Any time of year, you can take a beautiful and relaxing walk around the Hyatt Resort. In the summer, you can pay $10 for use of the pool, hot tub, and bar. There's also a spa and a golf course, all with the Choptank River at your fingertips. You really feel like you are on vacation here.

We watched the movie Tuck Everlasting before visiting Berlin. This movie as well as Runaway Bride were filmed in this historic town.

Assateague Island has 2 trails to explore; we hiked the Life of the Dunes Trail which showcased a road called Baltimore Boulevard. It was a road built in the 1950s that took you from MD to VA through Assateague Island. The road was destroyed during a Nor'easter in 1962, which then paved the way for this national park to exist. Currently, it costs $20 to get into the National Park part of the island but is free with the national park pass (~$90/year).

The Puritans founded Annapolis when they were exiled from Virginia in 1649, and named the town Providence. Later it was called Anne Arundel’s town after the Lord of Baltimore’s wife. In the early 1700s, a royal governor named it Annapolis after Princess Anne. Four signers of the Declaration of Independence resided in this town and their houses still stand today.

One of our college friends lives in the area and gave us some pointers for our trip to Southern Maryland. One in particular was doing the Red Trail at Calvert Cliffs State Park in Lusby, MD.

Amelia and I started our northern MD adventure at the Rock Run Mill/Toll house parking lot midway through the Susquehanna Ridge Trail (near the purple trail). We took that red trail north and then continued clockwise to Deer Creek Trail, Heritage Greenway Trail, then the rails to trails along the water back to our parking lot

DeJon Vineyard is in Hydes, MD. Our favorite wines there were the Peach and Festivus (for the Rest of Us!).

Havre de Grace is the 2nd oldest municipality behind Annapolis as it was founded in 1782. General Marquis de Lafayette who was in the American Revolution loved the view of the Bay from the Susquehanna River, and exclaimed "C'est Le Havre!" - meaning that it reminded him of the French port town Le Havre.

Not only is the food delicious here, but the restaurant has a really cool atmosphere inside. They call themselves a “cultural hub where racial and cultural connections are consciously uplifted,” and it felt like just that. The name Busboys and Poets comes from the poet Langston Hughes, who was a busboy before achieving recognition as a poet.

The Basilica is the largest Catholic Church in North America. It is located on Catholic University’s property in the Brookland neighborhood of D.C., about a 7-minute drive from Lincoln’s Cottage. Whether you are religious or not, this architectural phenomenon is worth a visit. Construction began in 1920, and it was completed in 2017; almost 100 years. In 1990, Pope John Paul II declared this national shrine a minor basilica.

Old Town has a historic feel and is adorable during Christmastime, almost like the feel of the holidays in Colonial Williamsburg.

I had no idea there a 'Camp David of old' until we came across President Lincoln's Cottage.

We were splendidly surprised to learn about the life and art works of Gari Melchers, an American artist. His father was a sculptor and taught Gari art at a young age. As he grew older he had a fascination with mothers and children, as he and his wife never had kids. Therefore many of his paintings are of mothers with their kids. He also painted hands in great detail, especially when painting to depict the working class. We recommend taking the tour at Gari’s mansion just outside of the town of Fredericksburg.

The Billy Goat Trail is 1.4 miles of moderately difficult to difficult hiking with patches of easy along the Potomac River just north of D.C. It took us 2+ hours to complete the loop.

Georgetown is an upscale part of town very close to the mall in D.C.