The 1814 powder chamberThe first mate on one water taxi was a real clownAnother hot humid day. We are breaking records for heat in Baltimore. Apparently the temperature is about 15 degrees above normal for this time of year. Caught the water taxi this …
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St. Augustine, FL – 5/30/11
Memorial Day found Ricki & I ready to just hang around the boat and do little chores since we have had all the sun and heat that we wanted for the past couple days touring the town. In our job jar for today was to catch up laundry and inventory all…
Baltimore Harborview Marina, Baltimore, Maryland
The Baltimore world trade centre, the world’s tallest pentagonal buildingA poisonous frog at the Aquariuma lionfish at the AquariumThe Lightship ChesapeakeHot humid day today. Temperature in the 90s (that would be in the 30s in Canada). Beautiful day t…
St. Augustine, FL – 5/28/11 & 5/29/11
The past two days have been spent acting like tourists in St. Augustine. We had a 3 day pass on the Old Town Trolley so we were able to get a lot of use out of it since you could get on or off anywhere around the city in something like 24 spots.5/28/11…
Annapolis City Docks, Annapolis, Maryland
sign on a sailboat here at the City docks; when I stopped to take a picture, he asked if I had a granddaughter, or who I might have had in mind when I took the picture. Didn’t tell him granddaughters were 6, 4 and 1. He apparently was seriously recruit…
Washington, DC
The Korean War MemorialThe lineups to pass by the wall of names at the Vietnam memorial were huge; many left flowers and/or pictures of loved onesThe motorcycle paradeA vet is searching the book of names at the Vietnam MemorialWe rented a car with Jim …
St. Augustine, FL – 5/27/11
We left Palm Coast Marina at 9:20 this morning in hopes of beating the anticipated rain this afternoon. The 25 mile run to rivers Edge Marina on the Sebastian River was pretty easy. Lots of homes again and decks extending into the AICW along the way.Th…
Annapolis City Docks, Annapolis, Maryland
Spent a good night on the mooring ball, but our plan was to go into the City Docks if space became available today. Crawdad went into the first space, then watched for another boat to leave, which it did about 11. Crawdad radioed us and we came r…
Palm Coast, FL – 5/26/11
All 3 boats pulled out of their respective slips at 8:30 this morning for the 29 mile run to Palm Coast Marina. Halifax Marina was a very nice stop and we enjoyed our week there in spite of the mechanical issues that kept us in port.Skip had borrowed a…
Annapolis, Maryland
The one remaining functioning screwpile lighthouse marks Thomas Point shoal; we passed it just before we turned in to the Severn river and Spa Creek to AnnapolisSeveral cadets from the naval academy out and about the townWe had dinner at a restaurant a…
