Washington Monument Natalie and I went out to Frederick today. Our first stop was the South Mountain Creamery. They make they're own cheese and ice cream. We got some Farmer's Cheese with Walnuts and Black Pepper, Gouda with bacon and onion and some Havarti. It was all good but I think we liked the Farmer's cheese the best. We went to Washington Monument state park our little wine and cheese picnic. Nice place but I don't think you should have to pay $3.00 to get in. Maryland's park system is horrible. It would have been free in PA. The monument itself was pretty cool. There were a lot of bird watchers at the top of the monument. Nice day to be outside, sunny and just a little cool.
From there we went to the Barley & Hops Brewpub in suburban Frederick. It could have been anywhere - a generic place in a generic area. And the beer we had wasn't very good either, red ale that had no hops taste at all. Definitely not a place to go out of your way for. After that, we headed into downtown Frederick. The whole area was packed with people and we missed Brewer's Alley on our first pass - the sign is hard to understand, but we found a place to park easily and walked back to the block it was in. The place was packed. Lots of pretty girls in fancy dresses, maybe some homecoming dance thing. We both liked the IPA's we got and they were only $3.00 apiece. The building used to be an opera house. We definitely want to go back there when we have more time and money to spend. We got back around 8:00 PM.
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