8-31, Annapolis

We were happy to get the chance to spend another day with Dad, Mary Jo and Breen. We took them to Annapolis since they had never been there. It was a beautiful day, still very hot though. We seem to already have our favorite routine down: park at the academy, have lunch from the deli and eat it in the park, stroll around the town and then walk around the academy.

Can you believe the size of this boat??? There were SO many boats out in the harbor....I guess you couldn't expect anything less of a beautiful Labor Day weekend.

These are familiar words......

We were able to go into the administrative hall at the academy. The walls are adorned with Naval memorabilia and murals. This plaque was of particular interest as my maiden name is Osburn....yet I had never seen it spelled with a "z". The flag was flown on the destroyer during the Korean War and given to the academy by a 1938 Naval Academy grad.

You never know what you're going to find on the campus of a military academy. We presume this was a plebe spirit mission.

Pretty nice quarters for the Superintendent!

The inside of the academy chapel is breathtakingly beautiful.

And then the crowd made it home again....hot and tired but still wearing smiles!