Sunday 27 May DC – Baltimore

We took Amtrak from Union Station to Baltimore Penn Station where Lauve’s brother, Randy, and his girlfriend, Kathleen picked us up. We walked around the Inner Harbor area and had lunch till a tremendous thunderstorm had us hunkered down in the Marriott Waterfront till it let up enough to get back to the car. It was refreshing to see rain and lightning after so little lately in AZ, but 8 inches of rain caused flooding in the suburb of Ellicott City for the second time in two years.

Monday 28 May 2018 – Memorial Day

We had planned to join festivities at Ft. McHenry, but the drizzle and gloom made us switch to a movie – RBG. Great for discussions afterwards. Kathleen hosted cocktails at her house and we met her oldest son, Mark. He is a rock climber who recently started as an analyst for T. Rowe Price mutual funds. He has a very promising future in financial services but would like to be able to rock climb and have a career, so he is looking at options. He is very personable with a feel for personal finance. We encouraged him to consider personal financial planning.