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Happy Anniversary My Sweet Paul
It's been an amazing 5 years (or for those of you keeping up with our fantasy life - 31 years). I've traveled more, loved more and laughed more in the last 5 years than at any other time in my life. Our gift to each other this year is a Caribbean cruise, scheduled for late October. But to celebrate the day, we started with a visit to the Washington DC Temple, a tradition we began several years ago. We go to the temple often and it's always special, but being there on the anniversary of the day we were sealed together for eternity brought back many incredible memories.
We then drove north to Baltimore to check out the parking situation at the outer harbor (To prepare for our cruise). We spent the rest of the day at the Inner Harbor, just a few miles away. We discovered the fun and "charm" of the Inner Harbor a few years ago, when on a whim we decided to get away during a late winter day. After spending the day there exploring, we had felt like we were returning from a much longer vacation. It was so invigorating!
The Inner Harbor has been renovated over the last 40 years and now includes an eclectic mix of charming historic buildings blended with shiny contemporary architecture and maritime exhibits, including the aquarium. It is quaint, yet exciting and brimming with visitors, joggers, and employees of nearby businesses. All are there to shop, eat, relax to the music in the air and the peaceful watefront. We enjoyed having lunch in a restaurant overlooking the habor. I felt like I was already on our cruise.
Here we are in the mouth of a giant shark - one of the exhibits in the aquarium.
If their "Tuesday Afternoons" commercial doesn't get you, then maybe seeing Nemo here might. There were many colorful and interesting fish to see in each exhibit ranging from river to bay to ocean. We enjoyed the sharks and look downs and even puffer fish as they swam circles around us. Check out the aquarium at www. aqua.org
This is the entrance to the Australia Wild Extremes exhibit where waterfalls tumble down red rock, banana palms and eucalyptus grow from the crevices. Lizards hide in grottoes and parrots and other birds - including the kookabura flit about. We really enjoyed the variety of this and especially the rainforest exhibit.
I didn't take this picture, but wish I did. This is the view as we strolled the perimeter of the harbor. We didn't have time to go on one of the boat rides offered there. You can rent either a traditional paddle boat or a dragon boat, like these. We look forward to doing that on our next visit.
It's been an amazing 5 years (or for those of you keeping up with our fantasy life - 31 years). I've traveled more, loved more and laughed more in the last 5 years than at any other time in my life. Our gift to each other this year is a Caribbean cruise, scheduled for late October. But to celebrate the day, we started with a visit to the Washington DC Temple, a tradition we began several years ago. We go to the temple often and it's always special, but being there on the anniversary of the day we were sealed together for eternity brought back many incredible memories.
We then drove north to Baltimore to check out the parking situation at the outer harbor (To prepare for our cruise). We spent the rest of the day at the Inner Harbor, just a few miles away. We discovered the fun and "charm" of the Inner Harbor a few years ago, when on a whim we decided to get away during a late winter day. After spending the day there exploring, we had felt like we were returning from a much longer vacation. It was so invigorating!
The Inner Harbor has been renovated over the last 40 years and now includes an eclectic mix of charming historic buildings blended with shiny contemporary architecture and maritime exhibits, including the aquarium. It is quaint, yet exciting and brimming with visitors, joggers, and employees of nearby businesses. All are there to shop, eat, relax to the music in the air and the peaceful watefront. We enjoyed having lunch in a restaurant overlooking the habor. I felt like I was already on our cruise.
Here we are in the mouth of a giant shark - one of the exhibits in the aquarium.
If their "Tuesday Afternoons" commercial doesn't get you, then maybe seeing Nemo here might. There were many colorful and interesting fish to see in each exhibit ranging from river to bay to ocean. We enjoyed the sharks and look downs and even puffer fish as they swam circles around us. Check out the aquarium at www. aqua.org
This is the entrance to the Australia Wild Extremes exhibit where waterfalls tumble down red rock, banana palms and eucalyptus grow from the crevices. Lizards hide in grottoes and parrots and other birds - including the kookabura flit about. We really enjoyed the variety of this and especially the rainforest exhibit.
I didn't take this picture, but wish I did. This is the view as we strolled the perimeter of the harbor. We didn't have time to go on one of the boat rides offered there. You can rent either a traditional paddle boat or a dragon boat, like these. We look forward to doing that on our next visit.
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