Saturday, June 18, 2011 - Travel Day back to Maryland

This time our town car showed up on time, having been arranged through the concierge at the Embassy, and we made it in plenty of time. Didn’t need a meal after our breakfast at the hotel, just got a cup of coffee before flying back to National. Good to be out of the heat, though it was starting to warm up a bit here, too. Picked up the dogs (our sitter had already fallen in love with them, she seemed inordinately sad to see them go), arrived back and visited with the horses, who had obviously enjoyed the big field they had been running around in, but we could tell they were starting to get bored and were looking to get back on the road too. Unpacked everything and went to be early, looking to get out of here as early as possible. Strange thing about Maryland so far, everyone seems to have the attitude that everyone’s out to take something from you, so you get a feeling of guilty until proven innocent. We keep feeling like we have to prove we’re good people, not that we’re out to take advantage of anyone. Frankly, we’re looking forward to heading north, but that’s not going to happen for another week. More work scheduled here for now!