Sandy Spring Adventure Park

 

Eliot crossing an Element on the Yellow Sunflower Course

Nationals Game

Dulles Airplane Pull

A spy kid has to be familiar with an F-18 Hornet.

Eliot describing the inner workings of the pilot's seat to me.

Eliot -"Why is this cone here dad?" Me- "Probably to let people know to be careful around the plane, so no one walks into it." Eliot -"No one would do that!" (About 3 minutes after he walked into the wing of a different plane.)

C-5 Galaxy. Can load and carry 10 jeeps or 2 M-1 Abrams tanks. 

Waited 15 minutes in line inside this plane (no wait to get into the body of the plane) to go up the stairs and see the cockpit, before Eliot finally listened/realized the line was barely moving and not worth the wait.

A-10 Warthog (aka tankbuster). Known for their ability to take extreme punishment and still stay in the air I asked the pilot what was the most amount of damage he'd seen one return to base with and he shared in Kosovo, he saw one that had almost an entire wing missing from a surface to air missile hit.

USS Constellation

Checking out the sleeping hammocks of the crew.

So many decks!

"Hmmm, where could we aim this cannon...?"

"Okay, push!! The bad guys are coming..."

"Aw, dad! You found me again" (Trying to keep Eliot in sight on a ship with 5 decks and two separate stair cases was good exercise!)

Between decks yet again.

"What do you think that is over there?"

"I don't know, I'm not buying it dad.... whatever you're selling...."

Top deck, facing the downtown of Baltimore, ship all to ourselves in the first hour aboard.

Aquarium

"Hey Eliot, check that out."

Looking for the hand print that fits just right.

Found it!

 Some serious fish!

"See anything? Don't know, what do you see?"

Baltimore -Inner Harbor

 Foot bridge and smiling at the camera.

 Climbing dad is apparently more fun that the huge anchor.

 That's more like it, just have to explore a bit.

 Testing it out end to end.

 Hanging on tight, "Eliot, you're squishing my head!"

 "Hey, I see something..."

Two hands on the railing, after visiting a cool lighthouse in the harbor.