Annapolis, United States Travel Blogs

Bring out your Blue Angels
May 23, 2007 (3 photos)

... with whom we'll be staying for the next 10 days. Derek and Sarah are two great friends of ours who moved over to Annapolis 2 years ago. They've been working, procreating and building since they left, and the end results are a great little man called ...

Back to the 'Nap
May 31, 2007 (3 photos)

... . I'm hoping he'll come out to visit us in Vietnam or Laos, even though he's only 2. We managed to catch the Annapolis Memorial Day Parade, which was a bit of a laugh. Groups passing by included the 'PT Cruiser Owners Social Club' (consisting of ...

Oldest Capitol Still in Use
Nov 10, 1993 (3 photos)

... recognition of the United States of America by the rest of the world. May 7, 1784: Thomas Jefferson is appointed first United States minister to foreign governments. It happened in the Old Senate Room when the State House was our National Capitol: ...

Autohelm blues
Jul 3, 2007

... complicated process.  I dont think so. But to make a long story short, I get a call from the store here in Annapolis who said the pump had come in, but they had ordered the wrong one.  Sorry...we will reorder...three more day's delay.& ...

In the Navy....HAH!
May 1, 2007 (3 photos)

... we blinked (ie. fell asleep) and missed it!!! We stopped for brekkie at the U.S. military academy (NAVY) in Annapolis, Maryland. For such an impressive sounding town, Annapolis was cute and TINY!!!! We played the Village People in ...

Happy B'day America
Jul 4, 2007 (1 photos)

In spite of the mechanical slowdown, we are still having a great time.  Today, we opted to take the dink in for breakfast and had a great experience.  We went to the local "Dele" owned by the same family for 3 generations.  It was a real ...

End of the Cruise
Aug 23, 2006 (13 photos)

... as I have so much to do to prepare for Boat Show and Al is busy sorting out all of the Pennsylvania "stuff" he relocated to Annapolis just before we left. He will also be going back to work at IKON on October 1 so we will just have to "mooch" sails with ...

A great day at last!
Jul 2, 2007

... that an anchor does.  We had left at 0630 from Solomons MD holding a faint hope of getting a mooring ball in prime Annapolis territory in prep for the 4th of July.  My hope was that by coming at 1400 on Monday some folks ...

Kent Narrows to Annapolis
May 14, 2008 (23 photos)

... .Many old buildings We went on a jolly trolley tour around the city. I have forgotten most of what the guide said except Annapolis was named after Princess Anne. The streets are twisty & not like the gridded streets you find in most towns & city's here. ...

In the Navy
Aug 17, 2009

Another day where we drove through three states. The US Naval Academy was very big right on the waterfront in Maryland, not exactly my cup of tea but the guided tour was interesting. 

Norfolk, VA to Annapolis, MD
May 31, 2009

... could both make our destinations the next day before bad weather moved in on Saturday night. 5/15/09 Solomons Island, MD to Annapolis, MD What a difference a night makes! When we got out on the Patuxent River it was flat calm not a breath of wind ...

Annapolis
Sep 19, 2007

... can be and ....NO ($45) MOORING BUOYS!    Just drop an anchor and make a martini.  So we get into Annapolis in the early afternoon and enjoy the fine fall air and sun.  Four more days on the water and its time to return to ...

Visit of Annapolis
Aug 6, 2007

Today, we visited Annapolis, a quaint little town with colorful houses & along the Chesapeake Bay.  We enjoyed a short tour on a boat that took us to view the colonial houses.  We also had a taste of local ice creams!  We needed to keep ...

Home? Already? You can't be serious.
Aug 5, 2005

Time to recover from jet lag

Touring Annapolis and the Eastern Shore
Oct 15, 2001

... sleeping in for a change, we enjoyed a slow start to a day of sightseeing in the capital of the United States. No, not Washington DC - Annapolis. The charter of 1708 makes Annapolis one of the oldest cities in America. In 1783 and 1784, Congress assembled ...

to Annapolis
Oct 12, 2001

... "Roy, listen to this. If you have to be somewhere in a hurry, you can catch a taxi or a shuttle from the Annapolis docks to the Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Now why would she be interested in the nearest airport??? Oct. 12 As our ...

Annapolis
Nov 10, 2005 (4 photos)

Day 8 Annapolis...the Capital of Maryland and the location of the US Naval Academy. The town is very quaint,with very skinny streets. We parked our car at the visitors center and walked everywhere else. This is very doable. The Naval Academy was only a ...

KNAPPS NARROWS,BACK CREEK,SPA CREEK,WEEMS CREEK---
Jul 29, 2009 (10 photos)

... NAVAL ACADEMY and historical downtown--we see the Maryland State House sitting majesticly on the hillside and lots of sailboats.Annapolis is the SAILING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.We moor in Spa Creek close to the Truxent Park which has miles of hiking ...

Annapolis again
May 18, 2008 (3 photos)

... dinghy dock at the end of each residential street that dead ends on the creek.  Its a great cruising experience. We arrived in Annapolis under in a cool to cold foggy afternoon.  It was so foggy that we even used the radar on our way up.  ...

day in maryland
May 4, 2009

went to visit rachel's great-grandma wheeler, hurried and went out for some crab eating at Cantlers and then off to bwi to fly home

arrived in Maryland
Apr 23, 2009 (2 photos)

Arrived at BWI, mom picked us ups and we went to meet Henry for lunch - crab cakes (sorry Steph!)    Went back to moms house and visited with mom and gail, walked to beach and Zac and Rachel played ball in the back yard.  Headed to ...

Annapolis Departure 10/5/07
Oct 6, 2007 (1 photos)

Mary Fisher, Gerry Hunter, Myrna and Dave Gibson departed the Annapolis Yacht Sales pier at 9:30 pm on October 5, 2007.  The first stop will be Portsmouth, VA on the Elizabeth River and the beginning of the Intercoastal Waterway (ICW).  About 40 ...

Maryland
Jan 23, 1996

hmmm

pool, wakeboarding and water
Aug 7, 2005 (8 photos)

I spent a lot of time on my vacation hanging out at the pool with maud or going wakeboarding. The only bad thing about wakeboarding this time of year were all the jellyfish in the water...and im extremely allergic!

Leaving Annapolis
Jun 11, 2007

Today, I'm leaving Annapolis, for Ft Dix.

Pusser's and MacGarvey's in Annapolis
May 27, 2007 (9 photos)

... that I knew from the past who didn't realize that I was living in kansas anymore...they just thought I didn't go out in Annapolis anymore! Katherine, Richard and I were ready to leave Pusser's bc it was so busy and go to Mangia's for pizza (i hadn't had ...

Annapolis, Maryland
May 28, 2005

... City for a weekend - but that's just my opinion and I promise to end the Jersey bashing comments). Anyway, Annapolis is a quaint, cute, little town where you're surrounded by all-brick foundation Georgian-style architecture houses. Everything seemed so ...

On to Annapolis
Mar 29, 2009

... % cream cheese.. STAGGERING. Luckily I followed that up with a baseball sized matza ball soup that was light and delicious :) Annapolis is a typical seaport village with the quaint tourist shops, and tons of options of fudge and shakes. I fear we will ...

Annapolis
Feb 11, 2006

Linzy and I went up to Annapolis to visit the Naval Academy boys!

A Day Trip to Annapolis, MD
Apr 26, 2009 (9 photos)

... back towards the car and walked past the Maryland State House.  Once we got back to the car we decided to drive around Annapolis.  While driving we came upon a scenic overlook.  So we stopped and it ended overlooking the river and the Naval ...