laura and i have been dreaming of taking a little lighthouse cruise out of annapolis for a long time now and on saturday we finally made it happen. we left our houses at 6:30 (or maybe a little later because laura's phone died and she didn't wake up till 6:30:) and met up with the senior citizen crowd for a fun morning of lighthousing!
we cruised right past the bay bridge. so pretty!
one of my favorite things is when you're driving (or boating as the case may be) out to a lighthouse and boom! you see it, and it's amazing! isn't she pretty???
30 minutes and we were on a lighthouse! in the water! a first for these lighthousers!
the black piece out in the water is an ice breaker, but when that didn't fully work, they added the rocks on either side to break up the ice before it took out the lighthouse. again.
lots of climbing up and down hatches. supah fun!
there was also a regatta going on and it was beautiful with all the sailboats in the water.
the thomas point shoal lighthouse is still an active aid to navigation, but since 1986 it's been unmanned. so they had 1 room set up to reflect it's 1986 glory.
loved every minute of it!
it was a little bit chilly on the water, but inside it was perfect.
laura experimented with her phone.
awkward panorama...
and awkward postcard stamp face.
we got to climb up to the top and peek in at the fresnel lens.
the front door.
welcome!!!
can you imagine?!
after an hour loving on the lighthouse it was time to go.
goodbye, beautiful!
picstitched.
and another awkward stamp. i'd love this picture if my big ol' face wasn't right in the middle.
laura made me. i swear.
and then it was time for lunch and we were starving!!! we got recommendations for a good seafood place and it was beautiful! we ate outside and when the wind quit and the sun shone down, it was just perfect!
we each ordered the specialty cream of crab soup and it was soooo yummly!
the delicousness of the soup got us super excited for our meals. they looked so good and then... meh. not great. darlaina's fish taco's were underwhelming too. laura's crab cake was yummy (doh! that's what i was going to get!), and the soup was great, but the rest, boo.
we decided to walk off our lunch a little bit with a walk around downtown annapolis. we were looking for our token lighthouse magnet, when we found this little diddy. can you see what's wrong??? well, can you? those are north carolina lights! on an annapolis tshirt!
some people.
(occracoke, hatterras, currituck, and bodie island lights)
before we headed home we got the best ice cream! salted caramel and toasted coconut, so good! we had seen this awesome yacht and thought it fitting.
such a fun day to refill my cup.
a mama with a full cup is a better mama.
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