I'm in maryland right now, major snowstorm today ! I've been living in nice warm Georgia for 35 years, but now am back at my childhood home in maryland taking care of my 99 year old parents. I hate the cold ,like you

@juliayoung537

5 ай бұрын

God bless you! Stay warm! I'm in Georgia and it's been cold here too but nothing like what you're going through

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

god bless you and keep warm, the cold is horrible but you're doing a heart warming thing by looking after your parents!

8:03 Jono, crabs are so common in the Chesapeake Bay that as a child I would literally just take a pole net (just like it sounds, a long pole with wire ring and a net on the end) and go down to any marina. Blue Crabs like to cling to the footings of the long docks, and I would fill up a bucket (20-30 crabs) in less than an hour.

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

holy smokes, that sounds amazing!

Baltimore is very very rich in history and beautiful architecture. The star spangled banner (National anthem) was written in Baltimore during the War of 1812. Babe Ruth was born and raised here, his old house is now a museum. Famous poet Edgar Allen Poe lived and died in Baltimore. His house and grave are famous landmarks here. Baltimore is home to the first railroad in America, the first gas street lamp, the ouija board, the worlds shortest residential street, the longest brick building on the east coast, and so many other things.

@rg20322

5 ай бұрын

In Baltimore don't forget to mention that if you walk down the wrong street you may never be seen again. It's not really a very safe city and just look up the stats. I like MD overall but let's not gloss over Baltimore.

@BobbyNotBrown

5 ай бұрын

@@rg20322 it’s called minding your business and not being in places you don’t need to be. Been fine for me my whole life. Love Baltimore. If you’re scared stay home.

@raven3moon

5 ай бұрын

​@@rg20322Stay in the county, then, and leave the city to those who aren't afraid of everything.

The State flag is the coat of arms of the Calvert family the Lords Baltimore who founded the colony and also the Earl Palatine of Maryland and Avalon.

@jamesleyda365

5 ай бұрын

I'm from Washington State and I think the Maryland state flag is one of the best👍

The church building near the beginning of the video is Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church in Baltimore, built in 1872. Cost at the time was $400k; in today's dollars, estimated at $7.0 to $8.2 million. The green color stone is serpentine metabasalt, once available locally. BTW, we Marylanders can immediately spot outsiders when they talk about boiling seafood (shrimp boil, crab boil, etc.). The local blue crabs are always steamed - boiling makes them soggy and bland.

I was born and raised in Maryland, moved away in 1988 when I joined the Army at 19 years old. When I got out, I moved to the Virginia Beach area in South Eastern Virginia. I've only been back to Maryland a handful of times since 1988. I love Maryland, but I love the Maryland of the 70's and 80's. If you do go to Maryland and are in Baltimore, go to Fort McHenry, it's where the American National Anthem was written and where the battle took place that inspired it.

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

haha, that's so kind of you but the postal service is rubbish here, we received a Christmas card in the post......yesterday. haha

I’m from Texas, and I live in Western Maryland. It is really beautiful.. and we are getting a lot of snow right now.

I’m surprised by the driving thing because Marylanders are the kindest people I’ve ever met.

I am a Marylander! Born and raised. I really wish this gentleman would have mentioned the proximity to DC and all of the memorials, the Smithsonian and all that DC has to offer, but then again, I understand it is a "Maryland" video of course. Another really cool thing to see and to attend is a Maryland Crab Feast, all you can eat. Baltimore is great, Annapolis is great, Jefferson Rock is super cool, you can stand on that rock where Thomas Jefferson stood on October 25, 1783, and you can literally see all three states from that rock, the State of Maryland, West Virginia and the Commonwealth of Virginia; it's beautiful!

I live in Frederick, Maryland. I-70 runs east/west right through the city. I-70 runs from Baltimore to Utah so we get loads of traffic. What he said about drivers is correct, loads of nuts people. Frederick is an hour west of Baltimore and about an hour north of Washington, DC. Our winters are usually mild. We got the first measurable snow in 2years earlier this week. The temp is currently 31°F and we are loving it because yesterday the high temp was 19°F and the 3 days before that it was 13°, 9° and 7° (without wind chill).

