And...I'm back

Oh, that trip was way too short for me! No troubles at all from leaving BHM to arriving at BWI. I caught the shuttle from the airport to the hotel, and me and my luggage made it just fine. I had some supper cooking when Jeremy got "home", too.

Saturday we drove to Baltimore. We saw the stadium where the Ravens play,
and Camden Yards which was just right there on top of the stadium.
I had even found a place online that I thought would just be the coolest - it was called Lexington Market. The way I read the information I was expecting local vendors selling neat things they had made, restaurants, etc...maybe something similar to Underground Atlanta. So, we parked in the deck ($3 for up to an hour, etc.), found the stairway to get across (Jeremy commented very quickly that it smelled like urine) and we made it inside where we were looking over the market.
Hmmm? At this point, I do very clearly remember Jeremy saying it smelled yummy (the food cooking) and we continued on...It was totally not was I was expecting. I don't think I could have purchased one thing in there. Raw meats of all kinds (chicken liver, ox tail, ground beef, fish, etc.), vendors selling prepared food...I think I can sum it up in one word -

NASTY!

We left very quickly!

Next we visited the Inner Harbor, toured the USS Constellation and had a great time. Jeremy bought for the kids these little popper things. He had no idea what they were. I showed him and I think he that it was the awesomest thing every and now the kids cannot pop them enough!

Sunday we visited one of the malls and ate at a place called Stoney River Legendary Steaks. It was very, very good. And then today, I had to make the trip home.

I won't lie, I shed a few tears in the airport. However, I was entertained by several things:

1. The young lady doing some extreme stretching before boarding the plane. I mean full front lunges, hands against the wall, head bent over with hair falling down. Pretty serious.
2. The little (old) lady wearing her hot pink neck pillow while boarding the plane.
3. The little boy being drawn in to a political cartoon from the Washington Post that was right at his level while waiting on his dad to find a seat.
4. The businessman who couldn't seem to find a place for his hat (which continued to fall out each time he closed the overhead compartment). When finally made the hat stay his coat seemed to continue to prevent him from getting the compartment closed.

Oh, I guess it is the little things that get you by when traveling alone.