Trip to Annapolis Boat Show

The trip went fast for one thing. I had Ken meet me at our home and we drove out there Thursday night. Took us 9 1/2 hours which went by not to bad. Had rain going out most of the way but the temp kept climbing so that was a good thing for us at is was in the 40's when we left Michigan. We had a motel in Glen Bernnie MD for Friday and Saturday night. As we arrived around 12:30 am Friday morning. We needed a place to sleep. So after tooling around Annapolis for a bit we had to ask if there was a Denny's around. Yep we found one. So after Ken and I got filled up we went back to an area that we had known in advance that we could sleep in the car, Yes the car. Told Ken this was like my younger years. I told him if anyone knocks, just tell them we are on a all night stake out.

The trip was kind of a 2 part adventure. 1 part was looking for a few pcs of equipment and seeing what it was like out there and scouting around to see where to come to next year. I had never been in that part of the country before and was surprised by it. The town is very laid back and was not to bad to get around by car. But each time we came int the town it seemed like we came in at different points.

The 2nd part of the trip was to meet some friends that I have been chatting with for over a year on SeaKnots. It is a boating web site that has many great people on it that is out there living the dream or wanting to. A couple that left Whitehall a few years back Mike and Kathy we were able to hook up with a couple of times for drinks at the Fleet club. They have been helpful in helping us prepare our self for the same trip they took to get to the east coast.

The other group of people we got to finally meet were the ones from SeaKnots. Some came as far as Texas. One couple lived in North Carolina and one other Lady was working the show and using it as a stop over. She is in route to Cuba via a Irish flagged vessel. Were all sailors and over the year have gotten to know each other well, It was finally nice to be able to put a face with words we see typed.