There were no big plans today
other than finding at least one geocache. So we returned to Patuxent River Park
where we took Hugo and his family for a geocaching hike.
Hugo has learned about the areas
around our home which are part of the Star Spangled Banner Trail. For three
years the young United States was embroiled in the War of 1812 and the
Chesapeake Bay region felt the brunt of it, choked by shipping blockades and
ravaged by enemy raids. Through sites and landscapes in Virginia, the District
of Columbia, and throughout Maryland, the Trail tells the stories of the
events, people, and places that led to the birth of our National Anthem-The
Star Spangled Banner.
We stopped the Patuxent Rural
Museums, located within the 6,000-acre Patuxent River Park. There are a
collection of museums and farm buildings dedicated to preserving the heritage
of southern Prince George's County. There are seven buildings at the site. One them
is the Duckett Cabin, a hand hewn log cabin which was typically used for slave cabins
during the early 1800’s. This particular cabin was occupied until the 1920’s.
Of particular interest is a chimney that leans on a pole. This was done as a
safety precaution in response to frequent chimney fires. The pole could quickly
be removed, allowing the chimney to fall away from the house, thus saving the
cabin from fire.
For the first cache, I thought it
was up in a tree and Hugo climbed up to look for it. But, it was not there.
Instead, Cordell found it in a hole at the bottom of the tree.
Farther along the trail, Hugo
found the second cache very quickly.
We stopped at Jerry’s Subs and
Pizza restaurant for lunch. All of us ate steak and cheese subs.
Before returning home, we stopped
at one of the caches that Cordell has placed in a cemetery. The last person who
found it mentioned that the log was full, so we drove there to replace it. It
is a very small nano cache and Cordell wasn’t sure that he could remember where
he put it! The name of the cache is “A Resting Place” and it is on a bench
where people are able to sit and “rest”. Hugo especially liked this one.
After we were at home for a
while, Cordell went outside to mow the grass. He gave Hugo instructions on how
to drive the lawn tractor and soon Hugo was cutting the grass also.
There was time for a very short
rest before dinner. Then Cordell took Hugo to the Patuxent River front which is
part of our neighborhood and they watched the sun setting for the end of the
day.
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