Day 20

From Peter Ver Ploeg:

We enjoyed a nice late morning (it had been a late night), grabbed breakfast out and then headed over to the naval academy to tour the campus, take a spin through the museum and, marvel at the model ships.













There is a little inlet off the harbor that leads right into downtown Annapolis. The boat slips that line its side are, as might be expected, fairly pricey. Those who can afford them can afford fairly nice boats to put in them. The whole area is called "Ego Alley" and rightly so.


It being a nice, sunny Saturday afternoon, with lots of pedestrians out and about, we naturally decided to take a turn down Ego Alley to see and be seen, to strut our stuff before we shipped out.




We dropped our friend Chris off for a photo shoot as we maneuvered around and, with hand towels and clothing drying on the side rails and our little diesel belching heavy, blue smoke that went drifting thick and lazy over the onlookers, we chugged down to the turn-around, scattering the ducks, posing for photos, me steering with my foot, Chris chasing us along the shore shouting instructions for better photos. We made quite an impression.


Then, out of the harbor and up the Severn River to stay with my uncle. Its been a lovely stay so far.