Mary and Ron Visit July 18 to July 21 2016

 Our friends Mary and Ron arrived in the morning and we packed them back in the car and went to Baltimore to see the Aquarium and the city.

 There were dragons in the inner harbor.

 Monkeys in the trees

 And people with weird 3D glasses.

Dolphins that wanted to say hi. It was a good day.

 Day two we traveled to Annapolis and visited the Naval Academy. The Chapel is behind Mary and Ron.

 We enjoyed the buildings, especially the air conditioning.

 Old man trying to stay cool.

 The students were going out to race, looked like fun.

 Historical Inn with a glass floor showing the remains of a heater that was used for a greenhouse that contained tropical plans. 

 Becky is not sure about that glass floor.

 Mary and Ron at the entrance of the inn.

 Next door to the Inn was this sign attached to the home.

 One interesting crab at the Hepburn home.

 On the way back to the car we saw this home that was very interesting.

 Day three we traveled to Washington DC. If you ever go get there early and get tickets to the Mint and the George Washington Monument. We got there at 10am and was able to get 3pm tickets.

 This picture is from the World War II Memorial toward the Lincoln Memorial.

 We walked about an hour to go to Georgetown, on the way we walked the towpath of the start of the C and O canal. (Chesapeake and Ohio) The canal was never completed. It was a long warm walk.

This is the name of the restaurant where we had lunch.
Very nice, will come again.

 Back to Monuments, walking up to see President Lincoln.

 The reflecting pool really does reflect.

 President Lincoln is very impressive. 

 He is looking out toward the Washington Monument and to the left the Vietnam Memorial Wall.

 We were now ready to head to our 3pm Washington Memorial ride to the top. You can see the two different colors of rock. They came from different quarries.

 It is a long way up there. Looks like it is touching the clouds.

 From the top the view is fantastic. This is looking toward the World War II memorial and the Lincoln Memorial.

 This is the view toward the Jefferson Memorial.

 The White house , President Obama is waving if you look close.

 The Capital building, it was a very clear day.

Here is the story about the color change over time. It was a wonderful day and a lot of walking.

Visit with Amy and Tony July 13 to July 17th 2016

 We had a great time with Amy and Tony. We are about to watch a 4 d movie' "The Monster of the Deep" at the Baltimore aquirium.

 The wharf area walking to Fells Point.

 One Big  blue crab.

 Edgar Allen Poe's last stop was at the bar "The horse you came in on"

 Old picture of what the bar looked like back then. It is is oldest continuous running bar.

 Interesting article, The prices are way off.

 Interesting scupiture in Fells Point.

 Back to the Aquirium for  a look around. It was late in the day and basically empty, very nice.

 We sailed to Annapolis to stay overnight on a mooring ball. We visited the Naval Academy and the Capital building. A very nice lunch at the Naval Academy's officers club.

 George Washington was the commander in chief even when he was not president. He resigned in Annapolis and the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution was added designating the President as the commander in Chief.

 This was a big step and George saw that every state would probably want to control the Navy and Army and that would not have worked.

 Amy and Becky enjoying a swim in our Nettle Pool. 

We all enjoyed a wonderful dinner of Blue Crabs.

The Smith gang visit July 7 to 11 2016

Jodi, Tyler, Zachary and Corbin visited us on the Chesapeake for a few days and we took them swimming.

Zach was not too sure of jumping in for a while.

Old man at the wheel, it is a bare boat.

 Day two we drove to Baltimore to go to the National Aquarium.

Jodi and the boys getting a close up look at a stingray.

Cute little monkeys 

More Monkeys.

Australian display with Rainbow lorikeets.

This little guy wanted his picture taken too.

Nice displays of many different items.

Notice the pink tummy, she is happy to show off. 

Trainer and dolphin hanging out.

They seem to love to perform.

Day three off to Annapolis.

The boys and mom are having a good time.

Captain Corbin at the wheel.

He is serious, too bad he can not see where he is going.

We traveled to Solomons Island to the Shark Fest at Calvert Marine Museum

Zach and Corbin slide at the shark fest.

They loved the bugeye boat that they could play on.

Captain Corbin at the wheel again

Blue Crabs were picked up on the way back to the boat and Becky prepared them. UMMMM

Dolphin just off the starboard side of the boat.