Day 333 – Shady Side, MD to Annapolis Harbor mooring field in Annapolis, MD - June 3, 2012

Today’s departure was planned so that we would arrive in Annapolis Harbor right around noon.  Noon is check-out time for the city operated slips and mooring balls here in the harbor, so we knew if we got here just after noon, the weekend visitors would be gone and we would have lots of options.  We did not make any reservations, but planned to scope out the situation and decide what to do once we arrived.

We took a quick turn around the harbor when we first arrived and based on predicted wind direction for the next couple of days decided that a mooring ball in the outer harbor would be relatively protected and the most fun (we’d be right in the middle of all the activity – good for people watching and boat watching).  Shortly after we arrived two other Looper boats arrived and picked up mooring balls here in the harbor as well.  We were thrilled to finally meet Sid and Evelyn on Something Special who we have heard so much about as well as Joe and Pat on Glory Days.  We knew that John and Mary from Passport were also here in Annapolis, so we gave them a quick call to find out where they were and what kind of plans they had for the afternoon/evening.  A few conversations later and the four couples had plans for cocktails on Something Special and then dinner at the Annapolis Yacht Club (thanks to an invitation that John and Mary received).  It was a great evening and many wonderful Looper tales were shared.
 
            Miles: 13.1      Bridges: 0        Locks: 0

Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse

as we approach Annapolis, looking up the Severn River

this is a Navy yard patrol boat - the midshipmen at the U.S. Naval
Academy use these for training

the U.S. Naval Academy

these are some of the sailboats the midshipmen at the U.S. Naval
Academy use to learn how to sail - they appear to be getting them
ready for launching

a closer picture of the dormitory at the U.S. Naval Academy

we took a dinghy ride up Spa Creek and saw some very nice homes along the way

another home on Spa Creek