Oh Say Can You See?

We arrived in the picturesque inner harbor of Baltimore yesterday afternoon.  We were going to arrive in the middle of Evan's nap, so I thought we might skip it and just let him go to bed early.  About an hour from arrival, however, Evan went to lay down in his bed on his own.  I checked on him and he said he wasn't ready to go "night night" but I turned on the fan for him anyway and in a few minutes he was out.  He actually slept through our docking and everything and ended up with a good nap for the day.

On the way there we sailed under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

The boys liked helping navigate under the bridge.

After passing under the bridge, we took a sharp turn to starboard to check out the buoy marking where Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star Spangled Banner".  He was captured on a British war ship and could see the flag at Fort McHenry.  We saw the actual flag that was his inspiration in D.C. at the American History Museum.

We are staying at Inner Harbor East Marina.  It's a peaceful place, especially compared to Annapolis.  We could use a little peace and quiet.  After Evan woke up we walked over to the National Aquarium of Baltimore.  We saw lots and lots of fish.

In the rainforest we saw an Ibis.  It was making a lot of noise!

Zachary and I enjoyed looking at the stingrays and sharks.

Evan just enjoyed looking cute.

The sea turtle was beautiful.

They started getting a little crabby, so we took them to the Hard Rock for dinner.

Today we are going to the Children's Museum and, time permitting, the Maryland Science Museum.  We'll be here until Thursday morning, then we are headed to St. Michaels.  Friday is Zachary's birthday so we are searching for something special to do for his birthday.