After another great day with Samantha's parents in New Jersey, we got a good nite's rest and awoke at 7:00 AM to leave for Frostburg.

We arrived a little before noon. Samantha ad only been to a few restaurants in town, but she had already visited the highlights. We were certainly going to eat there again; as the better spots are where the locals go.

Samantha had never been to a Bob Evans restaurant, so we decided to go there for lunch. They serve breakfast all day, and I was in the mood for the first-and probably most important-meal of the day. I ordered a "Country Sampler" plate, complete with eggs, toast, bacon, home fries and a piece of ham. If that was not enough, it also came with three pancakes. Samantha instead opted for lunch and had a soup and salad combo. She was a fan of the Caesar Salad and had one with her Italian Wedding soup.

After lunch, we went to our mall. It was a pitiful example in comparison to what was in Boston, or Burlington, or nearly any place in America that one might go, but it allowed us time to get some exercise and just talk about our future. For some reason, our conversation drifted toward weddings.

Despite the fact that we were engaged, we had never really talked about what we would like to have as preferences in our wedding. We had sadly not even picked a date. Undoubtedly, it would have to be after my mission ended; hopefully resulting in the outcome of obtaining the designation as Master Sommelier.

As we walked and talked, we spouted off a million ideas that all seemed like good ones. We were certainly not the first couple to do this, and would not be he last. Time flew by, and we had plans to meet my parents for dinner at 6:00 PM. While the mall was a non-event, and no shopping was done, it was certainly a profitable excursion; and would become a memorable one.