| Poem for Monday |
[Jan. 19th, 2009|12:22 am] |
( Fleshing-out the Season )
Greetings from Pennsylvania, where we are hanging out with my in-laws to avoid the DC-area inauguration crush. As thrilled as I am that Obama will be our president in two days, I can't deal with crowds and I didn't even watch the Sunday concert; when it started, we were driving through Frederick County looking at the three remaining covered bridges there, in northern farm areas near Catoctin Mountain and Thurmont. The Utica Mills, Loy's Station and Roddy Road Covered Bridges are all within a 12-mile region and are all listed on the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places.
( The Bridges of Frederick County )
After crossing the streams that run under the bridges and rejoining Route 15, we headed up to Hanover, where we had a rerun of Christmas dinner (Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, lime jello, etc. yay) and watched the playoffs. This region is pretty evenly split among Ravens and Steelers fans, so that was the hotly contested game here (and not yet completed at the time of this posting). Pretty much everyone was rooting for the Eagles, but after the way the Cardinals played last week, I wasn't terribly sorry to see them win. |
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