The last few years I have been doing more outdoor things. When I visit places, I find parks or beaches or gardens to walk at. Now, I didn't do this before tho. So, all those times I traveled to Silver Spring, MD, I never ventured anywhere but between the meeting room and my hotel.
One of my friends asked me, "You going to walk in a park while you're there?"
Uh, what?
It hadn't even OCCURRED to me at all to walk in a park or to look to see if there were any close by to take advantage of!
So, I did a little digging before I went and saw a cool, large park about 2 miles or so away. Then I found a place that had 13 miles of formal gardens! It's called the "Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens." I was SO excited! But alas, the hours were 10am to 5pm, right in the middle of my meeting all week.
But, I have decided that next time I go to Silver Spring for a meeting, I will work my flight so that I can arrive a little earlier than I'm used to to go check it out!
I didn't get to the park due to long days and not feeling well due to a tooth issue, but I am so thankful my friend Tina asked me that awesome question. I don't know why it hadn't crossed my mind to see what parks were close. Just because I couldn't SEE parks all the times I went to Silver Spring, didn't mean they didn't have any great ones to explore. Before, I focused more on getting back to my hotel room as soon as possible to get out of downtown Silver Spring.
Next time, watch out! The entire green area below is all a PARK!
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