Day 249: Saturday, May 11, 2013
Port to Port: Annapolis, Maryland
Underway: 0:00 am Motor Off: 0:00 pm Miles Traveled: 0 Stayed At: Marina
First Things First: We passed our Power Squadron boat safety check with flying colors (finally).
Mile 53 to Mile 53: Even though there was a chance of rain and thunderstorms today, we decided to ignore the weather report and start our tour of Annapolis. This is how our day went.
1. Woke up early (starting to become habit forming)
2. Headed to the highly recommended Chick and Ruth’s Delly (really spelled that way) – for breakfast (a great experience but Al’s Breakfast is still the best).
3. Wandered to the Capital building on a nearby hilltop for an impromtu tour.
4. Stopped at a 7-Eleven for morning coffee and bag of ice.
5. Got info and maps at visitors center.
6. Visited some of the neat shops along mainstreet.
7. Wandered around the community information fair at the waterfront.
8. Toured the privateer, the “Pride of Baltimore II”.
9. Scheduled free safety inspection with Power Squadron (in 15 minutes).
10. Went to the boat and made sure we are ready for inspection.
11. Passed our safefy inspection and proudly affixed our nice new sticker on the port side.
12. Chatted with Squardron volunteer about our mutual boating adventures.
13. Wandered over to the Naval Academy campus 10 minutes from the marina. (We spent hours touring the nearly deserted campus – the students are on break before graduation – and enjoyed the peace and serenity).
14. Got information at Naval Academy Visitors Center and watched introductory movie.
15. Wandered by Farragut Field on the waterfront and toured Levy Center and the Jewish Chapel.
16. Stopped at Dahlgren Hall, grapped a slice of pizza at the Drydock Restaurant on campus and viewed a replica of the first navy airplane, built by the Wright Brothers, hanging from the ceiling.
17. Toured Bancroft Hall – the largest dormitory in the US and one of the most amazing places to live for a college student. How many students in the US have rifles in their dorm room closets? (It was nice to see that the top ranked student commander was a woman).
18. Peaked into the Crypt of John Paul Jones.
19. Toured the Naval Academy Museum in Preble Hall for almost two hours and barely scratched the surface (to be continued).
20. Spent a half hour trying to find the store we saw last night selling strawberry smoothies (we finally found it and added a little tequila for instant margaritas).
21. Ate chips and salsa for dinner (again)
22. Worked on blog
23. Did two loads of laundry while watching a nice thunderstorm and downpour scatter tourists in every direction.
24. Chatted with the chef on the Pride of Baltimore II
25. Worked on the blog some more.
26. Went to bed.
How was your day?