The summers are so hot and a humid, the military use to get tropical pay. That was years ago though before air conditioning. The winters are mild, can be cold and snowy. But normally only get a few inches of snow if that. Spring starts in late feb early march.

I'm from Maryland originally and I can't believe he didn't mention Annapolis which is the capital. Maryland is one of the original 13 colonies and about 98% of Annapolis is on at least one register of historic places (including the National Register). So if you like history, you have to check out Annapolis. It's also home of the US Naval Academy and you'll get some GREAT seafood there. If you're there around the 1st of May you definitely have to check it out. The Annapolis residents and businesses put out decorative flower baskets for May Day and it is absolutely beautiful!

I'm from Maryland and it is a beautiful state.loaded with fossil sharks teeth along the Calvert Cliffs in Calvert County MD along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland has mountains ,forest,swamps ECT...

@wmuchmore

5 ай бұрын

I go to Calvert Cliffs every year.

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

My son would go nuts for fossils, he is obsessed.

Maryland born n raised, now in Georgia.

Born and raised in Maryland, but for the last 10 years living in Namibia.

@chrischreative2245

5 ай бұрын

That’s interesting. I was thinking of visiting there. How is it?

I spent 3 summers in Ocean City - worked at Phillip’s Crab House. I stayed at the [ famous ] Henry Hotel. Listening to FM 100-KHI. As per Old Bay: I like it on my eggs, but I get the “LOWER SALT “ version. 📻🙂

Growing up in Northern Virginia, I can honestly say that almost every car accident I saw involved someone with Maryland tags. 🤷‍♀️

Yeah, Old Bay is a "thing", but if you're having crabs you need JO's. Trust this life long MD resident.

@generoberts9151

28 күн бұрын

I think the guys was way overdoing the Old Bay hype. I lived in MD for 45 years and it wasn’t that crazy spread on everything. Best on steamed shrimp in my opinion. What he did neglect to say was what a big sport city Baltimore is and how fanatical Marylanders are about the local teams

Brent here! Representing Baltimore, MD. This is a must place to visit.

We had our first snow here last week 🥶

Lifelong Marylander here. The state is beautiful. I'm in the north near the Pennsylvania state line. Something he didn't mention is that our national anthem came from Baltimore. During the war of 1812 when England was trying to subjugate us again, Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner while on a British war ship to negotiate the release of hostages. He watched the british ships bombing Fort McHenry. The British demanded that the fort lower the American flag and surrender, but of course we beat them back for the second time and the American flag was never allowed to touch the ground. We also have historic Annapolis, which at one time was the nation's capital and is where Westpoint Military Academy is. Crabs, Old Bay, Natty Bo, and the Baltimore Orioles baseball team, named after the state bird, are state treasures. And of course we cant' forget the Baltimore Ravens football team. I have relatives who moved to Florida decades ago and we still send them Old Bay seasoning and Utz potato chips because you can't get either in Florida. When it comes to crabs, Maryland knows how to do it. We steam them with Old Bay Seasoning or other local seasoning blends and they are delicious. Go to any surrounding state and they boil their crabs. Not even remotely close in flavor to the way that we prepare blue crabs. The food is fabulous too because of pockets of immigrants who settled in Maryland over the centuries and we celebrate that in places that are informally known as Little Italy, Greek Town, and many other areas, wher eyou can get authentic cuisine from those parts of the world cooked by immigrants who brought their cuisine to Maryland. Yes, there is a high crime rate in Baltimore City, but it's fine to visit during the day. Ocean City is the beach town, as he said, so it's usually crowded with tourists, but very beautiful, and the fresh seafood is plentiful along with local favorites like Dolle's Salt Water Taffy, Fischer's Caramel Popcorn. Thrashers French Fries (with malt vinegar, not apple cider vinegar like he said) and Ponzetti's Pizza. The costs that you mentioned to come to the US are ridiculous, and it's the same when we travel abroad, which is part of the reason that Americans don't travel to foreign countries as a much as Europeans do. it's just cost prohibitive for most people, and why spend all of that money when you can just as easily got to another state and make amazing memories. We are the Great American Melting Pot so we can usually get a small taste of any country that we like within the US, especially as it relates to food.

