Going to Baltimore!

**cgutzmer** · 02-01-2007, 01:06 PM

I am going to baltimore maryland for a couple classes. it will be spanning a weekend and I thought I would see if anyone lived in the area and wanted to hook up for a cold beverage of choice! Any suggestions of fun stuff to do would be cool too

I hope to headdown to D.C for a day.
Chris

rickstef · 02-01-2007, 01:26 PM

man, couldn't get another city for the training?

No baseball yet, so the Capitols and the Orioles are out, and it is too cold to properly enjoy the Inner Harbor

could go out to Annapolis and see the USNA

DC has many choices, NASM, the other Smithsonian museums, the War Memorials.

Rick

**cgutzmer** · 02-01-2007, 01:31 PM

Naval academy! Are you crazy? I spent my time in the navy already

I do hope to spend some time at the smithsonian

How far away are you? I dont know my geography out there very well...
Chris

rickstef · 02-01-2007, 01:36 PM

60 to 90 minutes north of baltimore, on I-95

Quaint little state, called Delaware

Rick

**Amazyah** · 02-01-2007, 01:39 PM

Slow down to speed limit when you hit Cecil County!

Headquarters of the State Troopers located there and they will get you!

Russell

dwgannon · 02-01-2007, 06:40 PM

cgutzmer,
When you get back I will have to look you up when I go to Maddison. I will have to travel their once in awhile for the company. Have a safe trip.

DrBill · 02-01-2007, 07:23 PM

Chris: Congratulations! Bal'mer is my home town, and I'll probably retire on the Eastern Shore of MD one of these days. You might try a visit to the SS John W. Brown, which is usually open for tours at least part of the weekend. You can find info at http://www.liberty-ship.com/ (a fairly primitive and hard to navigate site). The Brown is one of only two surviving Liberty Ships from WW II (the other being the Jeremiah O'Brien in San Francisco), and it takes on passengers for living history cruises during the warmer months, But just a tour of the ship is worth it. The ship is docked at Pier One on the east side of the harbor in the 2000 block of South Clinton Street. Call 410-558-0646 for info on times when they will be open. There are a couple of photo pieces on my website (www.geoghegan.us) if you want to get a preview of what the ship is like.

The Inner Harbor is quiet during the winter, but there is a WW II sub to tour, the USS Constellation (a 19th Century US Navy frigate -- the cannon firing drills on the tween decks is not to be missed if they're putting them on in the off season. Then there's the National Acquarium (part of the Smithsonian), and the Martin aircraft museum (Glenn L. Martin Company through to today's Lockheed-Martin) at Middle River just east of the city. (I worked there for 6 summers as a college intern.)

There's the National Cryptographic Museum down I-95 toward Washington, and plenty of art galleries, etc.

Sorry to sound like a Chamber of Commerce shill, but Baltimore is an exciting city if you know where to look.... Have fun!

**cgutzmer** · 02-01-2007, 07:27 PM

Excellent! I will have to check some of that out - pity I only have a weekend and probably a friday afternoon. If I was younger I could check out the night life but I will prolly stay in my hotel room and work on card models after class

I will take lots of pics and maybe make a website if I find anything card modely/airplane related. I hope to hit the NASM for sure - anyone looking for pics of anything?
Chris

DrBill · 02-01-2007, 07:35 PM

Oh, and not to forget one of the really neat downtown attractions, there's the B&O Railroad Museum with an incredible range of historic locomotives dating back to (and including ) the Tom Thumb. It's a 2-hour visit in the winter and it's right downtown near the Convention Center.

Also, if you go to a halfway decent restaurant, get some Maryland crabcakes. You want recommendations, I got 'em -- including a couple real close to BWI.

**cgutzmer** · 02-01-2007, 07:57 PM

I am flying into BWI. I will be staying at the Sheraton that I am told is really close. I rarely get to eat seafood that I love because both my kids and my wife hate it so yes! please recommend me!

Chris

DrBill · 02-01-2007, 08:20 PM

Chris: There are a couple of Sheratons in the downtown area (nothing by the airport until one opens in May). Give me a holler off-line at whg01@optonline.net and I can fill you in without clogging up the list.

