Best Western Salisbury Plaza

Today was our last day in Maryland for a while. We celebrated the closing of our Maryland chapter by visiting The Narrows, a seafood restaurant right on the Chesapeake Bay. And I mean right on the bay. We sat out on the deck, and the water was right below us. We enjoyed an overpriced but tasty seafood lunch, and took some pictures out on the wharf. Pictures attached.

Remember that pastor we met at the gas station on Friday night? Well, we showed up to his church on Sunday. It is held in an event room at a local hotel. When we arrived, there were a handful of people milling around--who, come to find out, were members of his own family. Pastor Buie (pronounced BOO-ee) introduced us to his wife and children, and that was the total attendance. Several minutes later, another ...

... food court (surprisingly good food, given the venue). While we were eating, a woman came up to us and said
"Oh, good--you are the one with the orange coat. Uh, hi! You two aren't from around here, are you?"
"Uh... well, no, we're not."
"Oh I didn't think so! I saw you guys walking in the mall, with your fitted wool coats and nice shoes and I just knew you aren't from Salisbury. Being from here, you just ...

... about 3pm. We then drove back to Ocean City and went to the beach! It was a nice day and got lots of nice pictures. We then had a fantastic dinner of East coast crabs and Lance had steak and a killer desert! We had a great night at the hotel and in the Jacuzzi! We bonded and had a blast!

The third day, we got up early again and trained in ...

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As we were packing up our show in our second school of the day, Kelsey was telling me that she has missed getting feedback from kids. A lot of adults and administrators have told us that they really enjoy the video, but we haven't heard from any kids in over a week.

No more than ten minutes later, a boy comes up to Kelsey and comments on the video. He said his favorite part was the story of the ex-gang member who got shot ...

... an amusement park.
The beach at our campsite was just as nice and never crowded. There were two ends open to the public but the rest was just campers.
This part of the vacation was much more relaxing. We spent a lot of time at the beach as the weather was very hot the whole time we were there.
On one of the days we were there we drove to Deleware which is less than a one hour drive. The girls were thrilled. They have ...

We stumbled across this restaurant just because it was the closest place to our hotel "The Coconut Malorie Resort" and were amazed by the food, the extensive wine list (at a GREAT price) and most of all the amazing view! Every night this restaurant times the sunset with a symphony we had too many drinks by this time to remember which one) and the sun goes down on the last note.

... with it and hesitant of strange and new experiences being local diners we have never heard of. But that is part of the trip-seeing new places and people- and actually I have never been really disapointed with an unknown spot even if the food wasn't great, and in many cases it was really a good deal, like in Joes Diner in southern Idaho up in the hills where I had the largest and most inexpensive breakfast I ...

After spending a couple of days at the beach I made it back to my starting point, as shown above a total of 5317.8 miles and an average of $12.38 a day for expenses. Not all smooth sailing but all in all a really great time, a lot of things to see for a small town boy. Now I have to prepare for the continuation of my cross-country journies as I will leave ...