Assetesuge Island National Seashore MD and Assestegue State Park.

I live near Grantsville in Pennsylvania . We travel through there a lot. There are Amish communities where they sell a lot of fresh produce.

Some other places to consider in Maryland: Berlin, Smith Island, and St. Micheals on the eastern shore, the US Navy Academy cathedral in Annapolis, Deep Creek Lake, Antietam Civil War Battle Field, Fort McHenry, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad museum. The Mason-Dixon line is the border between Maryland and Delaware and the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland. The markers from the original survey are still in the ground every couple of miles. Marylanders love their flag. The blue crab is native to the Chesapeake Bay. It's meat is sweeter than crabs found elsewhere. The Bay is the largest bay in the world and is the largest home for sailboats. Yes, you can charter a sailboat. But, you may wish to charter a fishing boat out of Ocean City. Cod, tuna, weakfish, marlins are yours for the taking.

If you go to Ocean City the times to avoid going are in late April into May because its spring break and there will be millions of high-school and college kids down there and don't go the week before the 4th of July or the week after, its absolute mayhem.

Fishers Popcorn is The Best. Fresh on the Boardwalk in Ocean City.

Oh! WOW your coming over? Awesome!

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

we still need permission from the school, and to save a bit more but we are working our butts off to make it happen

I call BS on the driving. Maryland has major road way between DC and Baltimore and considering the amount of traffic we do well to let people in and out because we want to get were we are going. Living where I live now, MD drivers are gems.

Marylander here and I have multiple friends who have our state flag tattooed on theyre body's.

New subscriber here I live in a small town in Maryland right now we're stuck inside because of the snow absolutely hate snow.

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

I'm with you there man, snow and cold make me miserable. Thank you for subscribing

You can stay in many places for free while traveling by RV in America. National forests, state forests and of course Wal-Mart parking lots. Many many cheap camp grounds in national and state parks.

Old Bay is fine for a shrimp boil but dont put in your crawfish boil.

Been in Baltimore my whole life. Maryland has its problems but it's home.

Yeah you might save more money just getting a hotel and a rental car than a RV. The limited miles for Texas and filling the tank us very expensive.

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

yeah we are starting to see that.

Want to try something really good. Put Old Bay in a Bloody Mary with a little extra worchestershire sauce. Awesome sauce! And of course around the rim.

I have always been into architecture and history too👍so that church popped out at me right away

I went to college in Maryland. Haven’t been there in a long time but I have plans someday for an epic road trip circuiting the Chesapeake Bay. A lot of charming and lovely areas, towns, harbors, etc over there.

grew up in MD during the 80s and 90s, used to love going crabbing and fishing off the old Chesapeake Bay bridge

I live right next door in West Virginia, so the winters are similar. The other day it was 12°F (-11°C), and it's been snowing almost all week.

In the 1970s, National Geographic named Maryland “America in Miniature”, because we have nearly every terrain you can find in America. Beaches, mountains, marshes, forrests, just about everything but a desert.

@revtoyota

5 ай бұрын

There are far more missing than just a desert. Like rain forest, glaciers, tundra, salt flats, I could go on. Just me being a smart a**. 🤣

@BobbyNotBrown

5 ай бұрын

@@revtoyota cool 👍🏻

@BobbyNotBrown

5 ай бұрын

@@revtoyota take it up with National Geographic buddy

@revtoyota

5 ай бұрын

@@BobbyNotBrown I gave up on NG years ago when they started producing "reality" TV.

I prefer the western shore to the eastern shore of Maryland. Ocean City is a tourist trap. I like the western shore which runs along the chesapeake bay. Crabs are great but I'm not a huge fan of Bay Seasoning.

I like cream of crab soup better than Maryland crab. If in season soft shelled crab is awesome. You eat the whole crab as they have just shed their shell. My house is in Southern Maryland and have Amish neighbors who drive on the streets in their buggies.

You and your family should watch some Video's on the state of Maine. As well as checking out homes and prices. Great land and waterfront opportunities.

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

will do mate, thanks

I like the way you say heyyy.

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

thank you

I’ve lived in Maryland for 5 years the WORST drivers I’ve ever been around.

