Tuesday, August 2. Annapolis to Baltimore Maryland
We left the mooring field early, fueled, and headed to our second major city, Baltimore. The majority of our travel time was out of Annapolis, a short way on the bay, and then 15 miles up the Patapsco river into the inner Harbor of Baltimore. All boats pass Fort McHenry upon their entrance into Baltimore. We stayed at Harborview marina on the western end of the inner Harbor. We have a slip for three nights and plan to explore the city. The captain's philosophy when staying in a marina is to get there early to get our full use of the facilities, so we are tied and secure by 12:15. We got the bikes down and started riding. The entire harbor has a " promenade " which goes about 4 miles along the waterfront. However, the first stop was at Camden Yard to purchase tickets for tomorrows baseball game. Our bike ride continued along the waterfront; which is a major attraction for visitors and locals. It is well developed with museums, music venues, parks and restaurants. We rode thru Little Italy and into Fells Point and enjoyed some ice cream. The waterfront is a busy place and even becomes more lively into the evening hour. Tom and Colletta then met nephew Phil Sommer and his fiancé Victoria and enjoyed dinner at Little Havanna. It has great seeing them, had not seen them in a number of years. "Anchor Dog" had grown into a wonderful young man. They have our best wishes for their new life together.
We left the mooring field early, fueled, and headed to our second major city, Baltimore. The majority of our travel time was out of Annapolis, a short way on the bay, and then 15 miles up the Patapsco river into the inner Harbor of Baltimore. All boats pass Fort McHenry upon their entrance into Baltimore. We stayed at Harborview marina on the western end of the inner Harbor. We have a slip for three nights and plan to explore the city. The captain's philosophy when staying in a marina is to get there early to get our full use of the facilities, so we are tied and secure by 12:15. We got the bikes down and started riding. The entire harbor has a " promenade " which goes about 4 miles along the waterfront. However, the first stop was at Camden Yard to purchase tickets for tomorrows baseball game. Our bike ride continued along the waterfront; which is a major attraction for visitors and locals. It is well developed with museums, music venues, parks and restaurants. We rode thru Little Italy and into Fells Point and enjoyed some ice cream. The waterfront is a busy place and even becomes more lively into the evening hour. Tom and Colletta then met nephew Phil Sommer and his fiancé Victoria and enjoyed dinner at Little Havanna. It has great seeing them, had not seen them in a number of years. "Anchor Dog" had grown into a wonderful young man. They have our best wishes for their new life together.
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| Going under the "Bay Bridge" on our way north to Baltimore |
Wednesday, August 3. Baltimore
Bikes were our means of transportation once again as we headed west into an area called Federal Hill. We walked the market place, which was a disappointment, but continued to stroll the streets and explore. Found an Ace hardware store-always a welcome stop. Again on the bikes headed to the visitor center. Pam and Colletta decided to find some shopping while Tom and John headed to the Museum of Industry. Not much success for the girls but the boys loved the museum. Did you know that Baltimore was home to Black & Decker, Sweetheart Cup and now Under Armour? For our evenings activity, we rode our bikes to Camden Yards to enjoy an Orioles baseball game. The park is a great venue, historic setting, fan friendly, good food, (Tom had BBQ pork from Boog Powell's stand-even got an autograph). The game was enjoyable as we cheered with the locals as the Orioles won the game and are still in first place.
Bikes were our means of transportation once again as we headed west into an area called Federal Hill. We walked the market place, which was a disappointment, but continued to stroll the streets and explore. Found an Ace hardware store-always a welcome stop. Again on the bikes headed to the visitor center. Pam and Colletta decided to find some shopping while Tom and John headed to the Museum of Industry. Not much success for the girls but the boys loved the museum. Did you know that Baltimore was home to Black & Decker, Sweetheart Cup and now Under Armour? For our evenings activity, we rode our bikes to Camden Yards to enjoy an Orioles baseball game. The park is a great venue, historic setting, fan friendly, good food, (Tom had BBQ pork from Boog Powell's stand-even got an autograph). The game was enjoyable as we cheered with the locals as the Orioles won the game and are still in first place.
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| At the ball game |
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| Got Boog Powell's autograph at his restaurant in the park. Cool guy. Comes to work in flip flops. |
Thursday, August 4 Baltimore
Today we tried a different form of transportation, the free Circulator, the local bus. We took the ride to Fort McHenry, which is out at the point. The British had burned Washington DC and were now going to attack Baltimore. Th American soldiers along with local residents bombed the British fleet and survived the attack. This was the battle which inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner-him seeing the flag still waving the morning after the battle. Standing inside the fort, on the earthworks around the fort, and seeing boats and ships entering the harbor, leaves a person with a feeling of pride and of the sacrifices by our forefathers to secure our freedoms of today. After we returned to our boats, and had a little relaxation, we headed out for dinner. Baltimore has many, many restaurants- if you can't find something you like, just look on the next block and there it will be. That is what we did. We rode into Little Italy for dinner, turned the corner and found Amici's; with eggplant parmigiana, lasagna, and pasta Delores. Yum-yum.
Today we tried a different form of transportation, the free Circulator, the local bus. We took the ride to Fort McHenry, which is out at the point. The British had burned Washington DC and were now going to attack Baltimore. Th American soldiers along with local residents bombed the British fleet and survived the attack. This was the battle which inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner-him seeing the flag still waving the morning after the battle. Standing inside the fort, on the earthworks around the fort, and seeing boats and ships entering the harbor, leaves a person with a feeling of pride and of the sacrifices by our forefathers to secure our freedoms of today. After we returned to our boats, and had a little relaxation, we headed out for dinner. Baltimore has many, many restaurants- if you can't find something you like, just look on the next block and there it will be. That is what we did. We rode into Little Italy for dinner, turned the corner and found Amici's; with eggplant parmigiana, lasagna, and pasta Delores. Yum-yum.
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| The flag still waving in the morning after the British bombardment that inspired Francis Scott Key to write our National Anthem |
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| Over looking the entrance into Baltimore Harbor |
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| On the Promenade around Baltimore Harbor |
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| Leaving Baltimore harbor |
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