Day 334 – at Annapolis Harbor mooring field, Annapolis, MD - June 4, 2012

We had a busy day planned today.  I found a hair salon here in Annapolis and made myself an appointment for this morning (always a traumatic experience when you are away from your favorite stylist who knows you so well and never gives you a bad cut).  Fortunately my hair looks great and we also got a few banking chores accomplished.

From there we headed to the United States Naval Academy and got signed up for a guided tour.  What an amazing campus and an amazing program to develop the future leaders of our military.  The majority of the midshipmen are away from campus now for their summer assignments and the plebes (the new freshman class) have not yet arrived, so things were relatively quiet.  The academy takes this “quiet time” to show high school students a bit about life at the academy.  Over the next six weeks, 3600 11^th grade students will spend a week here on campus and experience life at the academy.

The buildings here are spectacular and we got a chance to look inside  a few of them including Bancroft Hall, the largest dormitory in the U.S., the Main Chapel with its fabulous stain glass windows and Dahlgren Hall where many midshipmen social activities take place.  It was a great tour and we were glad we had a chance to visit this beautiful campus.

Shortly after getting back to Boreas from our Academy tour, Fred got a call from another Looper couple here in Annapolis who got our contact information from Joe on Glory Days.  We met Keith and Joyce from Great Mates II and enjoyed drinks and dinner together and had a second great evening sharing Looper tales.
 
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inside the beautiful Dahlgren Hall

looking up the stairs in Dahlgren Hall

Bancroft Hall - the largest dormitory in the U.S.

another picture of Bancorft Hall

Bancroft Hall again - the open area in front is about half of the assembly
area where the midshipmen gather before going in to meals

inside Bancroft Hall - this painting is over the front door

another picture from inside Bancroft Hall

U.S. Naval Academy Chapel

inside the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel

one of the beautiful stained glass windows inside the Chapel

the crypt of John Paul Jones beneath the Chapel

the Prince Frederick, one of the beautiful model ships in the
museum at the Academy (see info below)

information about the model pictured above

some of the sailboats that are used by the midshipmen