Washington to Baltimore

We stayed with Tina and Ed Burke at their beautiful home near Washington. They ferried us around and entertained us after having just returned from a six month sailing trip. We thoroughly enjoyed our time with them and appreciate their kindness and generosity. Thanks guys!

When we got to Baltimore, we heard that there was a baseball game that just started. We could see the stadium from the dock so we hussled over to Camden Yards and watched the Orioles play the Oakland A's. We missed the first 3 innings but it was really fun and the Orioles won. This picture is of the sweeper guys that came at the end of the inning. Their mascot was a big oriole but this guy didn't give me a noogee like the Green Monster did at Fenway in Boston.
On our second day in Baltimore we did the maritime museum and we got to go on a submarine, a coast guard cutter and a lighthouse boat. This is the sub USS Torsk. It was really cool to see but I think don't think I would want to be on one of those guys underwater. It's very narrow and clostraphobic. The bunks for the crew are stacked 3 high and some of the guys have to sleep in the torpedo room above the torpedoes. They each get one teeny locker to put their belongings. The head (washroom) is not much bigger than the one on our boat. There are so many controls and handles and levers in there!!! Dad was getting clostraphobic with the sub there at the surface and he could get out any time he wanted!!! They had the sonar running so that we could hear all the boats whizzing around the harbour and the periscope so we could see them. It was cool. The coasties had a much more comfortable ride. They had much more space and were actually on the surface!!!
On our 3rd day in Baltimore we went to the Aquarium. This is a picture of the dolphin show. This guy jumped 22 feet in the air and touched a ball with his nose!!! He even got it on the first try. It was an incredible show. At the very end, one of the trainers was pushed all the way around the tank by a dolphin and the only thing in the water was her legs. She was sort of leaning forward and the dolphin pushed her all the way around. I decided that I want to be a trainer like that but there are no aquariums near home other than maybe Marine Land.
This is also at the aquarium in Baltimore. The only sharks we saw in the Bahamas were nurse sharks. This guy has much bigger teeth!!! It's a sand tiger shark. Lukily he was in a tank!!! I wouldn't want to swim with this guy. He even has an evil glowing eye!!!( that's actually the flash from the camera)We had lots of fun in Baltimore.