November 26th, 2006

First thing we did today was go to the State House in Annapolis. It is really beautiful and unlike most it doesn't have a gold dome. There area around the Capitol Circle is great too. We walked by the shops and restaurants before getting back on the road. We continued east and when we arrived the Bay Bridge, we realized we didn't have any cash for the toll. The lady said they didn't take checks, but told us to just drive through and it would take a picture of our license plate and we would be sent a bill. We felt bad, but felt even worse when we left the booth and sirens and lights went off. We felt like we were in Smokey and the Bandit or Convoy, and "we just ain't gonna pay no toll, so we crashed the gate doing ninety eight". Anyway, we continued east and stopped in Ocean City, MD. Ocean City was nice, but it seemed a little quiet because most everything was closed for the season or didn't open until later. We walk out on the beach near the fishing pier for a while and got pictures.

After we left the east coast O.C. we continued south toward NC. The coolest part of this drive was going over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel It has been called "One of the Seven Engineering Marvels of the Modern World". Once we got to the south side of the bridge/tunnel we stopped at the Restaurant/Giftshop and redeemed a coupon, you get when you pay the toll, for a free soda. We went to VA in the beginning of the trip so we closed our eyes while we drove through to get to NC. We got into NC at about 8 o'clock. We stayed the night in a parking lot in Kitty Hawk. First thing tomorrow we are going to check out the Wright Bros. National Memorial.