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This weekend I went to the Baltimore Inner Harbor to attend a wedding. When I got there I discovered I  had forgotten to bring casual clothes. I went to the Gallery Mall to see what I could find. Of course there is nothing cheap there. I ended up in a Levi Store. A very nice young man helped me out.(Does saying “very nice young man” make me an old geezer?)

I got some jeans and a shirt. It wasn’t cheap but better than Brooks Brothers.

But here is the strange part. I go into a dressing room to try on the jeans. The dressing room doesn’t have a hook or hanger or anything. There isn’t a stool or bench. Just four square walls and the floor. You have to put your clothes on floor. It’s crazy!

I was staying at the Hyatt. This was not cheap. The bathroom didn’t have towel racks or hooks of any kind. They didn’t have any of those luggage stands for you to put your suitcase on. What’s up in Baltimore?

They charged for everything.

Check out this sign in the room refrigerator.

Guest’s convenience my ass!

And of course before seeing the sign Ammon pulled some sodas out to make room for his doggie bag from The Cheesecake Factory.  At settlement I had 3 $5.00 sodas on the bill.  They kindly took the charges off. I bet they get a lot of that.

But we had fun.  During the non-wedding time Andrew, Ammon and I visited the inner harbor and took a tour of the The Torsk submarine and the USS Constellation sailing ship. The sailing ship was the last sailing ship to be used by the U.S. Navy.

Ammon and Andrew take control of the sub.

It’s a lot more cramped on a sub than it looks like in the Hollywood movies.

The Captain’s quarters on a sailing ship were pretty darn nice.  He is the only person on the ship with his own latrine.  The rest, including other officers, just had to let it all hang out over the front of the ship.  Hence the term the “head”.

Me taking charge in the Captain’s digs.

I learned a few things.  Officers are required to provide their own food on the ship. And the captain is required to entertain other officers.

It was a fun trip.  I would like to go there again.