Awesome weekend in Baltimore

pspan lang=”en-us”span style=”font-family:Times New Roman;”I spent last weekend having an incredible great time in Baltimore. I arrived span style=”border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;” class=”yshortcuts” id=”lw_1222021563_0″on Friday afternoon/span and Jason met me at the airport. We headed over to Whole Foods for a late lunch as I was famished. After lunch we headed back to a href=”http://jasonplancaster.com”Jason/a’s place to chip away at a layer ofa href=”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#5247961858028694850″ cement in his bathroom/a as earlier in the week the span class=”yshortcuts” id=”lw_1222021563_1″bathroom tiles/span didn’t set properly. Having two hammers and chisels beaver away at the floor allowed us to nearly get the floor free of cement debris a href=”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#5247961887688044562″1/a a href=”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#5247961900507305986″2/a a href=”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#5247962202913047938″ /a. In the evening we headed south to Glen Echo, which is south-west of Washington for some swing dancing. Jam Cellar and Sac au Lait were hosting an outdoor dance in the old bummer car pavilion. It was a great venue and the music was good./span/span/p pspan lang=”en-us”span style=”font-family:Times New Roman;”span style=”border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;” class=”yshortcuts” id=”lw_1222021563_2″On Saturday/span, we headed back to Jason’s house and spent much of the morning a href=”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#5247962202913047938″scouring the bathroom floor/a of cement so that a href=”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#5247961917531645746″Em could lay the tiles /ain the afternoon. In the afternoon a href=”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#5247961937557762834″Jason grouting another bathroom/a and I was cool to act as a support person doing chores for Jason and Em. In the evening we headed over to span class=”yshortcuts” id=”lw_1222021563_3″a href=”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#5247962402529089538″Camden Yard/as/span to take in an Orioles game. It game started late as the “O’s” were playing a double-header. We had great seats and we watched a good game despite the fact that “O’s” lost. /span/span/p pspan lang=”en-us”span style=”font-family:Times New Roman;”We started off Sunday with a large breakfast (home-made waffles) at Jason’s parents place. Jason gave me some tips on how to get a target=”_blank” href=”http://my.yahoo.com/”span class=”yshortcuts” id=”lw_1222021563_4″my Yahoo/span/a Mail on my iPhone/iPod Touch which was really good. Afterwards, we headed to REI as I had an order that needed to be picked up. I was able to buy two BPA free Nalgene bottles which was sweet. We next headed in a North-Western direction to the Catochin Mountains close to span style=”border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;” class=”yshortcuts” id=”lw_1222021563_5″Thurmont, MD/span. Much of the day was spent hiking and doing some light climbing. I was happy to watch Jason scale some steep rock faces. (Note to self – I should have brought my span style=”border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;” class=”yshortcuts” id=”lw_1222021563_6″climbing shoes/span and harness.) (a href=”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#5247962447391337314″Wolf Rock/a n39 38.042 w077 26.258) There was a little exciting when we were at Wolf Rock. I found a crevasse in the some rocks which allowed me toa href=”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#5247962484508068962″ lay back a/and to take and get in some Ramp;R. Once Jason had climbed Wolf Rock he set his eyes on a more a href=”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#5247962462154446386″ambitious goal of seeing his could climb through a rock face underneath me/a. He got very close to the surface only to find he couldn’t get his chest through a small crevasse. What to do? The only solution was to head back down the way he came. It was a hot day and the rocks were slippery. As he was heading down Jason lost his grips and fell 15 feet bouncing from one rock to another. It was a WOW moment. A little later we headed south back to Em’s place for an awesome lasagna dinner with family friends.br //span/span/ppbr /span lang=”en-us”/span/ppspan lang=”en-us”span style=”font-family:Times New Roman;”a href=”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#”http://picasaweb.google.ca/moulec/Baltimore_Sept_2008#/abr //span/span/p pspan lang=”en-us”span style=”font-family:Times New Roman;”span style=”border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;” class=”yshortcuts” id=”lw_1222021563_7″On Monday/span, Scott, Jason and I headed over to span style=”border-bottom: medium none; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;” class=”yshortcuts” id=”lw_1222021563_8″Home Depot/span to get some Hardi-backer flooring boards. I had estimated that we would need 14 boards by measuring the area and adding in an error factor (15%). After lunch we laid down the cement, Hardi-backer boards, and screwed in 850 screws. Having three people working on the task meant that we always had a ready-supply of cement, some putting in the screws while someone else was measuring the next board. In the evening we headed to the Austin Grill for some swing dancing. I head a great time dancing while many folks that I had danced with before. We close out the evening doing something quite memorable and that is playing wordabble on our span class=”yshortcuts” id=”lw_1222021563_9″ipod/span Touch/iPhone./span/span/p pspan lang=”en-us”span style=”font-family:Times New Roman;”span style=”border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;” class=”yshortcuts” id=”lw_1222021563_10″On Tuesday/span, we had a leisurely morning which was great. We exchanged gifts and I’m pleased with my JetBoil. For lunch we headed to Rosina’s which is a sort of tradition. In the early afternoon I headed back to Ottawa by way of span class=”yshortcuts” id=”lw_1222021563_11″Philadelphia/span./span/span/p