St. Mary's

 

Owen's college tour continued this weekend with a visit to St. Mary's College of Maryland. Years ago when I sailed with Dad on Dan Reid's boat up to Booth Bay Harbor in Maine, we started our voyage on the St. Mary's River where Dan Reid kept his boat. On our tour of the campus we found out just how apropos that story was when we visited the boat house where students are allowed to check out a sail boat whenever they want! Owen was more taken with the climbing wall, though it doesn't really compare with what he's used to at Earth Treks. In the end Owen seemed more impressed with Grinnell, but St. Mary's having a similar small liberal arts school feel and being just 90 minutes from home with in-state tuition for DC residents certainly puts it on the application list.

King of Tidal

If you ask Owen what he would like to do with his mom when he has a day off of school on a beautiful fall day, chances are he's going to say, "Let's go paddle-boating in the Tidal Basin – it's so peaceful." And when you are his mom and aware that college is looming and the number of opportunities to share some quality time with Owen doing something he loves is limited, you say, "Yes, lets."

It was a really great morning with a really great kid.