All I can advise is be prepared. Prices here in America have gone through the roof. Prices seem to go up every other week. Even we who live here are having a hard time affording stuff. Also be aware the tension between states with each other is almost at nreaking point netween the economy and especially political tensions. So be careful Maryland is Really nice, personally I like Maine better but for Seaside states they both are nice. Also where as Maryland is known for crab, Maine is known for Lobster

I'll email you if you want to borrow the tow RV. It's better then driving that bus truck. Park it when you want to drive around!

I'm not sure I could handle oysters. The texture would be an issue for me. Would love to try some crab recipes though.

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

I love em, I think my stomach became pretty strong growing up eating all sorts of weird things, haha

I wish he had shown more of the Eastern Shore.

LOL those are not mountains those are hills...LOL

Our state flag in Minnesota and it’s absolutely embarrassing!!

@christophercox9311

5 ай бұрын

Minnesota is getting a brand new flag. It's blue and green.

Baltimore winters are average american winters. Definitely snow. Mostly below freezing most of the winter or around freezing. Sometimes they get blizzards Snowmaggedon hit DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland area (called the metro area). I was vorn/raised in Northern VA, worked In DC and have family in all yhree areas. I now live in Florida because Ai hate driving in snow 😂

@momD612

5 ай бұрын

Wellllll... being in very south, there's nothing normal or typical about that weather here! 😂❤❤ thus why I stay in the south. 😅😉

Just get a rental car. They have vans also. Lot cheaper. Under $50 a day unlimited miles

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

We would, but would like to skip hotels etc if possible but it's looking likely we'll go down the car/van option

@paulinesoares3594

5 ай бұрын

@@jonograhamreacts finding parking places for RV is hard if your seeing a city. Plus side streets are too small for most RV. Also propain and other stuff needed to keep things running, like ac, at night. Gas alone will be an arm and a leg. If you stay outside of the city in the suburbs, hotels won’t be too high and you get free breakfast and WiFi. Plus a pool. Whatever you decide, be safe, have fun.

If you ever come to maryland, please please don't pass up the incredible crab cakes!!! Unlike anywhere else, really.

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

trust me I wouldn't, they sound and look delicious

Do summer over here in the USA

Hearing people be desperate to come here makes me guilty af.

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

don't be guilty, be grateful. We are both (my wife and I) working hard to try and make it happen this year.

I lived in Maryland 14 years and this video did not impressed me. He didn't say anything about the history of one of the original 13 British colonies. Founded by Cecil Calvert, the second Lord of Baltimore, in 1632. But the history goes back to John Cabot who explored the coast of North America for England in 1498. Like other colonists who came from England looking for freedom of religion, Maryland was established for religious freedom for Roman Catholics. One of the best places to visit is St. Mary City, in the south by the Chesapeake Bay, where the first Mass in the colonies was celebrated in March 1634. The city was the largest settlement in Maryland and the seat of the colonial government until 1695. After the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, the Second Continental Congress met in Baltimore, 1776-1777 and Marylander John Hanson served as President of the Continental Congress in 1781-1782. He was the first to serve with the title of President of the United States in Congress Assembled. Ft. McHenry, the site of the Battle with the British in 1814 where the National Anthem was written, is open to visitors. Old Bay spice is not the more notorious thing about Maryland. I never used it at home.

I lived in Maryland (maer-(i)-ln(d) is the typical pronunciation...just swallow the "i" and the second "a" and it'll be close enough) for over 30 years, and like a lot of places, there's a different sort of culture depending which region of the state you are in. Possibly the unifying theme is the pervasive Georgian architecture -- a lot of brick buildings with white trim harking back to colonial times. He didn't mention Annapolis, the state capital and home to the US Naval Academy, but it's a nice visit. I found Ocean City to be too crowded so, honestly, I went to the Delaware beaches instead. One interesting thing to do is to cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge (aka the Bay Bridge). It's just 7km long, but a lot of people find out whether or not bridges scare them while on it...especially if it's windy or snowy (I, oddly, found crossing it relaxing). As for touristy things...outside of the stuff in Baltimore and Annapolis, just go to DC and visit the Smithsonian museums and the other interesting things that fill the city. I attended the University of Maryland, which is close to DC (and even has taken on some of the non-touristy overflow), and like many, frequently visited the city when I had the time (or needed to do research). As for the state flag...yeah, it's a thing a good way. I've spent most of my life in either Maryland or New Mexico and have been blessed with two great, and beloved, state flags. What I can say about Maryland's, other than it was tedious to draw correctly as a child, is that while it's everywhere, it's not in a belligerent sort of way, like some use the American flag, but more like a comfort and touchstone, like Linus' blanket in the old Peanuts cartoons.

