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| The Baltimore world trade centre, the world's tallest pentagonal building |
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| A poisonous frog at the Aquarium |
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| a lionfish at the Aquarium |
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The Lightship Chesapeake
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Hot humid day today. Temperature in the 90s (that would be in the 30s in Canada). Beautiful day to be on the water. Got to Baltimore just after lunch. This is the 3rd day of a long weekend here, so lots of boat traffic, and most of it seemed to be leaving Baltimore as we came in. Lots of people who have not heard that it is impolite to wake other boats.
Toured the Chesapeake, a light ship here in Baltimore Harbour. This lightship is one of a few remaining that did duty as floating lighthouses in the 30s and 40s. During WWII this particular lightship was fitted with two 20 mm cannons, and used as a patrol/ inspection vessel near th entrance to the Cape Cod Canal. In 1945 she was returned to lightship duty off Cape Henry, VA. She was replaced by an offshore light tower on pilings in 1965. She has been in Baltimore since 1982.
Then Gloria and I went to the Baltimore Aquarium; the men thought it was too hot, so they went to a Barnes and Noble Book store and browsed the books. The Aquarium was great, well worth the visit. We did not get to see the dolphins, a mother had given birth to a calf this morning, so they had shut down the dolphin display to give mother and child a chance to rest.
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| Met the Pride of Baltimore as we entered the harbour; she is a replica of the type of ship used during the Civil War, and sails out of the harbour as an ambassador for Baltimore. |
Met Gloria's cousin and her husband for dinner, nice to meet them. Still warm tonight, we have not used the air conditioning in the boat, may be tempted tonight. We plan to stay here another day.
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