Summer Road Trip
The next few journal entries will be about our 2014 summer road trip. We went to Baltimore, Colonial Williamsburg and Water Country USA. We finished our trip in Ocean City, MD. Road trips like this one can be tricky. They mean multiple hotels, packing and unpacking in each location and many environments that require adaptation and flexibility. Looking back, I am surprised we were this ambitious, but most of the trip went shockingly well. A better starter vacation would be one short travel by car and one hotel location for the duration of the trip.
The aquarium in Baltimore is very cool! There are several super-stimmy exhibits that Mikey LOVED, like the bubbles featured in the journal entry. There are also zillions of cool sea creatures which made both boys super happy. We loved it and we all highly recommend a trip there.
It is also quite accessible because there are hotels all around the inner harbor and the aquarium, shops and restaurants are all within walking distance.
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Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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