Weekend in North East MD - July 2016

Keith aka Swamp Monster

Chris and Athena spend the summers at their place in North East, Maryland so we planned a weekend with them and Kim and Tom and all the kids.

Athena, Kim, and Shawna

Keith arrived late on Friday night so we did not get up until 8am on the Saturday morning.  It is only an hour drive to Chris and Athena's house so we made it to the house by 10:30am.  While the house is old, it was recently gutted and updated because of a water pipe burst a couple of years ago.  The house is amazing - very bright and open.  It has three bedrooms, one of which has 2 sets of bunk beds for the kids.  The house is on the Northeast River and Susquehanna River, so while it is freshwater it still has tides.

Keith and Tom

Athena and Kim

Kim and Tom arrived only a bit after we did - so we popped our first beer shortly thereafter!  Chris went to pick up the boast and we departed about noon.  It was a twenty minute ride to Sandy Point Island where we anchored.  Lunch was fried chicken from the gas station - while we joked about it the chicken was really quite good!  We spent the afternoon in the water right off the island - drinking beer and playing with the kids.  Keith got a spa treatment as the kids loaded all of the seaweed on Keith's body - he looked like the swamp monster!  The finale of the day were swim races to the boat - with Ryan winning $100 from Shawna based on a bet she made.  We returned to the house, cleaned up and then had a delicious dinner - steak on the grill courtesy of Chris and multiple salads made by Athena.

Grace, Riley, Lachlan, Ryan, Kaley

Keith Water Skiing

On Sunday morning, Keith and Chris took the kids out on the ski bob for a couple of hours, then Chris took Keith and Kim out on the water skis.  Kim, Athena and Tom also took turns kayaking. Shawna was quite content relaxing and opted not to participate in any of the water activities!  Lunch was at Wellwood where we had a couple of pitchers of beer as well as a crab feast and after lunch, we stopped by a local ice cream stand for dessert.  We returned to Chris and Athena's house and packed up to head back to Baltimore.  We had a great time and would love to return again next summer!

Crab Feast