day 2: easton and st. michael's, maryland

This morning before the bus pulled out of the hotel I went exploring. I had to check out the riverwalk that runs right next to the hotel. It does indeed run next to each side of the river. However, the river is no longer natural. It's more like a canal, or maybe a swimming pool! It runs a fair distance and ends at the zoo.

I didn't measure it, but I probably only walked a half mile or so. I made it to the bus with five minutes to spare.

Our first official stop was in Easton, Maryland. It's a small town near Harriet Tubman's birthplace. It also has something to do with Frederick Douglas, but I don't know what.  The walk began at a Y and went thru residential neighborhoods, the historic district, downtown, and returned on a rail trail. The highlight was a peak inside a 1681 Quaker Meetinghouse. (Angel's video).

This walk was guide, so the 5K and 10K people stayed together. The 5K people took a group photo at the train station on the rail trail.

Also on the rail trail we saw a trailer being dumped. But it looked like they were swallowing the whole truck!

Then it was back on the bus to head to St. Michaels where we went to the Maritime Museum and had a river cruise on the "Patriot". I could have stayed at the museum longer. I had to go there. There was a lighthouse! (Angel's video) And it only had about 50 stairs. And a little trap door to crawl thru. It was not super hard to get out, but getting back in was a bear. It is short and what's called a screw pile style.

After a quick lunch we met at the boat for the river cruise. (Angel's video) It was cold, but not as cold as yesterday. And today I got to pilot the ship. Yep, I drove a boat. Of course the captain was right next to me and I'm pretty certain it was on auto-pilot.

On the way back we were told about tomorrows walk. It begins at the hotel and goes out the back door. The River Trail! I think we might just do the 6K

52-hike challenge:   50/52
Miles/Steps:            7 for the whole day
Weather:                 52 at 9 am, cool, partly cloudy.

Wildlife:                  seagulls, a water snake, and two bald eagles. It was a good day. No deer swimming. Apparently that is a somewhat regular occurrence.