Happy Birthday Pat

Fort Mc Henry

What is Baltimore famous for?  Is it Edgar Allen Poe who was born here, or is it the Baltimore Ravens who have gathered more thugs than any other professional football team (yes even more than the Bengals), or...is it Francis Scott Key as he sat on a prisoner exchange ship and wrote the Star Spangle Banner!  We drove up to Fort McHenry to soak up the history.  Another backyard that we recommend people to visit if they are in the area.

Pat standing on the dock at Annapolis

George standing on the dock at Annapolis

Little did we know that Annapolis was just 18 miles from our backyard at Fort Mead.  We drove down to Annapolis on Pat's birthday to checkout Conrad Cannode's will at the Maryland State Archives.  They were closed on Monday's so we resorted to plan B...go have fun!  We had never been to the Naval Academy and thought it would be interesting.  It was built on a very small footprint compared to the Air Force Academy but is it steeped in history!   The area is really beautiful and the setting in historic Annapolis is truly awe inspiring.  Down the street is the revolutionary era state capital building built on the small narrow streets with colonial buildings preserved on every street.  It was like stepping back to the birth of our nation.   Annapolis unlike other cities that have areas with colonial era buildings, it seems the entire city reflects the colonial times.

We decided to go to Red Lobster to celebrate Pat's birthday but...alas the Garmin took us 8 miles to a Red Lobster that closed in 1999!  Plan B again, we had breakfast burritos in the motorhome and went for a walk in our backyard.  It was a perfect ending to the day!  Aren't plan B's wonderful??  We still have to go back to Annapolis to the Maryland State Archives but at least we know they will be open!

We hope your days are filled with Plan B's - it makes life just a little bit more interesting!