Frederick (MD and Cope)

This blog post is quite delayed--but 'tis better later than never! In late August, Adam, Oliver, and I drove up to Frederick, Maryland to visit our friend Frederick, who had recently moved there to start teaching at Frederick Community College. Yes, we basically said the word "Frederick" a thousand times a day when we were there! And, of course, we said "Roll Tide!" ten thousand times a day!! :)

Three Bama fans out for a stroll!

It was wonderful visiting with Frederick (the friend), and we quite enjoyed exploring the cute, quaint downtown area of Frederick (the town). They had finished a downtown canal project a few years ago, and the artistry was simply extraordinary.

View of a section of the canal

Frederick and Cathy

Adam and Cathy

One of the gorgeous bridges (yep, that's me on top!)

The town spent quite a bit of money redesigning the Canal area, and they decided to paint a section to look like cobbled stonewalls with inset art images. Keep in mind, all of this is actually PAINTED. The depth and perspective were AMAZING. You simply must plan a visit to enjoy it in person!

We're exploring the bridge!

Frederick and Adam pretending to enter some sort of Narnia-like land

Another view of the mysterious "door"...yes all that ivy is just paint!

This was a crazy, Holstein-like painting. Depending on where you stand, the girl
seems to be looking straight at you. It's awesome.

Straight-on view of the pic above.

A penny! (Dollar bill for perspective.)

What looks like an in-set statue...still, it's all just painted perspective. :)

A very neat pseudo-fountain. Also, all those "stones" are just painted. Also, that duck in the bottom is just paint too!!!

Sunflowers are sweet

Another painted picture....these were just all over the place on the Canal bridge.

Here are some other pictures of the rest of the town!

A pretty fountain

The library--very swanky!

A cute little passageway into a garden, lunch spot. Very Victorian!

Frederick got lost down an alley.

One last cute picture of the Copelands!

We had a wonderful trip, and we hope to visit again soon. :) I highly suggest going there for a little trip if you ever get the chance. It'd be a fun place to have family photos or something....