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| Dodds Clan at Baltimore Harbor |
Keith's parents had not visited us in
Baltimore yet. To take advantage of the weather, we invited them to join us for Mother's Day weekend.
Shawna was in Austin on the Thursday so Keith picked his parents up at the airport and brought them back to the house and then immediately walked over to
Fork and Wrench for dinner. It was a delicious dinner, then we returned to the house for another bottle of wine as we waited for Shawna to arrive and join us for a last glass of wine before bed.
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| Inn at Perry Cabin |
Keith's parent's drove themselves to DC on Friday as they were to meet up with friends from their Lindblad trips. We were planning on seeing a movie that night but the terrible traffic back from DC prevented that - instead we just had wine/cheese to start and then salad for dinner followed by watching a Blacklist that none of us had seen from that week.
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| House on St Michael's Walking Tour |
Saturday was the big excursion day. We left early in the morning to St Michaels, a 1:40 drive from the house. We arrived in time for a coffee at
San Domingo before joining a
walking tour. The tour was with the
St Michaels Museum and lasted about 90 minutes. There were about 15 people on the tour with us. The town is incredibly cute with old houses and a great history. The only drawback of the tour was it was a bit of a factoid download without anecdotes or stories. The tour finished at the
Maritime Museum. We then walked the ten minutes to the
Inn at Perry Cabin where we had a noon lunch reservation. We shared a crab cake sandwich and mussels while Keith's parents each got their own mussels. Lunch was delicious and an elegant location. We walked around the back lawn where
Wedding Crashers was filmed then went back to the car which was parked in town. The next stop was
Annapolis where we dropped by the tourist bureau to get a map and then navigated around the historic part of town. We walked by the capital, governors mansion, a few churches, old homes with a variety of architecture, and wrapped it up with a tour of the gardens at
William Paca house. It was still a bit early so we drove back to Baltimore and had dinner at
Darbar where we had twelve spice chicken curry. Dinner was delicious.
Sunday was the day to explore
Baltimore Harbor. It was Mothers Day so Shawna cooked up a delicious breakfast of
Shakshuka. We walked to
Fells Point for a walking tour, stopping by The
Daily Grind for a drink to start. The walking tour, hosted by Claire, was really well done with the right balance of history and architecture. Following the tour, we walked around the harbor in time to catch the
Watermark boat tour. It was a 45 minute narrated ride around the harbor to
Fort McHenry and back. By that time, it was later afternoon so time to walk back to the house and relax before walking to dinner at
Blue Hill Tavern. Since it was Mothers Day, the menu was a bit limited but still tasty - we shared the swordfish.
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| Fells Point |
Shawna had to work on Monday and Keith had a few job search calls in the morning so his parents went for a walk to Daily Grind and back. Keith and his parents had a quick lunch at
Nalley Fresh, and since it was supposed to rain they went to see the movie
Mothers Day. Dinner was at
Thames Street Oyster House where we ate upstairs. Jean and Dick had a flight on the Tuesday morning so Keith dropped them off at the airport with plans to see them two weeks later at the celebration of life for Jessie.
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| View of our House from the Harbor Cruise |
