Naptown

Howdy howdy! and greetings from Annapolis! I like it here. It's fun to go to places I've never been before, but it's also really cool to know that I can get off the boat and walk a quarter mile to a really neat bookstore... so that's what I did yesterday after we got docked and settled. Then I found ice cream. It was a good day!

On the way from Solomon's Island we saw Thomas Point- one of my Top 5 Favorite Lights:

Then Alice got some cool pictures as we were coming into the marina:
No worries, it waited til we were just about ready to dock to start raining on us. Isn't that nice? :)

I'm writing this from a coffee shop in downtown Annapolis... later today we're gonna go visit the Pennsylvania Dutch Market and see what kind of trouble we can find :)

I think you're just about up-to-date now. Thanks for reading!

duck. duck. jellyfish.

Today is July 30, 2009.

I had an amazing morning- woke up late, read my book on the stern with Fran, there was an awesome breeze- this place is beautiful.

We finally got Alice’s sunglasses fixed! (there is more to this story, but we’ll save that for a later time…) We had an adventure at the Pennsylvania Dutch Bakery. We have enough food to last us until the end of time- pies, fruit, bagels, candy, brownies… yum-oh!
After we got all of our finds back to the boat, we headed off in the rental car to St Michaels- over the Bay Bridge. More on that later.

We had lunch at the Crab and Steakhouse Restaurant (I finally had a crab cake!!! Devine, just devine…) just across from the St Michaels Lighthouse. Here’s a picture.

Here are Barry and Dick.

And Alice and Fran.

We saw ducks!

And more jellyfish!

And here are 2 awesome crab boats… they look like they’re about to sink!

We walked around “downtown” St Michaels. Looked in little shops- the town is way cool.

Then we had to take the Bay Bridge back to Annapolis. I decided I’m not a fan. It’s very tall. Cruise ships can fit underneath.

During rush hour, they close one lane of the westbound bridge (there are 2 bridges. One eastbound and one westbound.) and let cars go in the opposite direction! It’s utter chaos! Here’s a picture:

p.s. all day, I’ve been singing that song, “That’s Life” Michael Buble-style… great song.

brown eyed girl

Today is Wednesday, July 29, 2009.

This morning was a short riding day- we got to Annapolis before noon! On the way, we saw Cove Point lighthouse- AND got a picture of it while it was lit up! …not as easy as you’d think.
It lights up every 10 seconds.
There was counting involved.

Then, we saw Bloody Point lighthouse:

Then, everyone’s favorite by a long shot- drum roll please-
Thomas Point lighthouse!It’s soooo cool!
And because it's such an awesome lighthouse, here is one that someone painted. It was on the wall near our table at lunch.

We also saw another crab boat:I decided I want to take one home.
They’re way fun.

Since I know you’re wondering, we ate lunch at McGarvey’s- a pretty cool pub. Kinda like Hannah Flannigan's. but not. I had a mighty fine cheeseburger. Then we walked around Annapolis, got some ice cream, looked in some cool stores, and I finally bought some new books! There was a way cool bookstore downtown that sells books way cheap- I was excited!

This town is so sweet- it looks like a foreign country! Cute little store fronts line the streets- check out this cute little sign:What a great name for a store, right?

Here’s the capitol building:

Tonight, we’re eating dinner at a place called Café Normandie downtown. Tomorrow is a layover day- whoopee! We’ll sleep in a little, and then there are more sights to see!

Happy Wednesday! :D