“I’d wash the sand off the shore
Give you the world if it was mine
Blow you right to my door
Feels fine”
Sade

So I told you guys that you need to take the ladies to those special hide away spots (you might need to find some first). So this weekend me and the Vixen did sort of a tour of the places I know. I have to tell you that I was a little dismayed when I found out she already knew about Cylburn Arboretum. It’s funny when you know this place and realize how close it is to Park Heights and Druid Hill. Despite her prior knowledge it was still a good place to go.

The gnarly tree was jive cool.

But I am a sucker for Bamboo. I always wanted to line my yard with it. Beauty that provides privacy. Plus when the kids act up you can beat them with it. So yeah she had been to Cylburn…but she wasn’t down with the Loch Raven Reservoir!

Real life is that I found this place because I made a wrong turn one day leaving my dish washing job before I went to Morgan. If you know Baltimore than know this: I walked from Joppa Road to the Charles Hickey School, through the reservoir and from the start of Dulaney Valley Rd down to Towson Town Center. 5 hour walk I kid you not. I was pissed at the time, but alot of the walk was through the reservoir and it was nice. I always swore I’d go back there…in a car. Additionally There’s this place called Peerce’s Plantation…well they changed that name…it was called Whitey’s Plantation when we walked by it in 1996. While we’re mentioning things that are real:

If I ever get the money I’ll buy Cylburn Arboretum, restore the Mansion and live in it. It may seem like a bad guy thing to do…but so what. Go enjoy some other parks or something. I’ll sell detailed picture books so people can still see it, but don’t get caught up on my lands…and I won’t eliminate jobs…someone has to take care of the grounds. That is on Post-Civil war, four floor joint that I want for myself. Anyone who’s in Baltimore, needs to see this place.