What a weekend

Memorial day weekend was supposed to be spent in total fun. Well..it turned out to be exactly that way.
29th May: Had decided to get some work done on Saturday before getting to Ash's place but as always didnt do any.Instead had a detailed discussion with my friends about Tyler's idealogies in Fight Club. Come Saturday evening and thanks to an almost non-existant if not in-frequent MTA bus schedule, I had to have Ash pick me up and take me along to Inner Harbor. After spending a delighful evening having proper Gujju style nashta on the banks( cemented bank) of the Cheasapeake Bay we headed back to Ash's place in Rockville. Slept comparatively early that night since we were supposed to go to Cunningham Falls the next day.

30th May : We( Ash, Reepal, Shefalee, Saroj Aunty and I) left for Cunningham falls at around 1 in the afternoon.Driving on the roads of Maryland just made us think how abundant it is in greenery. After all it is the abode of the affluent so it has to be green. We reached around 3ish and first entered the park through an entrance not the same as the main one and we were properly guided by an information counter person to the main entrance which has the visitors house. This place has an artificial beach and a lake surrounded by lush green trees. Perfect place to go for canoeing or even fishing.
We initially rented a two person canoe and a three person paddle boat, but due to a sweet talking boating co-ordinator who otherwise we would be content to ignore, got a five seater canoe. Ash started first and figured out how to move the boat immediately guiding us to the most beautiful quadrant of the lake. Then all of us decided to take turns in canoeing and the first chance was of yours truly. I tried and tried but the boat wont move. I knew that when I row just one side then the boat turns to the opposite side, but how to move both the oars in synchronization seemed impossible.Reepal tried next..needlessly to say failed..but she did better than I. Shefalee was the next failure. Ash finally decided to do it himself..only this time around he was facing me while he canoed.I saw how he rythymically moved the oars and made a resolve to try it next and succeed. And finally it did happen. We all could canoe pretty well and Reepal also redeemed herself by taking us safely back to the place where we got into the boat and the lining the boat with the bank with a surgeons precision. We got the burger bread from a hamburger outlet and then had awesome Dabeli sitting on the benches.After that we climbed to the waterfalls( hey it was Cunningham Waterfalls you see ! )That was the acme of the afternoon. Rock climbing on slippery rocks..Ash did have a fall and went sliding into the water getting completely drenched. It was exciting and great fun. We came back home to get to a fabulous session of Taboo which went on till we could keep our eyes open no more !
Verdict : Two days well spent !