Europe with Melanie

After a push to get all the teak on in the aft cabin, leaving the boat and walking around Annapolis at midnight, and then settling into the V-berth and crew cabin to sleep, it was time to go to Washington. We got picked up my Enterprise outside of the South Annapolis Yacht Club entrance and taken to the store. We were upgraded, which often happens to Brian, to a big Jeep. We went to the UPS store first to mail back some parts (fridge handle) that didn’t fit. We then made our way to Downtown Washington, passing the Capitol Building, monument and Mall. We spent most of the afternoon at the National Gallery as Brian showed me all his favourite spots/ artworks… I found a few favourites too.
We then went to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and among other things saw the Native American portraits.
We made our way to the Airbnb, 35minutes to go 3.5miles. I was really tired and wanted to get something delivered to us, but Brian couldn’t find anything. He left and went to the nearby grocery store, then came back to me curled up in the comfy bean bag chair. He made the most amazing steak with blue chesse and spinach dinner. It tasted so very good!!
The Airbnb was nice but the walls were thin and you could hear upstairs easily. Eventually we fell asleep, but I think the contact cement fumes were still agitating us…. And I was having lots of mixed emotions about leaving
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