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Thursday, September 18, 2025 — Eric has been worried about the transit that we we’re about to make to DC. One of his concerns was speed: we were going to be going upriver against the current. To help maximize speed, … Continue reading →

Sunrise on Sunday, September 14 Sunday through Tuesday were quiet days overall. We’d intended to make a three-day trip to Washington DC on Monday, so we spent Sunday getting Kosmos ready for sea. We also went to Safeway to stock … Continue reading →

continued… The third room on the third floor of the Charles building was similar to the first two that we’d already seen: very large, spacious rooms filled with large paintings and some other types of art. There were also exhibits … Continue reading →

Saturday, September 13 — We’d planned to go to The Walters Museum and Peabody Library this afternoon. Keith was opposed to going to yet another museum, but Christi and Eric managed to talk him into going because Walters had a … Continue reading →

Continued… As we’d noticed the day we’d visited the Historic Ships, the aquarium was housed in two separate buildings attached by a sky bridge. We wandered over to the skybridge to see what was in the other building. Here were … Continue reading →

continued… Looking down at the main pool as we climbed higher. There weren’t many exhibits where you could touch the creatures, but there were a few. We believe this was an Atlantic horseshoe crab. These moon jellyfish were common in … Continue reading →

Friday, September 12 — This morning, Eric ran all the engines and water makers. He also changed the filters in the black water and grey water vent loops. Those filters are immensely helpful in controlling odors. Before leaving for San Diego, … Continue reading →

Thursday, September 11 — On Thursday, August 27, we left Kosmos at 0400, drove to the car rental center, returned the car and caught the shuttle to the airport. We made it to the airport in plenty of time to … Continue reading →

continuing on in the transportation section… in 1935, Chevrolet opened a manufacturing plant south of Baltimore that produced more than 12-million vehicles during its 70+ years of operation. It closed in 2005. There was a small display on a tire … Continue reading →

continued… Next we went into another large room that was set up to look like a clothing manufacturing facility. Baltimore was also a hub for clothing manufacturing. Our tour guide showed us the revolutionary technology of the era that made … Continue reading →