The Final Frontier!

Wow, where did the time go? Our final full day of the trip and the weather was obligingly kind. We'd previously decided to drive to the other side of Dulles Airport, to take an overnight stop in Annapolis, Maryland ..... a journey akin to 'Wacky Races'! But we eventually arrived at Main Street before noon and by luck, rather than judgement, we parked in 'tight' (and expensive!) multi-story car park. Annapolis is a very quaint place by the sea and oozes wealth. Nevertheless, its a good place to visit. We took a stroll around its historic buildings, including the first United States Capitol building.

Next, we poked around a few antique shops before stumbling upon the Navel Academy. Now, I'm not sure what would happen in the UK if we turned-up at its equivalent, but here once passports had been inspected, we were given free reign to wander about at our leisure and its very impressive! At any one time, there are around 4,500 mid-shipmen studying towards BSc degrees prior to serving in the Navy. We took a guided walking tour and were shown just about everything there was to see. Then we returned to shoe-horn our car out of the car park and headed for our Hampton Inn. A nice way to spend our last day! Finally, if you have read and enjoyed reading our latest chapter of our wanderings across this great country ..... God bless you. If not ..... I'll try harder next time!

And my final musical choice? Kraftwork and "Autobahn!"