On Memorial Day we rode a shuttle van from the marina into downtown Annapolis and took a trolley tour through the historic district and over the Severn River to a WWII Memorial Monument with a beautiful view of Annapolis back across the river. After the trolley ride we were ready for some ice cream. Then we visited the Annapolis Naval Academy. We especially wanted to visit the chapel which was supposed to be open. We walked to every door and were only able to look inside through the windows. The chapel seats 2500 midshipmen. It is a very impressive building.
After three days in Annapolis we finally got someone to service the refrigerator. It required only a cooling fan and it is back in operation. Everything seemed to come together for us on Wednesday. The new computer arrived, our mail from home arrived, a woman from the marina office took me to lunch with her so that I could purchase a new camera, and the refrigerator was back in operation. By 2:00 we were ready to be back on the water so we left the Chesapeake Harbor in Annapolis and went to Rock Hall, just across the Bay. This is a small quaint town with a grocery store within walking distance. We got a ride to the store and walked back with as much as we thought we could carry for a mile back.
The next day we enjoyed a very pleasant cruise up the Bay and up the Sasafrass River to Georgetown, MD. Muriel and I toured the Kitty Knight House which is two Revolutionary War era homes which are now joined into a beautiful restaurant and bed and breakfast. The marina did not have cable TV on the dock so we had to ferry across the river to another facility so Shelly could watch the last episode of Lost and walk back to the boat at 11:00pm.
On Friday morning we left Georgetown and cruised on up to Chesapeake City, arriving about 1:00. Dianne and the three of us walked through the old town district. The ladies were struck with the quaintness of the village and all the beautiful blooming flowers. Muriel and Dianne decided this is a perfect place to live and open a grocery store for cruisers. (Wonder how many villages will be "perfect places to live" before we finish this trip.) As we walked down one of the streets the entire view was suddenly filled by a large ship headed to Baltimore through the canal. Some of the locals said the ship was hauling 6900 automobiles. What a sight to see such a large ship in such a small canal.
Today is Saturday. We are sitting in the harbor at Chesapeake waiting for a storm front to pass before we transit the C&D canal and make our run down the Delaware Bay to Cape May, NJ. We just met a fellow on the dock who has lived nearby all his life. He said that 18 years ago you would not have wanted to set foot in the town because it was quite run down and not safe. The town was built as a construction village for the construction of the canal and afterwards was left to deteriorate. Mrs. RC DuPont, who also lived nearby, took an interest in the village and began buying properties and returning them to their original condition.
The rain has just started. It is expected to move through the area this evening and tomorrow looks good for our trip down Delaware Bay. We hope to learn how to get some pictures on the blog soon.
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Thanks for the update. I'm envious of your travels. We are still here in FL chipping away at the to do list. Hopefully you made a safe transit down the Delaware River and are now at Cape May or along the Jersey Shore. Please keep posting and call if you need assistance with the pictures.
Jeff
Ok my friends, here is how you get the photos on the blog.
1. write a posting
2 on the top row of the posting are icons. click on the icon that looks like a photograph it is next to the spell check (abc check)
3. it will ask you to browse your documents. open your pictures folder and choose. you have to do this one at a time
4. click upload
5. click done
6. click preview if it is not in the correct place you can cut and paste it where your want it!
The other way is to write your post in a word document and cut and paste your photos into the document then copy your document into the blog post. Always preview and spell check prior to posting!
Cheers
Anne
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