10/5/14
Nabb’s Creek, Chesapeake Bay
Posted by Bill

It was a little chilly today but the sun was out. We mixed up a batch of Pain Killers, jumped in the power boat and went up the Patapsco River into Baltimore, landing at Fells Point. Fells Point is one of my favorite parts of Baltimore. It was an old warehouse district years ago and some genius fixed it up building row houses, bars and restaurants. It probably has more bars per square mile than Key West. Although we have been there many times, this was the first time via water.

On the way we passed this tall ship.

It looked cool with the Francis Scott Key bridge.

And we passed the Francis Scott Key buoy. It was at this spot that he was held captive in a British ship and watched the battle that inspired our national anthem.

View of Baltimore as we approach.

Fort McHenry. Approaching via water you could see that this place was an excellent spot to protect the port of Baltimore.

One of the many marinas in Fells Point. Baltimore harbor is packed with huge marinas. It was pretty confusing from the water, but we asked several boats we saw, got on the marine radio, and found a place to dock.

The broomstick was nowhere to be found…

Fells Point was having their annual Fun Fest. We hit a bar and listened to a blues band and then walked around.

We ended up watching this reggae band. They were really good.

Maybe not so much for this little girl.

And there was the usual people watching. Not sure what the deal was with these 2. They looked like they were wandering gypsies.

Then we found a Stoli tent that had orange crushes. They were expensive and not near as good as the other night in Nabb’s Creek.

After that we went to one of my favorite pizza places in the USA…BOP…brick oven pizza. Needless to say, I made an exception to the Paleo diet.

It was a cold ride back, but a really fun day!