We went to Annapolis, MD for the fourth of July this year. We went to the Paca house, which was very pretty and explored the historic section of town. When we got to the waterfront we discovered several ice cream parlors. Showing admireable restraint, we only sampled the wears of one.
The Annapolis 4th of July parade was sadly disappointing. Somehow I figured that the state capital would have a nice parade with floats and Shriners and such. Apparently I was very wrong. The highlight of the parade was, I guess, a caravan of corvettes. These were not vintage 50s corvettes, just a bunch of corvettes. There was a brief glimmer of hope when I thought there was a synchronized Segue team, which would have been hilarious. But, of course, that was too good to be true. It was just two guys with too much money on Segue scooters.
After the “parade,” we had a picnic on the state house grounds. Art made yummy dahl and pita. Yes, he made pita bread.
Then it was time for the fireworks. I love fireworks! I was a bit concerned after the pathetic excuse for a parade, but the fireworks were definitely up to par.
We are planning a return trip to Annapolis at some point. I’m hoping we’ll be able to afford a “boat and breakfast” stay on our next trip.
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