Spent the morning going to sites a little further afield. By bike of course -Ft McHenry - which inspired F. Scott Key to write star spangled banner after a key battle in war of 1812. Cool flag raising ceremony!
Federal hill - key civil war battle here defended baltimore from confederate army.
JF trail (Jones falls, but had my name on it) - disappointing bike trail built along I-83, which some genius built right over a once nice stream. Photo below. Nice conservatory in druid hill park at the end of the trail.
Gwynn Falls Leakin park - potentially lovely Olmsted-esque park, but poorly maintained and overgrown. Signs advise against contact with 'contaminated water'. Parts of Blair Witch project were filmed here - not surprising.
25 miles (total guess)Afterwards, visited B&O railroad museum around the corner from Camden and my airbnb. Okay, I know this is lengthy, but the place and the industry is cool and important. Once again baltimore played a key historical role, in development of USA railroad industry. Pictured below, one of first ever steam engines (original, not reproduction) before boilers were placed horizontally. It was because of Railroad Standard Time (needed to avoid accidents) that accurate clocks were developed in the mid 1800s, which eventually led to our current time zones. Railroads were instrumental in development of the telegraph industry, laying cables along rail lines, until Marconi discovered radio waves and wireless transmission in the 1890s, and you know where that led.
Back to Camden yards where O's defeated sox 7-5. Objectively, visiting Yankees fans last night were 5x as obnoxious as visiting red sox fans.
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