Jonny got up and dinghied into town to go for a walk and buy some coffee. Actually, the coffee was one of the main reasons we came to Annapolis this time. When we were here to meet Stephanie and Ryan, Jonny had found a coffee shop with excellent coffee and he wanted to buy some more for the boat.
He returned quickly and we cast off of our mooring ball by 8:25 for the short four hour cruise up to Baltimore. Our plan was to spend a few days in Baltimore so we could get our AC fixed and pick up some items that we had shipped to Amanda’s home (Stephanie’s best friend).
The day started ourt sunny but quickly clouded up as we got out onto the bay. It was so foggy /cloudy that at times the horizon was indistinguishable. The sea and the sky just melded together.
But the seas were calm and there was very little boat traffic as we got to the busier waters of Baltimore. We passed under bridges (love the bridge shots) and by some huge (Navy?) ships.
We are staying at the Anchorage Marina, a dockominium complex where we’ve stayed before. It’s in a great location, close to restaurants and tourist activities and best of all, the AC mechanic lives aboard in the marina. We timed our arrival perfectly because it started raining later that afternoon and it continued to pour as the day wore on.
On Thursday morning, Woody, the AC mechanic came on board to fix our AC. And wouldn’t you know it after he re-set it and poked around a little, it worked perfectly! One thought was that the extreme heat over the last few days might have strained it. But who knows. Of course, the temperature had cooled considerably so all we could do was continue to run it over the next few days to see if it was still OK (and it was)!
Both Safeway and West Marine are just a couple of blocks away so we walked over to do some shopping. There is a most unusual contraption that runs up and down the harbor picking up garbage. It looks like a ride at an amusement park and it does a great job!
The nearby West Marine gives a big discount to those staying at Anchorage Marina on Thursdays so we bought some supplies to refinish the teak table on the aft deck and got to work on that. For dinner, Lynn made one of her favorite comfort foods, Pasta and Ceci (ditalini pasta and chick peas).
On Friday, Jonny went for a long walk while Lynn did some needed cleaning before she joined some of the ladies from the marina who had invited her for lunch. It was a treat to get away with 7 other women (all boaters) for a delicious lunch at a waterfront restaurant.
Upon returning to Zendo, Lynn and Jonny took another long walk all the way to Johns Hopkins to get flu shots at the Walgreen’s there. On the way back we walked through the beautiful (and huge) Patterson Park and passed an imposing Ukrainian Orthodox church.
On Saturdays, Baltimore has a great farmer’s market in the Fell’s Point neighborhood which is close to the marina. This historic neighborhood is very interesting with many cobblestone streets, renovated row houses and good restaurants and bars.
After stocking up on lots of fresh vegetables, we met Stephanie’s best friend, Amanda, at a nearby wine bar. Amanda is a resident at Johns Hopkins and we had some items mailed to her that she kindly delivered to us. We had a very nice time catching up with her. The walk back to Zendo from Fell’s Point takes us up past beautifully renovated waterfront condos. Baltimore has transformed their waterfront with lots of attractive walkways that are well used by walkers and bikers.
Upon returning to Zendo, Lynn did two large loads of laundry thinking that we would be leaving to continue our journey the next day. Some of our dockmates invited us for “docktails” and afterwards we had really delicious local corn on the cob and a great heirloom tomato salad for dinner.
We decided to delay our departure until Monday, August 17 since Sunday was rainy, dreary and the winds were a little higher than forecasted for Monday. So we spent the day doing boat chores, a little more grocery shopping and making a slow cooker pork tenderloin dinner which turned out to be a keeper! The next day we’ll head to Chesapeake City.
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