Arrived at the Anchorage Marina very early yesterday, about 9:30 am and were tied off in our slip for the next 9 or 10 months by 10:00. It is a very big marina with over 500 slips located in the inner harbor area of Baltimore. The facilities are great, the staff is very helpful and we can walk to restaurants, a grocery store and West Marine. There is a pool, scheduled events, live music and boater get togethers. Happy to be here!
We passed Fort McHenry on our port just before going under the Francis Scott Key Bridge. You can see downtown Baltimore in the haze.
A bit of history about the area and the War of 1812 from online...
... on September 13, 1814, Baltimore’s Fort McHenry withstood 25 hours of bombardment by the British Navy. The following morning, the fort’s soldiers hoisted an enormous American flag, a sight that inspired Francis Scott Key to write a poem that would later be set to music and become known as “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
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