Thursday, May 29The road warriors were at it again! The trip from Cleveland to Baltimore took about 6.5 hours. Rodney is doing a magnificent job driving around in all these big cities, you would think he does it everyday. He has the excellent assistance of his navigators Brian and Tommy, our GPS tom tom. Occasionally Brian and Tommy disagree on a route; Brian is always right. We listened to some of Welcome to the Monkey House, a very bizarre collection of short stories by Kurt Vonnegut, and part of a very funny Dave Barry book. We still have a Hercule Poirot book to go.
After we settled in we went to the harbor to a crab restaurant called Bo Brooks that a friend said is her favorite place in Baltimore. We had steamed crabs. They were coated with Old Bay seasoning and other things and were spicy and delicious, although labor intensive. We decided the best way to eat them would be outside on a picnic table with plenty of iced tea or ice cold beer. It was lots of fun. First the waitress put a heavy paper tablecloth on our table, and placed on it a bucket with 2 mallets and a few dozen paper towels. Then she brought out the steamed crabs (8) and threw them on the paper. A messy but very yummy affair.
After dinner we went to a place called Cold Stone Creamery for dessert. Allison, this must be the same franchise you and C. go to in Ct. It was a wonderful ice cream parlor, each serving made to order. The ice cream was some of the best we have ever had.
For those who are following the blog, this is our 3rd posting this evening, so you will need to scroll down to see the last 2 days. We have been trying to keep up but some days we seem to run out of time.
Tomorrow we are planning to do some exploring of Baltimore before the evening game. We just found out Josh Beckett is pitching. I am so excited. I don't like him quite as much as I like Roy Orbison, but I am a big fan. Our road trip is sadly winding down!
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