Day 252: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Port to Port: Annapolis, Maryland to Bodkin Creek
Underway: 11:13 am Motor Off: 3:20 pm Miles Traveled: 20/16 Stayed At: Anchor
Mile 53 to Mile 38: After a thoroughly enjoyable visit to Annapolis, we reluctantly said goodbye and headed north towards Baltimore. We weren’t in a big rush, though, so we wandered around our little neighborhood one last time. While waiting for Cindy to get ready, I decided to stop at one of the many coffee shops in a three block radius (including a Starbucks). I doubt the one I randomly chose will be around a year from now. Tell me why I should pay a significant premium for a simple cup of coffee when all the clerk does is hand me a cup and points me towards the coffee pots on a table. And is surly. And the place doesn’t even have their own free internet but make you register on the local private Annapolis-wide internet for your free 90 minutes a month. It always surprising how low average can go. Tourist towns are not the place to find exceptional service.
After being here for several days, we finally hopped on the free trolley that allows residents and tourists to easily park their cars in a central ramp and get to the most popular places. It runs on 10 minute intervals which makes it practical and useful – a rare characteristic of public transportation. And the bus driver was really nice and cheery. And we could just wave them down anywhere along the block. What a deal (what took us so long to figure this one out?).
We took the bus from the post office to the end of the line and visited the Annapolis National Cemetery. It was small but immaculately kept with row after row of nearly identical grave markers lined up like soldiers at attention. Most were from the mid 1800’s. Thousands of stories waiting to be told.
We headed out late morning and, except for a few sailboats and a tourist boat or two, the Chesapeake was quiet. It was a sunny but chilly day and became a little choppy for the last hour or so before we turned into Bodkin Creek to find a suitable anchorage for the night. We were soon anchored and enjoying the welcome peace and quiet. We had a big lunch underway (Moe’s burritos from last night) so we just had cereal and yogurt for dinner – too lazy to make spaghetti – planned our short day tomorrow, read a little and called it a day.