**cgutzmer** · 02-06-2007, 10:17 PM

So no one in the area wants to hook up for a cold one or a trip to the smithsonian or anything? You must all be a bunch of electrons zipping about the internet. I am not sure if you really even exist - heck, do I exist?

Chris

Bowdenja · 02-06-2007, 11:04 PM

Dude...............have fun, it just too cold for me............. 67 degrees today on the temp-o-meter. I love it.

john

**cgutzmer** · 02-14-2007, 10:29 PM

Travel is canceled. Corporate mandate that there is no longer enough money in the budget for air travel and hotels - yet they can afford a corporate jet for the executives....
Chris

02-01-2007, 01:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
cgutzmer Reserves Librarian Card Models Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sun Prairie WI Posts: 4,634	Going to Baltimore! I am going to baltimore maryland for a couple classes. it will be spanning a weekend and I thought I would see if anyone lived in the area and wanted to hook up for a cold beverage of choice! Any suggestions of fun stuff to do would be cool too I hope to headdown to D.C for a day. Chris __________________ Looking for models - try the Zealot WIKI! Click here -> http://wiki.zealot.com/index.php/Free_Models

02-01-2007, 01:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
rickstef Director of Paper Dakar Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wilmington Delaware USA Posts: 2,105	man, couldn't get another city for the training? No baseball yet, so the Capitols and the Orioles are out, and it is too cold to properly enjoy the Inner Harbor could go out to Annapolis and see the USNA DC has many choices, NASM, the other Smithsonian museums, the War Memorials. Rick __________________ "Rock is Dead, Long Live Paper and Scissors" Love Racing? Love Paper Models? Check Out http://rpmodels.proboards46.com/ http://paperdakar.blogspot.com/ http://picasaweb.google.com/rickstef

02-01-2007, 01:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
cgutzmer Reserves Librarian Card Models Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sun Prairie WI Posts: 4,634	Naval academy! Are you crazy? I spent my time in the navy already I do hope to spend some time at the smithsonian How far away are you? I dont know my geography out there very well... Chris __________________ Looking for models - try the Zealot WIKI! Click here -> http://wiki.zealot.com/index.php/Free_Models

02-01-2007, 01:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
rickstef Director of Paper Dakar Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wilmington Delaware USA Posts: 2,105	60 to 90 minutes north of baltimore, on I-95 Quaint little state, called Delaware Rick __________________ "Rock is Dead, Long Live Paper and Scissors" Love Racing? Love Paper Models? Check Out http://rpmodels.proboards46.com/ http://paperdakar.blogspot.com/ http://picasaweb.google.com/rickstef

02-01-2007, 01:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
Amazyah Sr. Card Models Admin. Card Models Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Foothills of the Smoky Mountains Posts: 3,477	Slow down to speed limit when you hit Cecil County! Headquarters of the State Troopers located there and they will get you! Russell __________________ Selling off a good portion of my model collection. Nothing up at the moment but I'll get some up soon. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcardmodelsnmore

02-01-2007, 06:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
dwgannon Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hoffman Estates,IL Posts: 481	cgutzmer, When you get back I will have to look you up when I go to Maddison. I will have to travel their once in awhile for the company. Have a safe trip. __________________ DWG (AKA Dave G) Hoffman Estates, IL (USA) {{ RPM - Redneck Paper Modeler }}