*@Jono*. You're getting closer ole buddy, now just go south a little bit and land right here in the birthplace of America... Virginia, the old dominion. We have it ALL. This is where America was first settled and became a nation, we are known as the birthplace of presidents and our greatest founding fathers were from here. We have the world's 7th longest beach (Virginia Beach), which is next door to Norfolk (the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command) where you can see our biggest & baddest warships as they come and go. Drive west from the coast and visit places like Natural Bridge, VA, and the birthplace of Thomas Jefferson (Charlottesville and Poplar Forrest) where you'll start to see some of our mountains in the Piedmont area. Then go southwest to MY neck of the woods to enjoy the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah area and the world-famous Appalachian Trail (the AT). We have hunting, camping & fishing galore and some of nature's finest and most beautiful woodland mountains (with fantastic streams, rivers and LAKES because I know how much you love water). I'm in the Roanoke Valley area and it's less than 30 minute's drive to get to a Virginia Tech college football game that you'll never forget, and once you cruise on the Blue Ridge Parkway - you'll realize what we have that Texas will never have. :) "Virginia is for Lovers"

I live in Columbia Maryland. Baltimore is not the safest city to visit.

@darkerbrother1

5 ай бұрын

Baltimore is no worse than anywhere else. Please don’t quote Channel 45. They don’t have a good thing to say about anything. An obvious agenda

$8000 for a month in a rental RV and ONLY 150 miles per day?? You need to do some more research.

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

I am, I may be due to me being foreign?

@blagoyavichrod

5 ай бұрын

@@jonograhamreacts Maybe.

As per usual Wolter is wrong. South Carolina in fact has the best state flag.

@robinmills8675

5 ай бұрын

Oops, you spelled Virginia wrong. 😂

@lesscoRyden

5 ай бұрын

@@robinmills8675 Virginia is for lovers, not vexillology. There are basically three rules to flag design. 3 colors, no words, and it should be simple enough that a child can draw it from memory. I don't think Virginia meets any of those criteria

If you lived here.....taxes would be a lot easier........just saying.

If you are not into history , Maryland might not be for you. Maryland is one of the 13 original colonies. As such it has a fighters spirit and that spirit shows in everything. The history of the United States runs through Maryland. If you don’t eat seafood this is not a place to be. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest Estuary in the world. Boating and Fishing are ways of life. The Eastern Shore is delightful with all the small towns. The Navel Academy is in Annapolis the Capital. Don’t forget the Baltimore Ravens . A team that embodies the region . The Ravens 🐦‍⬛ is one of the most famous Literary pieces ever written by Edger Allan Poe. It’s only fitting than the Ravens mascots are named Edger, Allen and POE. Never More Never More. Contrary to popular belief Maryland is a southern state and as such is the Northern most Southern state. The Mason Dixon Line runs on the Maryland boarder with PA.

@jonograhamreacts

5 ай бұрын

we love history and seafood, sounds like a win for a visit one day

@darkerbrother1

5 ай бұрын

@@jonograhamreacts Then it's well worth the trip. It is also the only place that Steams seafood and not boils it. Once you have it steamed. You wont eat it any other way. Old Bay is cute but Maryland has many other Seafood seasonings. I couldn't find your email address but if you post it. I can send you a list of all the various types they have and after you decide I can send you some. Also there are 5 major Boat Shows a year. In fact I'm getting ready to dig out so I can goto tomorrows Boat Show

Yay, Maryland!

Just stay away from Baltimore, they’re having some problems out there.

Natty Boh is terrible. Avoid.

@MrVvulf

5 ай бұрын

I grew up in Maryland and couldn't agree more. Just because something is made locally, doesn't mean it's popular AMONG the locals.