Sunday, June 1, 2008
Road Trip to Maryland
This last week we had to go to Maryland to find a place to live. It was a 13 hour drive each way. The kids did really well thanks to the DVD player. The scenery was the same pretty much the whole way. If you have been back east then you know there are tons of trees! We were looking in Crofton, MD. All of the rentals available there were either beat up or too small to fit our needs. We ended up having to stay an extra night. The second day we checked out an area in Odenton, MD called Piney Orchard. It is a planned community with two outdoor swimming pools, an indoor pool, fitness center, jogging/walking paths, playgrounds and tennis courts. It also has a great elementary school that is ranked a #10 which is the highest ranking they can have. It also has its own shopping center complete with a grocery store, baskin robbins and dunkin donuts. The last two are a big plus for me. :) Odenton is about 30 minutes from Washington DC and 20-25 from Baltimore. We put in an application on a townhouse in this community. It has been accepted so once we sign the lease everything should be finalized. On our way back I got Geoff to stop at the Russel Stover Chocolate outlet and a place called South of the Border. South of the Border is an older run down place where they have campgrounds, a motel, a small amusement park, stores filled with cheap stuff from Mexico and a restaurant. It was just south of the North Carolina border. They had a hat shop that had hundreds of different hats to choose from. The kids had fun trying them all on. If everything goes through it looks like we will be moving in three weeks! That is sooner then we were planning so I will be spending the next few weeks packing.
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I'm glad you found a good place, sounds like things are going great for you guys!! Good luck with the packing.
I am so glad you found a place!! I am even more glad that you found a place that sounds like it will be great!! I hope everything works out for you!!
Sounds like things are working out well. Hope the move goes well and things are great in D.C. We are still trying to plan a trip out there sometime next year. So hopefully this town house of yours is as great as it sounds.
Hey you just went out of the mission by like a mile!!!! You crazies people why did you not stay at my parents house!!!!!
Wow, sounds like a great place. I hope everything works out on it. Even though I love living in Kamas, there really are some benefits of living in the city that I miss when I am here. Being able to run to a variety of stores whenever you want is one of them! I hope your packing goes well, I hate doing it. Rick has promised me that I will only have to do it one more time in my life! I hope that stays true. It is a good time to go through everything and get rid of junk, though. With so much to do three weeks will pass so quickly. I hope you guys enjoy Maryland as much as you have enjoyed living in Florida. Good-luck with everything!
You were here and didn't call us! We would have loved to have seen you or you could have stayed with us too. I am sure it was a quick trip so we won't be too upset, but you better let us know when you get here! :) We are so excited to see you! I am glad you found somewhere that will work for you guys, we wish it was a little closer to us, but we will make it work! Congrats! -Deanna
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