Monday morning was get underway time and say goodbye to Baltimore. As we headed out through the harbor, we passed close to the special buoy, known as the Francis Scott Key marker, shown in the picture here. It marks the spot where he was being held aboard a British jail ship and watched as the Royal Navy bombarded Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. He jotted down the words of the Star Spangled Banner which later was adopted as our National Anthem.
Baltimore harbor is a busy place and we passed many large vessels similar to the one pictured here. The trip from Baltimore to Annapolis, only about thirty miles, took about two hours since we headed up the Severn River to sight see the large homes on the river bank, before returning to Annapolis and the Annapolis Yacht Basin Marina
.Last evening we all gathered aboard the large yacht in our group, the 110 foot Lady Nancy, for a wonderful cocktail party with special appetizers prepared by their chef. Jim and Nancy Hudson are the proud owners of the vessel and they hosted a very elegant party. The weather was perfect and we all gathered on the upper decks and enjoyed the scenery of the marina and the hospitality of the Hudson's.
Ned
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