We're in Annapolis

The last two days have been spent catching up on rest, organizing the boat and seeing friends. Yesterday we saw my old friend Shannon from our days in a gang of single people and neighbors in the Lakes area of Minneapolis. Shannon lives here in Silver Springs with her husband, Matt and their two daughters, Corina and Raleigh. We spent Tuesday with Shannon and the girls catching up at their house and then out for lunch and play ground time in Silver Springs. So nice to see her again as it was at her wedding that I saw her last! The girls mixed nicely together and it is a great time to see Shannon in action as a mom.
Today Mattias tackled removing the hatches for replacement and collecting other parts for repairs tomorrow. I worked on removing more unnecessary items from the boat and packed into boxes for an additional shipment to Sweden. I have one more box left and am inspired to fill that up too! (not sure what to get rid of though...)
Mattias and the girls walked around the marina which is also a working shipyard. Huge sailing boats are in the water and yard sparkling clean. It is a neat and tidy place. It is very quiet here as we are almost at the tail end of the season. Kind of nice as we are getting settled.
This afternoon we took a drive to the P.O. to mail the packages and look for a Radio Shack or similar store. We took a wrong turn and ended up driving past the United States Naval Academy. Quite impressive on the banks of the River Severn. The cadets were out in the sports field where competing builds spirit I guess.
The girls weren't thrilled with my salad nicoise lunch so we stopped at Rocco's Pizza on the way home. They enjoyed watching Rocco tossing the dough.
Home now and trying to get the girls down for an unsuccessful early night- We are joining Shannon and girls for a trip to the National Zoo in D.C. tomorrow.
More later,
Carrie