Oliver Sails South: Annapolis

We were in Annapolis from September 28 to October 4, a little longer than we planned. We loved our stay there until it got crazy with the sailboat show coming to town. There also was some fog which delayed our leaving. We left the day the show started as it got harder and harder to get our dinghy tied up so Ollie could get off. Annapolis is a very easy town to walk around. We dinghied right up to downtown and could see all the sites. The town is known for being dog friendly and it is. Oliver was greeted by shop owners that would come outside and give him treats and water, he was invited in shops, he went through the naval academy and we ate dinners at O'Briens and the Federal House outside with Ollie (separate nights of course). The servers brought him water and the Federal House even had a dog menu. They are crazier than I am, but we loved it. At the Naval Academy he walked through the metal detector with me and got loved up as I showed my ID to get in. The only area he was not allowed was the ceremonial grounds. Every morning he would check in with the navy before we walked. We were on a mooring ball the whole time near our friends Tom and Laura and French Canadians we had met many times, Lyne and Alain. We would dinghy to each others boats and chat. We so enjoyed it, but we knew we had to keep moving south.