Our great friends, Bill Whitlatch and Mary Gilbert, came to visit this weekend from Charlotte. It also happened to be the first, and maybe annual, running of the Baltimore Grand Prix. The 2.4 mile race route was along the Inner Harbor front--smack dab in the middle of downtown--and around Camden Yards. Road repairs and closures started a year ago and bleachers and barriers have been going up for the last month. It was highly controversial, with the Mayor staking her re-election on a successful event. From the crowds and noise the four of us experienced--and the fact that the ESPN announcers waxed poetic about the race and Baltimore--I would guess that there will be no real mayoral contest.
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| Bill and Mary visit our apartment |
We made an effort to stay away from the crowds, focusing on the Star Spangled Banner Museum, Fort McHenry and the Aquarium. We also sampled as many of Baltimore's restaurants as we could.
Bill and Mary left this morning, giving Ernie time to rest up for his next chemo tomorrow. Usually by Monday he is ready to get started again, but both of us agree that tomorrow seems soon to have to go back. We wonder if he is experiencing some kind of cumulative effect or if nine weeks is just a long time to have to endure this assault.
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