Annapolis and Baltimore

We arrived back at the boat from the trip home on July 10th. To backtrack a bit, we toured the Naval Academy before we drove home and I wanted to include some pictures of that. The midshipmen weren’t on the Yard as classes weren’t in session and the Chapel isn’t open to tours on Friday afternoons, beyond that the tour was very interesting.

The Naval Academy was founded in 1845 by then Secretary of the Navy, George Bancroft. It sits on 338 acres facing the Severn River, grounds of the former US Army Post Fort Severn. It's a beautiful setting. This is part of Bancroft Hall where the approximately 4,200 midshipmen live and have their meals.

This is part of the rotunda in Bancroft Hall. Paintings of historic naval scenes line the walls.

Part of the tour includes the crypt of John Paul Jones, a Scotsman who became a naval hero during the Revolutionary War.

One of the marinas in Annapolis with the Maryland Statehouse in the background.

With a final thank-you to our generous hosts, Chuck and Linda, we were off to Baltimore.

This was the view going under the expansive Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

We anchored one night on the way near Dobbins Island. It was a Friday night and about 13 boats stayed for the night, down from the 26 or so that were there earlier. This home on shore has its’ own lighthouse – rather cool we thought.

Kyle took the train from NY down to Baltimore and we met up with him on Saturday the 12th. Jim and Lou and family were there with their family to visit their son so they were able to pick Kyle up at Penn Station. Kyle enjoyed re-connecting with them until we got to our marina. We all got together for dinner that night at a Mexican restaurant. I didn’t get a picture of the whole group but this is their oldest daughter, Shannon, and her girls, Emily and Mariel, with Ginger.


This is a view of the Inner Harbor at Baltimore with a replica of the USS Constellation.

Another view of the Inner Harbor; it was a beautiful day for a dragon-boat ride.