Bob’s mother and sister were looking for an adventure and boating experience so we left Annapolis and took the 4 hour cruise over to Baltimore. Leaving our compact slip with extremely narrow fairways and tight turns in Annapolis was certainly an experience. Thankfully, the undocking and the 27 mile cruise up the Chesapeake were uneventful. Unfortunately, the weather was spots of sun in between rain drops, but luckily not windy.
Fell’s Point is really part of greater Baltimore, which means for 2024, traversing the remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. This bridge was the site of the allision with the cargo ship, Dali. Our optimistic plans to visit Baltimore came together at the last possible minute as the crews refloated and moved the Dali on Monday, freeing the main channel for most commercial shipping, and more importantly for us, allowing one of the smaller, commercial only temporary channels to permit recreational boats 24/7 transits. We got word of this on Tuesday, just 3 days before our planned visit.
Seeing the remains of the bridge and the Dali up close added a new sense of the destruction of this immense structure.
Bob and Tracy took a long walk to Ministry Brewery. The neighborhood was absolutely adorable with patio lighting across the sidewalks and chairs and tables set up outside for neighbor gatherings. The brewery is based in the former St. Michael’s Church. Seemed a little weird to see vats of beer fermenting in the front. We did find it funny that we were walking into a church to have a beer and the chatter coming from inside were definitely church acoustics.
