ANNAPOLIS to BALTIMORE / Thursday, May 26 to Friday, May 27 (Days 126-127)

Admiral's Log:     8:15 am, Thrs. 5/26/16
                         Air Temp:   68     Water Temp:   63
                         Winds:   Calm
                         Speed:   7 knots

Yay! Sunny day we can drive from the flybridge. Went under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, wow is it long and curvy, 3.7 miles shore to shore. We passed a couple more lighthouses I took photos of for my collection.

Sandy Point Shoal Light

Baltimore Light

We passed under the Francis Scott Key Bridge and past Fort McHenry as we approached our Marina in Baltimore.

Francis Scott Key Bridge

We arrived at 11:45 and walked around the historic district and grabbed lunch.
Whew it was hot! I know, I've been complaining how cold it has been. But geez where did Spring go?! It went from Winter to Summer overnight. We got back to the boat to cool off, read and tried to work on the blog, but the WIFI was not too swift, so I was not able to get much done.

We cleaned up and went to Captain James for dinner. Mike has been waiting for steamed crabs for a while, so we finally got them here. And he was not disappointed. We also got shrimp, both covered in Old Bay of course!

After dinner we watched the Pittsburgh Penguins eliminate the Lightning from Stanley Cup Finals. 

Friday, we took a water taxi to Fort McHenry. The Battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry was one of the few American victories of the War of 1812. Watching this battle was the inspiration for our National Anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner" written by Francis Scott Key.

On our way back the water taxi guide showed us a few of cool things about the area. Under Armor's world headquarters are here as well as a huge Domino Sugar processing plant. There are three water tanks painted with three local athletes; Michael Phelps, Cal Ripkin and Ray Lewis. 

Water tanks, can't see Cal, he's behind the tower.

We arrived at the Inner Harbor which is kind of touristy, with shops and restaurants. We ate at Shake Shack of lunch. They have great dogs and burgers and I got a peanut butter shake. We also got a photo of the Lighthouse Ship which used to be stationed off the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.

Suppose to be one of the largest neon signs in the US. You can drive a VW Bug through the dot on top of the I.

Our marina was in the historic area. All the old warehouse and cannery buildings have been turned into apartments and condos. They would be kind of neat to live in. 

We had a delicious Indian dinner at the Darbar restaurant near our Marina.