Continued… As we’d noticed the day we’d visited the Historic Ships, the aquarium was housed in two separate buildings attached by a sky bridge. We wandered over to the skybridge to see what was in the other building. Here were the views from the bridge.
The other side had a 4-D movie that was an additional fee and a stadium where it looked like they used to do dolphin shows.
Continue readingcontinued… Looking down at the main pool as we climbed higher.
There weren’t many exhibits where you could touch the creatures, but there were a few. We believe this was an Atlantic horseshoe crab.
Friday, September 12 — This morning, Eric ran all the engines and water makers. He also changed the filters in the black water and grey water vent loops. Those filters are immensely helpful in controlling odors.
Before leaving for San Diego, we’d eaten all the fresh food aboard, so we had nothing for breakfast. We went to eat at an iconic Baltimorean southern restaurant called Simply Marie’s Breakfast Only, which was located in a tiny storefront near the Canton ferry stop. The tag line was no frills delicious homestyle breakfast, and our experience exactly match the tagline.
We had to eat quickly since we were trying to catch the next ferry to Locust Point. At Locust Point, we disembarked and caught another ferry over to downtown, which was also free.
Continue readingThursday, September 11 — On Thursday, August 27, we left Kosmos at 0400, drove to the car rental center, returned the car and caught the shuttle to the airport. We made it to the airport in plenty of time to clear security and make it to the gate in time to board our 0700 flight. We flew Southwest and had been assigned an early B number for boarding, so we were excited about getting good seats. However, we found out we were flying with the Annapolis water polo team, who took up probably half the seats. When it came time to board, they called active military for early boarding. The team lined up. When we boarded, we managed to snag the very last block of three seats together, in the very last row. Here was a shot of Baltimore from the plane.
Our time in San Diego was busy. Eric and Christi primarily focused on getting life chores done. Christi also spent a lot of time working on her land life project. While we didn’t get to see nearly as many people as we would have preferred, at least we were able to see some loved ones. We also visited a couple of museums and went out to eat several times.
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continuing on in the transportation section… in 1935, Chevrolet opened a manufacturing plant south of Baltimore that produced more than 12-million vehicles during its 70+ years of operation. It closed in 2005.
There was a small display on a tire manufacturer. In 1921, Frank Schenuit patented a non-skid, pneumatic rubber tire that he began to manufacture through contractors. In 1925, he opened his own factory in Baltimore, employing 300 people and producing up to 1,000 tires per day. He expanded to airplane tires and niche specialty tires, such as for wheelbarrows. Schenuit sold the company in 1972, and in 1975, the new owner shut the plant down.
