Thursday, October 11, 2018

Personal: Sabbatical Weeks 3 & 4 (almost)

What seems like months ago, we finished our road trip to Maine.  We stopped by Emmaus to visit the grandchildren.  Our original plan was to roll down to DC, but logistics made it easier to find a hotel in Baltimore to attend the International City/County Managers' Association (ICMA) conference.

The conference gave Becky and I a chance to explore some familiar places between Baltimore and Hunt Valley.  We also discovered a few new places like Johnny Dee's Lounge in Parvkille.

Johnny Dee's is old school Baltimore, a neighborhood joint.  It's the kind of place you come in looking for dinner and you leave with new friends.  The food was great.  The beer was cold.  The company was even better.

After wrapping up the ICMA conference, Becky and I turned north for a final visit to Emmaus.  After enjoying a great time with the kids and grandkids, we turned west to pick up our loaded utility trailer.  The long and winding road has taken us through Laramie, Wyoming, the incredible parks of Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, to Libby, Montana, my ancestral home.  Time to catch our breath and enjoy a few days of rest before the next leg of our trip.

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