Day 251: Monday, May 13, 2013

Port to Port: Annapolis, Maryland

Underway: 0:00 am      Motor Off: 0:00 pm      Miles Traveled: 0      Stayed At: Marina

Mile 53 to Mile 53: Our tentative plan today was to hit 4 museums before we move on from Annapolis. We only accomplished 50% of our goal (and that was probably a good thing). We returned to the Naval Academy Museum but not before stopping at the Drydock restaurant on campus to try out their French toast and relax a little. This is the nicest place in town to just relax and eat a sandwich or have a snack. I was even able to charge a few devices because there was an outlet under some of the booths. We finished touring the museum – it is in the running for the best museum of the trip so far – an amazing amount of US history presented in interesting and interactive ways. We also toured the Chapel and saw John Paul Jones crypt up close (along with small bunches of local school kids). We will be back some day I hope.

We next headed for the Post Office to pick up a replacement GPS from Dual. They were very helpful and expedited the shipment so we would get it before we left on Tuesday. The new one works as expected.

We were going to go to the National Sailing Hall of Fame but it doesn’t seem to be open – they are supposedly going to build a nice new facility in the near future to house their collection but right now it looks closed.

We struck out again with the Annapolis Maritime Museum – luckily I checked online for information before walking 1.3 miles – they are only open Thursday through Sunday. We just missed it. We were successful in finding the Annapolis Museum through – it tells a little about the history of the town but mostly has displays on slaves who tried to escape slavery and their stories. Interesting but sad stories. It is amazing how human beings can treat other human beings so badly and feel justified in doing so.

We finished the day with another stop at our new favorite restaurant – Moes Southwest Grill. Unbeknownst to us, they have a Monday special – any burrito (with pop and chips) for $5.95. We got two – one for dinner and one for lunch tomorrow. I hope we find a Moe’s somewhere else along our trip.