Dot and I have just spent our first full day in Baltimore visiting Emily and Greg. It was a fairly gentle experience, mostly shopping and looking at a civil war museum. This is hardly surprising because we are very tired after a marathon journey. We left home in Armidale at 6 am on Friday 20th June and finally arrived in Baltimore at 11.30 pm also on the 20th June.
So that trip might look like 17 hours or so. In practice, it was a lot longer because we crossed the international date line. Moreover, Baltimore is actually 10 hours 'ahead' of Armidale, so the trip was 17.5 hours plus 10 = 27.5 hours. It certainly felt this long!
The museum was interesting because Maryland (and Baltimore) were on or close to the front line for much of the fighting and local sentiments were split in favour of both camps. Lincoln also visited the building where the museum was was housed down on the water-front. However, he was 'in disguise' because of the local troubles.
I'll regale you with some of experiences over coming days.
AS
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Glad to know you arrived safely. Take care. Richard.
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