On Sunday our guests were off to western Maryland with the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Composite Squadron, led by Capt. Mike Crockett, who went with IACE as a cadet and has been involved in several IACE Maryland hostings. They were joined by 2nd Lt. Matt Cauthen, and cadets Rachel Knowles and Kyle Slemmons.
Mike first took the group to the C&O Canal for some Maryland history and then it was off for the day Sharon had been waiting for — shopping! They went to the Montgomery Mall and then out to Hagerstown for an afternoon at the Prime Outlets. For all the teasing the guys gave Sharon, it was rewarding to see that they actually bought more than Sharon!
We picked our guests up from their travels after their meal at the Cracker Barrel in Frederick.
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~Brenda
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We drove to the Montgomery Air Park, there we met our escorts for today: Mike,Matt,Kyle and Rachel.
After a short brief about their duty in the CAP they took us to the c&o canal. It was interesting to go back to the 18Th century and to see how people lived their life in those days. Nate seemed very amazed from this experience and answered to the guides questions before they could complete asking(he can be a guide too).
After this experience we had a picnic at the park…while Nate continued his daily digging and Eddie continued photographing everything (such as: grass,birds,restrooms and food).
From there we drove to the Mall…Sharon was on her best and bought lot’s of cloth’s and yariv bought a Victoria’s secret underwear for his girlfriend (not for himself,like Nate did).
We continuedour shopping at the outlet center, and from there we drove to great american restaurant, where we ate all kinds of meat (except for Sharon “The vegetarian”).
We had a good day, especially because of the care and treatment that Mike,Tim,Kyle and Rachel gave to us (thanks).
Brenda & Tom was amazing as usual. They making us feel like we are at home.
We got back to the Reed’s at 11pm, tired but satisfied.
Waiting for your comments,
Sharon&Yariv
