Pride

  We when to our friends pine straw pile today to get mulch for the fall veggies. I mulched the kale and swiss chard in while hubby cut grass on the island. By 2:00 pm we were hungry so we got cleaned up and went to lunch. Next we decided to tour the Pride Of Baltimore II visiting Solomon's Island. Taking a half day off seemed like a good way to enjoy Labor Day weekend, as we still work pretty hard. The extra is the beloved Osprey watching the goings on and buzz around the beautiful Tall Ship. Here is a bit of history from Wikipedia.
   On May 14, 1986, the first Pride of Baltimore was lost at sea in the Caribbean Sea, and her captain and three of the crew died.
The Pride of Baltimore II was commissioned as the successor and memorial to the Pride in 1988, sailing in the same Goodwill Ambassador role for the city of Baltimore, but its role has now expanded to also representing the State of Maryland and the "Land of Pleasant Living" in the Chesapeake Bay region. Pride II has sailed nearly 200,000 miles and visited over 200 ports in 40 countries in its now near three decades of voyages.