March 19 Final Day of Cruise

From noon on the 18th it started getting cooler and then colder. By the time it was March 19, it was quite cold. The image is when the ship went under the Francis Scott Key Bridge which carries I-695 around the east side of Baltimore. .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... We got to the Port of Baltimore by about 1000am. We mustered in a social hall in the forward section of the lowest usable deck. We got our baggage about 1130. It was quite a way to the "Pick Up Area" where you could call a cab, Uber or be picked up by a friend (I don't know why the Port of Baltimore doesn't make this easier for people after disembarking - it seems to me there is plenty of room for a closer "Pick up Area" but maybe they have reasons. My Uber ap wasn't working because of a problem with internet connectivity so we took a cab home ($175 with tip as opposed to $60 for the Uber to Balt). I might have waited a bit longer for the internet problem to be solved but it was really cold, in the mid 30sF and didn't feel like doing this. The ride home took less than an hour. Our cat came right out and greeted us meowing loudly as if complaining that we abandoned her.

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