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flygirl Aug 25th, 2013 07:45 AM

Photos from Annapolis on a gorgeous day
 
Hello all

If you live in the mid-Atlantic, you probably had great weather yesterday - almost like late September, not late August.

I spent part of the day wandering around Annapolis with a friend. He's got even more camera gear than I do, and unlike me, he carries his various lenses with him. So, I borrowed a few to test them out on my camera. I have a 24-105 zoom for my Canon 7D, and he has that as well as a 70-200 and a 17-40. I used his 70-200 telephoto for all the boating shots you see.

Here are some results from the wandering:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/skywalk...7635227168368/

To make this into a trip report, we had lunch al fresco at Harry Browne's, and ice cream at Storm Brothers. We also took a harbor cruise boat ride (40 minutes) from the main public dock area.

Daniel_Williams Aug 25th, 2013 09:27 AM

Annapolis sure is beautiful and how nice to have a gorgeous day to explore it. I've been only once, in late December, and my hands nearly froze each time I had to take a picture as I had to remove my gloves to push the button. Despite the cold snap, there were just so many charming street scenes, I couldn't stop myself from taking pictures!

yestravel Aug 25th, 2013 10:08 AM

Yes, a gorgeous day here and beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing.

suewoo Aug 25th, 2013 10:36 AM

flygirl, those are beautiful. Love Annapolis. I enjoyed daytrips when I lived in DC.

flygirl Aug 25th, 2013 11:10 AM

Thank you Daniel, yestravel, and suewoo. I can't get over what madness 495 is! I saw two almost-accidents yesterday, one of which could have involved me if the two cars hadn't narrowly averted hitting each other.

rncheryl Aug 25th, 2013 11:14 AM

Lovely photos. Our son was at the Naval Academy and we loved everything about Annapolis.

flygirl Aug 25th, 2013 02:33 PM

Thank you rncheryl.

nelsonian Aug 26th, 2013 01:34 AM

Brings back memories of our trip to the US in 2007. We stayed with friends in Columbia Maryland and we did a day trip to Annapolis. We also went to a show at the Ramshead Tavern. Love your photos flygirl.

flygirl Aug 26th, 2013 03:28 AM

Thank you Nelsonian. We are lucky on the east coast to have a number of picturesque, colonial towns and cities.

Annapolis is so colorful, too.

I didn't get a good shot of the "Treaty of Paris" restaurant, but every time I see it I think of an old friend's quip from several years ago: "Good thing it wasn't the Diet of Worms". hahaha

KL467 Aug 26th, 2013 08:51 AM

Lovely photos! Thank you for sharing.

flygirl Aug 26th, 2013 01:53 PM

Thank you KL467.


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