Have to start with a beautiful sunset photo from last night that Jim took. It’s a wow! (And, I am working on getting the photos right-side up! Upgrades to the WordPress site are a pain!)
Spent a quiet night here at anchor. No wifi….and no Cubs’ game. Thus an evening spent talking and reminiscing about trips and plans and families. Two friends, one I’ve known since grade school and another with whom I worked very closely when I was at Bekins have both been recently diagnosed with dementia. So what I say is: Let’s make LOTS of memories while we can still remember them.
That said…..
Early morning is a special time aboard. There is a “golden moment” that paints everything and everyone in early sunlight. Please note the clever coffee cup that I am holding.
There are plenty of mega-yachts too (tho’ not as many as we’ve seen in Newport RI, Charleston and Fort Lauderdale!) Tsalta is our neighboring boat in Annapolis. We saw six crew board this afternoon. Two people, one of whom was quite elderly) dined on the aft deck….nobody else.
This year’s tour was not as good as last year’s….more history of naval battles than information about life on the campus. Who knew that John Paul Jones defeated the British navy while commanding a French ship!? (If you did…congratulations.) We had the parents of a new student along on our tour who figuratively jumped for joy when our guide estimated that four year’s at USNA costs roughly $375,000, courtesy of the US taxpayers.