Chesapeake Bay - Eastern Shore
We departed Baltimore a week ago, with a stop in Annapolis to have our Australian friends Ian and Leslie Kilgour join us. Annapolis is a great stop. Together, we all toured the State capital building and then Ian and Greg visited the Naval Academy, including the museum, which has an amazing collection of ship construction models from the 1600's thru 1800's. Judy and Leslie shopped, and we met at the end of the afternoon for a gin tasting at a local spirits shop. Judy and Greg had stopped in this fabulous liquor store the previous afternoon to check out their gin selection in preparation for Ian and Leslie's arrival, and the owner suggested bringing them for a gin tasting, which we did! He had us try 4 different types and I was surprised at how different they all tasted. Ian bought one that was a golden colour! We went out for an early dinner that night on the waterfront and just as the sun was setting 2 big clipper sailing ships sailed into the harbour and docked in fro