Made it into Annapolis City Harbor on Friday afternoon
amid warnings of severe thunderstorms from NOAA. They died down before getting
here, so we spent a quiet night on a city mooring. We ran into Dave Deiter,
recently retired from Kodak in the bathhouse and his boat, Orion, is two
moorings away from us. The boat adjacent to us is from Oriental, NC. The small
world syndrome hits again.
amid warnings of severe thunderstorms from NOAA. They died down before getting
here, so we spent a quiet night on a city mooring. We ran into Dave Deiter,
recently retired from Kodak in the bathhouse and his boat, Orion, is two
moorings away from us. The boat adjacent to us is from Oriental, NC. The small
world syndrome hits again.
This is a wonderful place to visit and we are a short
dinghy ride from the heart of the city. We look out at the Naval Academy field,
and enjoyed watching the midshipmen do there morning exercises starting at
0600. I was tired just watching and sipping coffee! The singing of the Star
Spangled Banner echoing across the water was uplifting. Explored some of the
old town and galleries during the day. Noah and I took a tour of the Naval
Academy and it was fascinating. The dormitory is the largest granite building
in the world and ALL the students live in the one building. Swimming facilities
are extensive and every midshipman has to jump off the 10 meter diving platform
before the end of their second year. The Chapel is beautiful and houses the
Tomb of John Paul Jones of Revolutionary War fame. We were treated to bagpipes
playing as we rounded the front of the Chapel and an honor guard was welcoming
a bride and groom with a bridge of drawn swords as they exited. It was quite a
moving ceremony. If you are ever in Annapolis, visit the Academy.
Sailing the East Coast is a perfect compliment to third grade history studies. Noah had just read about John Paul Jones the day before we visited the academy and Jones Tomb.
dinghy ride from the heart of the city. We look out at the Naval Academy field,
and enjoyed watching the midshipmen do there morning exercises starting at
0600. I was tired just watching and sipping coffee! The singing of the Star
Spangled Banner echoing across the water was uplifting. Explored some of the
old town and galleries during the day. Noah and I took a tour of the Naval
Academy and it was fascinating. The dormitory is the largest granite building
in the world and ALL the students live in the one building. Swimming facilities
are extensive and every midshipman has to jump off the 10 meter diving platform
before the end of their second year. The Chapel is beautiful and houses the
Tomb of John Paul Jones of Revolutionary War fame. We were treated to bagpipes
playing as we rounded the front of the Chapel and an honor guard was welcoming
a bride and groom with a bridge of drawn swords as they exited. It was quite a
moving ceremony. If you are ever in Annapolis, visit the Academy.
Sailing the East Coast is a perfect compliment to third grade history studies. Noah had just read about John Paul Jones the day before we visited the academy and Jones Tomb.
Used the dinghy to visit the local ships chandlery and
to tour some of the back creeks with their beautiful homes and amazing yachts.
Met another Island Packet owner, Chuck Shoemaker, retired on Kairos. He had
just finished varnishing the teak and it looked great. There are thousands of
sailboats here and vessels of every type coming and going all the time. An
evening tradition is the firing of a Canon at sunset. It is easy to see why
boats come here and stay for a month or more. We made it back to the boat
just before a cell hit this evening. The picture of the day shows the
waterfront just before the storm hit. If the thunderstorms clear out, we will
probably move on to Rock Hall tomorrow. There is free wi-fi in the anchorage,
so we are able to get good weather information.
to tour some of the back creeks with their beautiful homes and amazing yachts.
Met another Island Packet owner, Chuck Shoemaker, retired on Kairos. He had
just finished varnishing the teak and it looked great. There are thousands of
sailboats here and vessels of every type coming and going all the time. An
evening tradition is the firing of a Canon at sunset. It is easy to see why
boats come here and stay for a month or more. We made it back to the boat
just before a cell hit this evening. The picture of the day shows the
waterfront just before the storm hit. If the thunderstorms clear out, we will
probably move on to Rock Hall tomorrow. There is free wi-fi in the anchorage,
so we are able to get good weather information.