More photos

We left Baltimore on Saturday afternoon.  I’ll add a blog post with map of our route when we get settled in at Solomons this coming weekend.  Last year I promised to not send weather reports, so suffice it to say the cruising this week has been under eclectic weather conditions.  Everything from sunny 70’s with perfect winds to cold damp fog to strong gusty wind with rain.  We have taken advantage of the good days and stayed cuddled in our snug cabin on the yucky days.  It’s all good.  We are beginning to feel the need to start south.  We have decided to leave the boat somewhere in NC for a couple of months (July & August) since it gets way too hot to be living on the boat without AC.  We will return to her in September and continue south.  Right now we are thinking we will leave her somewhere in the sounds of North Carolina; Washington perhaps.   I want to send some more photos of our visit to Baltimore.  Attached are photos of:

A buy boat.  These guys were the middlemen between the fishermen and the fish houses.  It was time consuming for the fishermen to bring their catch back to a dock to sell it then return to the fishing grounds.  Thus created an opportunity for the buy boat captain to earn a living and provide a service.  The buy boat would meet the fishermen on the fishing grounds, buy his catch and allow him to keep on fishing.  The buy boat took the catch of several fishermen to market.  A Chesapeake Schooner.  These were the commercial freight haulers in the days before steam.  They carried manufactured goods to the plantations and took agricultural products to the towns and sea ports before roads were established.  A Skipjack.  These boats are still in use today.  They are used to dredge oysters from the bay.   They are sail only; no engine.  The other photo is of an egg.  Description is also in a photo.  This sucker is about the size of an orange.  This was taken at a wonderful museum called the Walters Art Museum.  It was once the private collection of a Maryland millionaire.  The museum includes oil paintings from several European countries from the 1500’s to 1800’s and some American paintings from the 1800’s.  Also some artifacts – sculpture, glassware, jewelry.  A bunch of stuff.