cub Scouts were gathered outside the front of City Dock Cafe, I surmised they were going on a field trip, and it took me back memory lane to when my two sons, now in their 20’s were Cub Scouts. For a few years, my husband Peter was a Pack Leader. Further back in time my mother Esta Maril, was a Den Mother when my brother David was in the Cub Scouts and as the younger sister I used to tag along on all the field trips. I remember we traveled by charter bus from Baltimore (where we lived) to the U.S. Naval Academy for a tour. It was late spring, a very hot day, and although I don’t have any memory of what we saw that particular day, I must have been only four or five years old, I do remember one of the Boy Scout “officials” reaching into a cooler and pulling out ice cream bars for everyone. I was so excited to get that ice cream. In contrast to the heat and stickiness it was refreshingly cold and delicious. Little did I know I would end up living years later in Annapolis.
As long as you remember to bring your driver’s license for identification, the U.S. Naval Academy is an outstanding place for a walk. Beautiful views of the water, expanses of green grass and athletic playing fields, and plenty of history surround you and give you the sensation of being in a completely different world which is both a college campus and a highly regarded military institution.

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