Wednesday, August 31, 2011

76°29.112’ W

38°58.503’ N

The Yacht Basin

Annapolis, Maryland



Superintendent's Home

Most of today was spent at the Naval Academy. We took the walking tour and happened to see 4000 cadets march into lunch! The cadets muster for 

Chapel

 breakfast and lunch seven days a week then march to their tables and are served at one seating! We then visited John Paul Jones crypt and the naval museum. Lunch was enjoyed at the Quad club before watching the first full dress rehearsal of all the midshipmen marching --- all 4000 of them! There was a Navy band followed by the Naval Academy band followed by a Scottish Bagpipe band and of course the Naval Academy color guard!


Inside Chapel





Crypt of John Paul Jones



From there we walked to the state capitol which is under renovation. There wasn’t much to see with everything covered up with scaffolding and tarps.



Lining up for lunch



In Memorial Hall



We did find the Annapolis Ice Cream Company winner of the best ice cream in Annapolis for 2011! It was a small little shop where they make the ice cream on site. It’s not very fancy but it’s worth the walk.



Tomorrow we will move from Annapolis to Baltimore for a four day stay. We hope to get tickets to the Grand Prix Race, close to where we will have the boat moored.

Color Guard



Navy Band






Capitol