croquet?

This week I did not walk every day, but I walked several, at least for an hour. So I'm feeling a success here.

Yesterday Bonnie and I went with the Liberty Bell Wanderers to Annapolis on a bus trip. Bonnies last big event before hip replacement surgery. Soon we'll just call her the Bionic Woman. Wait. She needs the super hearing. Nah. She's a mother. She's already got it. (I wonder how much of that technology that we thought radical in the 70s is now common place?)

We left Bonnie's at 5:30 am and headed to the VE in Horham, which was the bus stop.  We saw a lot of the members at the local Wawa. I think it took about 3 hours to get there.

I tried working on the bus, with limited success. It's just hard to sit with a lap top on your lap and work, and not have it slide at every corner. I'm not sure how commuters do it.

We arrived on the waterfront and were told to report back at 2:40. We met Clair from the Annapolis Ramblers and stuck with her most of the day. She's our age. Then it was off to the Academy.

We were told to bring photo ID and expect "airport" type security. Everyone was ready, and we just walked right in past the guards. Disappointing. There was a guided tour, our president is a grad, but it was slow. Dave likes to talk. So several of us, including Clair, headed off on our own. Quickly we became misplaced, but nobody with guns came after us. With the exception of co-eds in uniform, it looked like every other college campus.

The town however was dressed to kill. There was a big croquet match at St. John's College. Yes, you read that correctly, croquet. Collegiate croquet. I had no idea. The last time I played that game was in the 60s at a family reunion.

It was sunny and warm, a beautiful day for the sport.  But not sunny enough for those tiny sundresses. There was so many hats I thought I was in Lousiville on Derby Day. The men wore suits from the waist up, and hats and a whole lot of bow ties. Some had long pants and dockers on. Most had Bermuda shorts.

After visiting the State House and several other sites, we finished the 11K.  Then headed down Main Street in search of lunch. We ended up at a taco joint with odd tacos. Bonnie had fried avocado and fried calamari.

Then it was back to the waterfront for the harbor cruise. Timing was perfect. Bonnie's hip was screaming STOP. So we did. Claire headed for home and we waited for the boat.

It was a nice cruise, but a bit short. We didn't need to be back fro the bus for 2 more hours. Way too much time. So we went to a pub for dinner. Bonnie got hard cider. I got Yuengling's.  I didn't have Allison with me to pick my beer. It was happy hour. The Pottsville water was on sale 32 oz for $5. Regular is 12 oz. is $6. Angel, I got the 32! But I didn't finish it.

We wandered around the neighborhoods a while and looked at houses, then returned to the dock to watch life float by, eating delicious ice cream and waiting for the bus.

Didn't get much work done on the bus ride home either.

We returned to the VE until 9:30. I didn't get home till 11 and went straight to bed.