Looking out the window while playing bridge, you could barely tell that we were moving. We cruised 120 miles up the Chesapeake Bay to arrive at the commercial port during the wee hours of the morning. It felt good to sleep in and know that we didn't have a schedule to keep for the morning. Besides, I wasn't in a big hurry to get off the ship as Baltimore wasn't high on my bucket list, but I needed to pick up a few items that we didn't pack due to weight and bulk. I also wanted some Halloween decorations for the bridge room.
I have been on the ship for two days and I feel my pants getting tighter. I promised myself that I am going to eat light. And that actually happened today until dinner [sigh]. I am going to get a handle on this before it turns into a big problem. Tomorrow the gym! I am taking the stairs instead of the elevator, but found that going down was bothering my knees. Going up is ok. I logged over 10,000 steps today. Does that count as a good workout?
Unfortunately, we have limited Wi-Fi time so I am not able to do much research on places we will be visiting. Michael threw away the information brochure on Baltimore before I could write anything about what we saw, which wasn't much. The day's events were not exciting nor interesting, and there wasn't even a good story to make up. We took the shuttle from the ship to the visitor center at the inner harbor, went to CVS to make our purchases, and then walked around the inner harbor, which has been nicely renovated. It was too early for lunch (posted prices were outrageous). We saw the USS Constitution, the oldest war ship still afloat; a submarine, and an old coast guard ship. I wanted to go to the aquarium, but Michael was not interested. I can picture the inner harbor on a warm summer day, crowds walking about, shopping and enjoying a leisurely meal at the many eateries. Today, there were dark, heavy grey clouds threatening rain and we finished our walk about just as it started to rain.
We returned to the ship, changed clothes (no jeans allowed while working), had lunch, and even got to play in a very small three table game. Yes, today was a work day even though we were in port. Michael and I got to play bridge together, the first time in 6 months! This was the highlight of my day. We had a 70% game, coming in first! That is awesome to you non-bridge folks.
We had dinner with Barry and Christine; I had crab cakes, which weren't very good -- so disappointed, went to the show and saw a very funny comedian, and then time for bed.
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