We have finally left Annapolis. When we arrived we had planned to spend one week, but due to boat work and weather it turned into three! We had a blast, but we were ready to move on.
We had been staying in smaller towns for a month so Annapolis was our first “big city” (at 35,000 people) in a while. As we arrived at the city front we started to get excited.
Annapolis City front from the water
There really is a lot to do in Annapolis and it is a boating friendly town. We stayed on the mooring balls right on the city front and had easy access to the downtown area. The downtown area consists of a few restaurants on the water and then a main street heading inland. The main street was filled with lots of cute shops and tons of restaurants. We were here so long we mad it a mission to try all the happy hours! The one at Rams Head was awesome because they also had free food!
Main Street Annapolis
The weather while we were in Annapolis was mostly hot and muggy. We did have some interesting storms too! Ryan did a great job capturing the lightening from a nearby storm.
Lightening – glad we’re not too close!
Our mooring ball gave us an awesome view of the Wednesday night sailboat races. Many different kinds of boats race and they all finish just past the mooring field on Spa Creek. We had a fun night watching the boats come roaring in barely missing all the boats moored. We even saw one guy on a boat kick somebody’s dingy out of his way. I guess all is fair in boat racing.
Small boats racing
Boat Crew
The sunsets were also pretty spectacular from our “backyard”. 🙂
Annapolis at sunset
We also took some dingy rides around the area exploring. There are a lot of beautiful houses on the water. And a very nice park near by where we took Stanley for a hike.
A view of a church from the water.
Our house on the water 🙂
Stanley leads us in the right direction!
Going around town we enjoyed walking through the historic district and admiring the houses. We also wandered through the naval academy which is open to the public. They have a museum there and you can go in the main dormitory and into the chapel.
Ryan about town with the Capital building in the background
The Military Academy Dormitories
Boat work was also a priority. We had new batteries installed, gel coat work done and Ryan made good headway on installing our water maker (I cannot wait until the day of unlimited showers!!). Since we didn’t have anytime before moving on the boats to work out the kinks we found lots of things that need tuning. Hopefully this will slow down as we continue our cruise.
Ryan hard at work on the water maker
Stanley helping!
One of our hobbies while in Annapolis was people watching at Pussers. Pussers is right on Ego Alley which is a narrow water way that boats will cruise down, turn around at the end and cruise back. It’s usually full of people showing off their boats or other assets. It does make for some good entertainment though. The people who we met at Pussers also kept us entertained and a few even bought us drinks. When you have no income you don’t say no to a free drink! One interesting couple we met was a fitness model and her car dealer boyfriend who had met a month ago and the boyfriend was already planning their wedding. I’m not so sure she was that into him and her facial expressions made for some hilarious moments. Fitness models are pretty buff too. I think she was way stronger than him so she could keep him in line for sure! We also had to have a few dark and stormys and painkillers to keep us going until we get down to the Caribbean in November!
Pussers on Ego Alley
We were able to attend the Annapolis Art & Wine festival while here. Being from the Napa area it’s our opinion that Maryland has other positive attributes they need to highlight rather than their wine. We did get quoted in the local paper though!
Ryan and Diana may have traveled the farthest. The San Francisco couple was boating from Florida up the East Coast when they stopped in Annapolis and discovered the festival.
“We saw there was an art and wine festival and, being wine people, we decided to come out here,” Ryan said.
“It’s beautiful here,” Diana said. “We love it.”
Whole Article: http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/annapolis/annapolis-arts-and-crafts-festival-becoming-known-for-maryland-wine/article_09c63d9c-e0c7-5de2-9632-9cb17af22b44.html
Right when we were ready to leave Annapolis we got delayed again by weather. We only had to wait it out for one more day and then we were on our way. And thankfully no damage or harm to Ryana.
The storm is literally right behind us as we get back to the boat!
Here it comes!
So our time in Annapolis has come to an end. We’ll be back in October, but for now new adventures lie ahead.
