Monday, August 6 - Annapolis, MD

We briefly stopped in Deltaville, VA for the next night; then Crisfield, MD, Solomon'sIsland, Oxford, then Annapolis. Each night was just a waypoint for us. We went ashore in Crisfield for some crabs and then again in Oxford where we fought some rain to get into the restaurant. Unfortunately, in our haste to get to Baltimore, we really didn't get to see these places except overnight. Needless to say, we didn't see much. By the time we got to Annapolis, it was very, very hot. We anchored in Back Creek, but decided not to stay more than overnight as we needed air conditioning. We had reserved a spot at a marina in Baltimore's Middle River and knew that we could plug in there and enjoy our air conditioning. That turned out to be a good decision as it only got hotter.

We arrived in Baltimore ahead of schedule on the 7th of August. Unfortunately, we were unable to do much sailing because the winds were extremely light.

We did some sightseeing in Baltimore where Mike had spent some time in the Army. We were shocked at some of the areas we went through--very rundown, often boarded up and in general not where we wanted to be. On the other hand, we had some great homemade Italian pizza at a local pizzeria and discovered a crabhouse, Schultzes', with delicious soft crab sandwiches and hard crabs. Schultzes' is a local place that is packed on weekend nights with people knee-deep in hard crabs.