How time flies.....

Today is the 14th of July.....already! We have been to the Solomons Islands, we then headed to St. Michaels and we are getting ready this morning to leave Baltimore and head to Annapolis. What a fabulous route this has been...... Maryland is gorgeous.

We had a "ladies pilot day" from the Solomons into St. Michaels and I must say, driving Buster is much more fun and easier than our last boat. Also, there are no logs or deadheads to watch for in these waters compared to our Washington waters. There are crab pots around, but not near as many as at home. I have to admit, neither of the ladies were quite ready to dock Buster so we handed the helm over.... I also must take this moment to hand it to Chris, he is doing an amazing job as our Captain! Doug has been co-captain and is also doing great. Buster is much easier to drive than our Meridian, but docking is much different. There is one engine rather than two and the stern thruster is non existent. Chris is doing a spectacular job! We've also gotten past the "what's that noise" for the most part and we feel we are really getting to know the boat. We still love everything about her. She is so spacious and comfortable it's amazing.

Speaking of crab, when we were in St. Michaels and I insisted that we find a place to try blue crab from the Chesapeake Bay....We ended up at the Crab Claw and found that the size of the blue crab that we were served is quite different than the crab we have in Puget Sound. It was very good and prepared with seasoning which was great, but we just had a tough time pulling apart a crab that wasn't 6 - 1/2 inches across which is the minimum legal limit in our area. It was great and all a part of the Chesapeake experience. I love this place!


While at St. Michaels, we did a bike ride from the marina down to the Oxford ferry which was HOT and felt much longer than 7 miles each way, but again, what a great ride! Oxford was beautiful and where ever we go there is a restaurant with seafood :) We ended up at the Inn at Perrys Cabin and had were in shock when we ordered 4 martinis and the $60 I had was gone and I needed tip money from Theresa! They were the best martinis we'd ever had and we got them in plastic cups so we could take them outside on the lawn.... the lawn where they filmed the movie "The Wedding Crashers". What a gorgeous spot that is and we had another lovely evening. The weather is hot during the day and the mornings and the evenings are amazing and perfectly wonderful.










From St. Michaels, we then headed to Baltimore through Kent narrows.... YIKES! We got very familiar with the depth gauge on Buster as you can see. It was tense for a few moments, but we made it through with no problem.... whew!

Baltimore is beautiful. I know, everyone that we talked to said it was spectacular, but I couldn't help but think.... a huge city, how great could it be? But we went on and WOW, what a pleasant surprise and what a beautiful city.

Beautiful city!!!! And so much history again!!! The tour of the USS Constellation was magnificent and we even heard one of the canons fire. Quite a blast if you weren't ready for it.




















We are moored right downtown, have a wonderful view of the city and it's easy walking around town.






Both nights that we've been here, we've hung our feet over the swim deck (needed from all of the walking during the day) and watched the city lights. What a treat....