It’s been fun to watch the Annapolis Sailboat Show come together over the last few days. It’s hard to believe that so much has happened in just three days as on Sunday afternoon nothing had been set up and by Wednesday evening everything was ready to go. The show opens today, Thursday. Perhaps the most dramatic change is in this vantage point of Ego Alley in downtown Annapolis. How about these for before and after views?
At 3pm on Sunday afternoon I took this shot. Right after that they closed off the area in preparation for setting up the show. 
I took this shot just three days later. Not quite as nice a view. 
The changes in the view from Pandora doesn’t really show very well here but there are a lot more boats than a day or so earlier. 
Our plan is to head to the show on Friday as today is what they call VIP day. That means that the tickets are twice as expensive. Not for me… I will wait.
Yesterday Brenda and I walked around enjoying some of the older areas of Annapolis adjacent to the Naval Academy. This street is immediately adjacent to the wall on one side of the academy.
This is similar to the view from their back yards, the academy dome. 
There are some big houses here too. Lots of bricks went into constructing this beauty. 
Nice paint job and detail work. How about the roof shingle treatment?
Want to run for Governor of MD? If you win, you get to live here. As nice as it is, I don’t think that it would be worth it in this political climate.
You could also enjoy the company of the state legislators here in the capitol building on the same street. 
And if the pressures of the office became too much, you could enjoy a stroll through the circular drive that surrounds the capitol building. Plenty of great spots to enjoy your power (liquid) lunch in this neighborhood. 
Much of yesterday was consumed by a particularly annoying job of “let’s try to open the frozen forward head pump-out deck plate”. Alas, after hours of trying heat, hammering, cursing, drilling and winching with large wrenches to losten the now not-removable plate, I made one more trip to the marine supply store and just purchased a new deck plate. However, it says “water” instead of the regulation “waste”. Well, not much likelihood of my mistaking one for the other as the fitting is way up front by itself. Just another great day of cruising, known by some as “boat repair in exotic places”. Alas, so true. Great news though, Brenda’s holding tank can now be pumped out. That makes her happy as did the manicure and pedicure she had yesterday. I scored points for setting the appointment up and presenting the plan over a glass of wine on Tuesday evening. Just one more move by me in an ongoing pattern of desperate moves over the last 40 years designed to keep her engaged and to make up for the constant string of daily annoyances from me. So far, the strategy is working.
Today the weather is a bit iffy but hopefully we will be able to enjoy a walk through the Naval Academy and museum. Brenda may very well wear open toed shoes for the time ashore so that she can enjoy those newly done toenails. Just a guess…