Chesapeake Bay

We know you all were getting bored because no had more trips in our blog. Since we went to Nashville (by the way, a long trip!) we only stayed around here. But, last last weekend we visited the Chesapeake Bay. We drove 69 miles (111 Km) from Manassas to Annapolis, capital of Maryland State, where we had slept for one night.

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and it is surrounded by the States of Virginia and Maryland. All rivers (more than 150) that drain the bay meet the Atlantic Ocean water close to Virginia Beach.

map from: http://md.water.usgs.gov/publications/fs-091-03/html/location_big.gif

Annapolis was founded in 1649 and still has some old buildings and some narrow streets to embellish it. For us the beauty of this city is the harbor and waterfront. From there it is possible to see the beauty of Chesapeake Bay.

We got around Annapolis on Saturday and on Sunday we visited the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in city of St. Michael’s. To get there we had to cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge which is a very big and beautiful bridge.

Here are some pictures in the Museum. It has many buildings and lots of items related to commerce and trade, navigation and fisheries.

Here is the Lighthouse.

Under the lighthouse

Inside the lighthouse.

The light.

At the top of the lighthouse and the beautiful view.

More pictures in the museum.

Have a look here. Can you see the frozen water? Cool!

Here are some pictures of St. Michel’s: a lovely city!

Crab kisses,

Marina