Annapolis, Baltimore, Chesapeake City and C & D Canal

 

Big - but not dangerous, waves all day

The Chesapeake was just lovely the day we left St Michael's for Annapolis. 

BIG, ocean-like Chesapeake Bay

It looks, as did the Great Lakes, like the ocean. And, it can kick up ocean-sized waves. We try to avoid that kind of water, but once in a while we get a surprise dose.

Blue Angels over CAROL ANNE from HUMBUG

We arrived in Annapolis just in time for the Naval Accademy's graduation weekend. In honor of that, the Blue Angels put on an incredible show. We watched it from our upper deck.

Yacht Clubbers watching Blue Angels

We were docked right in front of the Annapolis Yacht Club where hundreds of members also watched the Blue Angel's show. They were all dressed nicer than we.

We had rejoined our friends, Loretta and Bob on CAROL ANNE, whom we hadn't seen since Daytona, in Annapolis. Since they'll cross their wake (finish the Loop) at the Statue of Liberty in a few weeks, as will we, we decided to cruise the rest of the way together. 

While in Annapolis, we took a Red Train tour of the city and gawked at all the beautiful, young people in town for the graduation.

Chicken statue on Red Train tour

Baltimore was our next port of call.

Us and friend approaching Baltimore Harbor

Both we, and Loretta and Bob, had people to visit  in Baltimore. One was Loretta and Bob's son, Travis who had graduated from Johns Hopkins and stayed there to work. The other, was David Ente, the son of one of Pete's roommates from Union.

Entering Balitimore

David Ente, frog man

Lucky for us, David is the dock master at the Baltimore Harbor East Marina. He got us slips there even though it was Memorial Day weekend.

 David has a dive service business in addition to being dock master. 

Baltimore is a foodies heaven, so the first night we were there, we went to dinner with Loretta, Bob, Travis and Travis's girl friend, Ti, to a fabulous, high-on-the-foodies-wish-list restaurant.  

David and Robin

The next night, we took David and his wife, Robin, whom we had not seen since their wedding 10 years ago, to another fine restaurant. Robin, works for Under Armour, which is headquartered in Baltimore. She is in the international department where she responsible for opening new markets.

Stop #1 on Food Tour

Continuing to eat our way through Baltimore, the next day we went on a food tour which took us to 5 different restaurants. 

Perogies on the Food Tour

Famous sign in Baltimore's Inner Harbor

We had a great time in Baltimore. But, we'd eaten far too much, so it was time to continue heading north toward home and...the looming diet.

Night in Baltimore from HUMBUG

Baltimore's Inner Harbor

Ft McHenry as we left Baltimore

Entering C & D Canal

To get to Cape May, NJ from Baltimore, you have to go to the very top of Chesapeake Bay to Chesapeake City, then transit the C & D Canal which takes you to the very top of Delaware Bay at Delaware City. That is where,I have spent most of this entire day, writing this and my previous blog post.

Delaware City

Tomorrow we make the run down the entire Delaware Bay to Cape May. There, we'll wait for a good "weather window" in which to venture outside (the ICW and into the Atlantic) to make our way to Atlantic city.