This one is for my Maryland friends who are apparently finally warming up some.
I mistakenly walked another five miles today on the Columbia side and all I got for it was a blister on each foot. Jeeeeeeez! Ok, tomorrow will be pressing eighty degrees and so I'll work in the yard in my bare feet. Oops! That may not be too smart either.
I hope everyone has a great weekend and maybe next week I will get back to the Cayce Riverwalk.
I took the accompanying photo some years ago late in the afternoon (one of the magic hours) with wonderful lighting. This is the Pride of Baltimore II. The boat was working it's way up the Chester River to Chestertown along with a few other vessels. I guess they were arriving for the annual Tea Party. A celebration which will certainly take on added significance this year.
I took the accompanying photo some years ago late in the afternoon (one of the magic hours) with wonderful lighting. This is the Pride of Baltimore II. The boat was working it's way up the Chester River to Chestertown along with a few other vessels. I guess they were arriving for the annual Tea Party. A celebration which will certainly take on added significance this year.
FICTION AND FACT FROM SKIP'S ALMANAC OF GARBAGE KNOWLEDGE
Pride of Baltimore II
Whether making harbor in a new port of call half way around the world or returning home to her berth in the Inner Harbor, Pride of Baltimore II grabs attention! Whether blasting off her shipboard cannons or skimming majestically over the waves with all sails aloft, Pride II makes a proud statement about her sponsors and her colorful maritime history. As the Goodwill Ambassador of the State of Maryland and the Port of Baltimore, Pride II represents the business, tourism, and educational interests of the state with unmistakable flair and panache.
Pride of Baltimore II
Whether making harbor in a new port of call half way around the world or returning home to her berth in the Inner Harbor, Pride of Baltimore II grabs attention! Whether blasting off her shipboard cannons or skimming majestically over the waves with all sails aloft, Pride II makes a proud statement about her sponsors and her colorful maritime history. As the Goodwill Ambassador of the State of Maryland and the Port of Baltimore, Pride II represents the business, tourism, and educational interests of the state with unmistakable flair and panache.
Pride of Baltimore II was commissioned in 1988 as a sailing memorial to her immediate predecessor, the original Pride of Baltimore, which was tragically sunk by a white squall off Puerto Rico in 1986, taking her captain and three crew members down with her. Both ships were built in the Inner Harbor as reproductions of 1812-era topsail schooners, the type of vessels, called Baltimore Clippers, that helped America win the War of 1812 and finally secure its freedom. (From the Pride II website).
http://www.pride2.org/index.php
http://www.pride2.org/index.php
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