Annapolis, Maryland

The one remaining functioning screwpile lighthouse marks Thomas Point shoal; we passed it just before we turned in to the Severn river and Spa Creek to Annapolis

Several cadets from the naval academy out and about the town

We had dinner at a restaurant along the water, the area is known as "Ego alley" because boaters bring their boats down that narrow alleyway, turn at the end and come back so that everyone can see them

Left Solomons early this morning; the marine forecast was giving a small craft warning for after 2 pm today, so we wanted to be up here before that. South breeze, so the waves were coming behind us. Nice trip, warm and we had small biting flies in the boat,  not sure where they came from. We had reservations at the yacht club here in Annapolis; we were only able to get in because Jim and Gloria are members of a yacht club in Michigan. They had given us one price on the phone, when we arrived the price was quite different. We called around, there was one place to dock at the city docks, and there were mooring balls. Gloria and Jim took a mooring ball, we were going to the one dock. When we got there, it was only 12.5 ft wide, a little too small for our 13 ft wide boat. Therefore we are on a mooring ball as well. We had anticipated some difficulty getting hooked up to it, but it went quite well. Got the dinghies down and went for a tour of the town and got some dinner. Beautiful town, lots to explore. This is a big weekend in Annapolis, the naval academy graduation is tomorrow; apparently about 1000 cadets graduate each year. The Blue Angels were supposed to be putting on flying demonstations here Tuesday and Wednesday, then doing a flyover after the graduation tomorrow, but apparently they came a little too close to each other for safety in practice, so have gone back to Pensacola to practice some more. Another group will do the fly over tomorrow.

We went by the Calvert Cliffs as we left Solomons today, they go on for 30 miles.  It is in these cliffs that many fossils have been found.

Our boat on the mooring ball.

We plan to stay here over the weekend and tour both Annapolis and Washington, DC.