On the way home

So after the game the kids went to get balls and autographs, and a couple of the girls got one (or more) of the player's phone number and spent the bus ride home from the ballpark texting with him. And wouldn't you know it, when curfew hit, where are they? Out on the beach with a few of the ballplayers, of course, having driven the 30 miles over from Salisbury to Ocean City.

After a bit if a flurry, we shooed the girls up to their rooms and left the disappointed-looking boys downstairs. About 45 minutes later I came out of my room to check in with the security guard, who told me that a couple of guys had come up to the floor looking for the girls and that he'd shooed them away. Fabulous.

As a result of all this, I ended up in bed much too late, but was still able to get up in time to get packed up in the morning. I then had to go retrieve the food from the refrigerator in the basement of the hotel. I kind of wish I'd had a video camera with me to follow the maze of hallways and stairs I had to get through to reach it. I will say that everything was very clean and the people very helpful. Got the cooler, which fully loaded weighs about 100 pounds and a cart from a walk-in fridge, and went up one elevator to fetch some ice and then through abut 100 yards of hallways and ramps to get outside to the parking lot.

The kids made it out in a reasonable amount of time (I must say I had fretted that one or more of the rooms would still be asleep when it was time to leave) and we went to the local water park. I should mention that we had absolutely spectacular weather throughout- sunny and warm every day. The park was small and maybe a bit too little-kid oriented, but there was enough fun stuff to do for everyone (and minigolf next door for those who didn't want the water rides).

So we hung out there for a few hours and now we're on our way home. I'll be back with reflections and pictures later, but for now I'm signing off.