Fun with Marilyn's sister in the Chesapeake

After a visit back to Michigan to see our great children, grandchildren, family, and friends, we returned to the Chesapeake Bay area and Marilyn's sister, Lonnie joined us for a week of fun.

We had a slight delay as the water heater on the boat decided to go out.  Erwin ordered a new one and installed it the next day when it arrived.  It turned out to only be a one day delay.  We left the Solomons, Md and traveled to Cambridge.  Here is the boat at anchor with a boat called the "Nathan".  It is a skip jack boat.  Here is a picture of the kids on the boat right next to our boat at anchor.

We hiked all over the town and showed Lonnie how boaters explore a new town.  We saw a majority of the town and then Marilyn spotted a place called the Ruark Boat building which had a sign out front that visitors were welcome.  We wandered in and we got a personal tour of the place.  They had a group of 8th grade girls from Philadelphia that were there for the week.  They were learning how boats were built and refurbished.  They were the kids on the skip jack boat and they will each take a model boat home at the end of the week.  What a great way to learn that skill!  Here is a picture of the place.

We had a great time in Cambridge and then traveled to St. Michael's.  They are both on the Eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay.  We went to the Maritime museum.  We would all agree that this is a must see if you are in the area.  It is 35 acres dedicated to the history and preservation of boats of the Chesapeake.  Here are some of the pictures of the museum:

These are boat name boards from some of the local boats

Here are some fun pictures of me and my sister.  We are one of the restored boats and we are posing with one of the placards for the tourists.

This is one of the boats in the harbor that was providing a learning experience for the local school children.

This is the lighthouse on the site that they are in the process of restoring so we could not explore it.

We then crossed back over the Chesapeake Bay to the Western shore to Annapolis.  This is the capital and has been a working capital since the 1700's.  

Here are a couple of the lighthouses that are on the Chesapeake between Annapolis and Baltimore.

Here is the bridge that crosses over the Chesapeake Bay.  I think this may be our first double bridge.

We traveled to Baltimore Inner Harbor and stayed there for a couple of days.  We finished up a great week with Lonnie and toured the ships in the harbor.  The Constellation, a coast guard light ship, and a coast guard cutter.  Here is the cutter.

That is all three of us on the deck of the warship.

We also hiked up Federal hill and we went to the 27th floor of the Baltimore World Trade Center.  Here are some of the pictures from the top floor.

Here is a picture and if you look carefully you can see Solitude (the one with the blue on top) on the dock next to the big ship on the right.  We were at the dock right downtown by all of the water taxis, dinner cruises, and little paddle boats that are shaped liked dragons.

Here is the three of us at the dock next to Solitude.  We met a couple of businessmen from Egypt.  There are many nationalities in the city and it has been fun talking to them as they stop and ask about the boat.

Here is the three of us enjoying a wonderful ice cream treat. It was a wonderful week and we all enjoyed it.