02-01-2007, 07:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
DrBill Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wilton, CT USA Posts: 138	Chris: Congratulations! Bal'mer is my home town, and I'll probably retire on the Eastern Shore of MD one of these days. You might try a visit to the SS John W. Brown, which is usually open for tours at least part of the weekend. You can find info at http://www.liberty-ship.com/ (a fairly primitive and hard to navigate site). The Brown is one of only two surviving Liberty Ships from WW II (the other being the Jeremiah O'Brien in San Francisco), and it takes on passengers for living history cruises during the warmer months, But just a tour of the ship is worth it. The ship is docked at Pier One on the east side of the harbor in the 2000 block of South Clinton Street. Call 410-558-0646 for info on times when they will be open. There are a couple of photo pieces on my website (www.geoghegan.us) if you want to get a preview of what the ship is like. The Inner Harbor is quiet during the winter, but there is a WW II sub to tour, the USS Constellation (a 19th Century US Navy frigate -- the cannon firing drills on the tween decks is not to be missed if they're putting them on in the off season. Then there's the National Acquarium (part of the Smithsonian), and the Martin aircraft museum (Glenn L. Martin Company through to today's Lockheed-Martin) at Middle River just east of the city. (I worked there for 6 summers as a college intern.) There's the National Cryptographic Museum down I-95 toward Washington, and plenty of art galleries, etc. Sorry to sound like a Chamber of Commerce shill, but Baltimore is an exciting city if you know where to look.... Have fun! __________________ Bill Geoghegan Wilton, Connecticut USA Current build: GPM Il-2m3

02-01-2007, 07:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
cgutzmer Reserves Librarian Card Models Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sun Prairie WI Posts: 4,634	Excellent! I will have to check some of that out - pity I only have a weekend and probably a friday afternoon. If I was younger I could check out the night life but I will prolly stay in my hotel room and work on card models after class I will take lots of pics and maybe make a website if I find anything card modely/airplane related. I hope to hit the NASM for sure - anyone looking for pics of anything? Chris __________________ Looking for models - try the Zealot WIKI! Click here -> http://wiki.zealot.com/index.php/Free_Models

02-01-2007, 07:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
DrBill Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wilton, CT USA Posts: 138	Oh, and not to forget one of the really neat downtown attractions, there's the B&O Railroad Museum with an incredible range of historic locomotives dating back to (and including ) the Tom Thumb. It's a 2-hour visit in the winter and it's right downtown near the Convention Center. Also, if you go to a halfway decent restaurant, get some Maryland crabcakes. You want recommendations, I got 'em -- including a couple real close to BWI. __________________ Bill Geoghegan Wilton, Connecticut USA Current build: GPM Il-2m3

02-01-2007, 07:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
cgutzmer Reserves Librarian Card Models Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sun Prairie WI Posts: 4,634	I am flying into BWI. I will be staying at the Sheraton that I am told is really close. I rarely get to eat seafood that I love because both my kids and my wife hate it so yes! please recommend me! Chris __________________ Looking for models - try the Zealot WIKI! Click here -> http://wiki.zealot.com/index.php/Free_Models

02-01-2007, 08:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
DrBill Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wilton, CT USA Posts: 138	Chris: There are a couple of Sheratons in the downtown area (nothing by the airport until one opens in May). Give me a holler off-line at whg01@optonline.net and I can fill you in without clogging up the list. __________________ Bill Geoghegan Wilton, Connecticut USA Current build: GPM Il-2m3

02-06-2007, 10:17 PM	#12 (permalink)
cgutzmer Reserves Librarian Card Models Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sun Prairie WI Posts: 4,634	So no one in the area wants to hook up for a cold one or a trip to the smithsonian or anything? You must all be a bunch of electrons zipping about the internet. I am not sure if you really even exist - heck, do I exist? Chris __________________ Looking for models - try the Zealot WIKI! Click here -> http://wiki.zealot.com/index.php/Free_Models

02-06-2007, 11:04 PM	#13 (permalink)
Bowdenja Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ridgeland, MS Posts: 3,217	Dude...............have fun, it just too cold for me............. 67 degrees today on the temp-o-meter. I love it. john __________________ I am patient........I just want it now Chuck the aggravating stuff........build more models! You know.......... if you don't pi$$ off somebody once in a while you are too politcally correct. The Modeler is his worst critic

02-14-2007, 10:29 PM	#14 (permalink)
cgutzmer Reserves Librarian Card Models Administrator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sun Prairie WI Posts: 4,634	Travel is canceled. Corporate mandate that there is no longer enough money in the budget for air travel and hotels - yet they can afford a corporate jet for the executives.... Chris __________________ Looking for models - try the Zealot WIKI! Click here -> http://wiki.zealot.com/index.php/Free_Models

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